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Kendo Nagasaki

Kendo Nagasaki only ever record live. No overdubs. No pissing about. Just live, in the moment slabs of Class-A skronk.

Kendo Nagasaki are two drummers and a deranged trombonist with a pedal board the size of a small provincial town – creating blistering and bedazzling motorik soundscapes and improvisations that spring to mind the sounds of Soft Machine, Lightning Bolt, Boredoms, Parts & Labor, Sonic Youth, Benefits and The Comet Is Coming via a Marshall stack turned up to 11.

Releases
Kendo Nagasaki - Hurt, Decide, Conspire

Press

A mushrooming mothership of psyched surf brain dissolves, hypno-grooving mesmerics and hot wiring fringe frazzling freak storms, features solar fried trombones, I kid you not, file under Meek-esque dragster psych kosmick pill trip. - Losing Today An exhilarating blast of wonk and skronk. Rhythmic and immediate, they hit the sweet spot between engaging and unpredictable.” - Echoes & Dust “Fantastic stuff” - Stuart Maconie BBC 6 Music “Darn fine!” - The Shend “"I've got to be honest, at first I didn't get it. On the second time, I absolutely loved it.” - BBC Introducing

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