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ANDERSENS - 'GZI GZI GZEO'

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SWCO001 - CD
689492060527

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"GZI GZI GZEO" BY ANDERSENS IS A KALEIDOSCOPIC, 10 SONG JOURNEY OF PSYCHEDELIC FOLK POP FROM JAPAN. IT IS THE FIRST FULL LENGTH RELEASE OUTSIDE OF THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY FOR A BAND WHOSE SOUNDEVOLVING TRIP BEGAN IN TOKYO IN 2000. IN ADDITION TO SHARING MANY OF THE SAME INFLUENCES AS FELLOW JAPANESE ACTS AND CONTEMPORARIES SUCH AS MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ, TENNISCOATS AND KAZUMI NIKAIDOH, WITH "GZI GZI GZEO", ANDERSENS MANAGE TO DELIVER A LISTENING EXPERIENCE THAT IS FRESH, DIVERSE AND INSPIRED. THERE ARE FOLKIER ELEMENTS OF SONGS CONTAINED WITHIN THE ALBUM THAT FOLLOW A PATH SIMILAR TO THE LIKES OF DEVENDRA BANHART OR BEIRUT, WHILE GIVING A PASSING WAVE TO THE SUNNY DAY PSYCHEDELIA OF "SMILE" ERA BEACH BOYS. OTHER SONGS BESTOW THE SAME ENSEMBLE POP SENSIBILITIES OFTEN APPLIED BY BANDS SUCH AS ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI OR EVEN ARCADE FIRE.

?GZI GZI GZEO? IS THE PERFECT BOARDING POINT TO BE USHERED INTO THE WORLD OF ANDERSENS? MUSIC BEFORE THEY CONTINUE ON THEIR MUSICAL ODYSSEY. ANDERSENS WERE FORMED IN 2000 BY THREE STUDENTS FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL IN TOKYO; KIYOKAZU ONOZAKI, SHINSUKE OUCHI AND DAISUKE KOBAYASHI. LIVE, THEY CREATE AN INSPIRED, OFTEN IMPROVISED, CEREMONY OF SOUND THAT BLENDS CRAZED PSYCHEDELIA WITH A WISTFUL POP SENSIBILITY. AFTER THE BAND RELEASED THEIR DEBUT EP IN 2002, SINGER/FLUTIST YOSHIKO IGUCHI JOINED AND ADDED A MORE DELICATE ATMOSPHERE TO THE MANY-LAYERED DRONES EVIDENT ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ?BETWEEN STATIC AND FIRE?. AFTER DAISUKE KOBAYASHI LEFT THE BAND IN 2004 TO PURSUE A CAREER IN AGRICULTURE, ANDERSENS BEGAN TO HAVE A FLOATING LINE-UP, IN ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL CORE MEMBERS, THAT HAS KNOWN TO SWELL TO MORE THAN TEN PEOPLE ON OCCASION WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF INSTRUMENTATION SUCH AS ESRAJI, TROMBONE, SAXOPHONE, INDIAN PERCUSSION, SYNTHESIZER AND LAP TOP. THE BAND FEATURED ON THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED JAPANESE UNDERGROUND POP COMPILATION CD ?SONGS FOR NAO? IN 2004, RELEASED ON AUSTRALIAN LABEL CHAPTER MUSIC. IN 2005, BAND LEADER KIYOKAZU ONOZAKI STARTED BYE BYE BLACKBIRD, TO RELEASE ANDERSENS WORKS. ?GZI GZI GZEO? IS THE BAND?S SECOND FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, AND THE FIRST RELEASE ON THE NEW SCOTTISHBASED RECORD LABEL SWITCHICO RECORDS.