Wednesday 4 October 2017, 7.30pm
Phew‘s career began in the 70s when she fronted Osaka punk group Aunt Sally (who released one album on Vanity Records in 1979). Ryuichi Sakamoto produced Phew’s first solo release in 1980 and in 1981 Pass Records issued her debut LP, a classic featuring Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit of Can, and Conny Plank. She’s since collaborated with members of DAF, Neubauten, Boredoms and more.
Pitchfork calls her a “Japanese underground legend”. The albums she created over the last 40 years have gone from record store rarities to being included on many “best of” lists. She worked solo with musicians such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit, Chrislo Haas, Alexander Hacke, Yuji Takahashi, Seiichi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Nagashima, Otomo Yoshihide in the group Novo Tono, Dieter Moebius on Phew’s Project Undark Radium Girls project, Jim O’Rourke and Ana da Silva.
https://phewjapan.bandcamp.com/album/voice-hardcore
https://phewjapan.bandcamp.com/album/light-sleep
https://pitchfork.com/artists/18705-phew/
STEFAN SCHNEIDER is a Düsseldorf based musician and producer who, since a little more than two decades, is one of the most original and prolifc voices in contemporary electronic music. SCHNEIDER is a founding member of Düsseldorfs electronic outfit KREIDLER (1994-99) and has also been a third of the internationally highly acclaimed trio TO ROCOCO ROT (1995-2014). During the past couple of years he has also collaborated and produced with a.o. Joachim Roedelius (Cluster), Arto Lindsay, Bill Wells, Dieter Moebius (Cluster), Klaus Dinger (NEU!) Sofia Jernberg, Koshiro Hino (YPY/GOAT), John McEntire (tortoise) and fine art superstar Katharina Grosse. Since 1994 concerts in EU, USA, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, China, Algeria, Kenya, Siberia.
On his fresh behind the ears label TAL, Schneider has recently released the music of kenyan folk singer OGOYA NENGO AND THE DODO WOMENS GROUP who have been on an extensive tour in Europe earlier this summer. TAL has also issued an OGOYA NENGO EP with remixes by the likes of ORSON, LENA WILLIKENS, TOLOUSE LOW TRACKS and DON'T DJ. plus a reissue of the stunning 1982 album of NON BAND from Tokyo.
