POLYSICS
One of the few Japanese bands that the West is likely to have heard is POLYSICS, a bizarre new-wave-synth-pop-electronica-trippy-happy group from Tokyo. They appeared, in their futuristic, gimmicky outfits on the BBC Three show “Adam and Joe Go Tokyo” but now they are probably best known for writing the theme song for the American cartoon “Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!”.
The band formed in 1997 with Hiroyuki Hayashi (guitars, vocals, vocoder, programming[?!]) who is a big fan of the classic American new-wave group Devo. Polysics has since expanded and now includes:
Kayo (synthesizers, vocals, vocoder)
Fumi (bass, vocals, synthesizers)
Yano (drums)
They are great fun to listen to, and are meant to be amazing when performing live. They are regular festival performers and they’ll be at this year’s Fuji Rock festival.
They tour in the UK and the US occassionally, and they have released their CDs there. The ‘best of’ CD “POLYSICS OR DIE” is a good place to start.
POLYSICS! OR DIE!
Links:
POLYSICS official website (in English)
Wikipedia article on POLYSICS
YouTube videos of POLYSICS
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