HUNUNHUM

Hununhum biography
In 2005, Tatsuya Nakagawa (guitar), Yukihiko Kimura (drums), Kayo Tada (keyboards) from Kulara (a Japanese 90's emotional HARDCORE band), Jun Nemoto (sax), Ayumu Nemoto (percussion) from Z (a free jazz meets new wave prog rock with japanese lyrics) and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Japanese 90's emotional HARDCORE), Takeshi Iwashimizu (bass) from Table (a Japanese 90's emotional HARDCORE band) got together to form Hununhum. Hununhum has played with Gang Gang Dance, Coptic Light, Shipping News, Mike Watt, The Advantage, Korekyojin, Doravideo, Keiji Haino, Masaya Nakahara, Totsuzen Danball, 9dw, Mouse On The keys, SHingo2 etc..

"The mysterious Hununhum are a marginal collective made up of ex-members of various Japanese post-hardcore and screamo concerns, most notably Kulara. Recent live shows in the Tokyo area have acquired legendary status and inevitable comparisons to early Boredoms with their punishing tribal workouts and freeform structures leading to ecstatic payoffs."
- Last.fm

"Hununhum has a list of members that would take up all of the space I have to write how ridiculously good this band is. With compositions that call to mind Hermeto Pascoal, Captain Beefheart and early Boredoms, Hununhum deliver twisted hardcore riffs with the same ease that they execute complex contrapuntal lines and syncopated vocal phrasing. Made up of vocals, sax, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, percussion and more, the group has obviously emerged from a number of musical explorations that have evolved into a multiform arrangement of influences. Any and all musicians should step up and take notice - this band has the chops, and they only seem to be getting better. Bewilderingly complex, yet eminently listenable, Hununhum offers a wild and unique musical journey."
- Test Tone presents vol. 27

- Addition prepared by Claire (listennow801) from material provided by Hununhum -

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