10/15/2007
Japanese Guitar Hero: Michio Kurihara
Michio Kurihara is a Japanese guitarist who rose to fame in his native land with the Neo-Psychedelic band White Heaven. He went on to join the influential psych/folk group Ghost in 1994 and eventually caught the attention of Damon and Naomi. who asked him to play on their 2000 world tour. He has also played along side of noise-rockers/Pitchfork darlings, Boris.
His 2005 solo debut, Sunset Notes, is a mix of in-your-face psych guitars and nuanced textural folk. It was recently released for the first time stateside on Ba Da Bing Records. Check out some kick-ass mp3's below and then purchase the record at CD Universe.
MP3
Download 'Michio Kurihara - Time to Go'2:21 | 3.23MB
Download 'Michio Kurihara - Do Deep-Sea Fish Dream Of Electric Moles?'5:34 | 7.64MB
Posted by Michael on 10/15/2007 1:12 PM in Experimental, Rock, Neo-Psychedelic
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