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KIKAGAKU MOYO / 幾何学模様 announce UK tour in May including Electric Brixton headline show! ‘Masana Temples’ out now on Guruguru Brain

January 24, 2019

KIKAGAKU MOYO

– Announce European tour this May
– Headline Electric Brixton on May 25th

– New album ‘Masana Temples‘ out now 
  on Guruguru Brain

Full of colour and personality, Masana Temples is the perfect snapshot of the collective expression that makes Kikagaku Moyo such a vital voice.” – FutureMusic
“Psych instincts and gas-weight vibes avoid modern psych’s retro slavishness.” – MOJO
“Japanese outriders’ scintillating fourth takes on a psychedelic jazz hue… Wonderful.” – Prog
“Kikagaku Moyo sound more assured than ever on this fourth album.” – Uncut
“A hazy, dreamlike soundtrack to a classic road-trip movie.” – The 405
“Psych-fusionist’s excellent return.” – Record Collector 


After relentlessly touring the world in 2018, including a sold out show at London’s Scala, Kikagaku Moyo have announced plans to hit the road again in 2019. They’ll be bringing their mesmerising live show to the UK again this May, playing across the country before co-headlining the andmoreagain day festival at Electric Brixton on May 25th alongside Wooden Shjips.

Full dates are:
03 May – Salon IKSV, ISTANBUL
04 May – Desert Fest, BERLIN
17 May –  Control Club, BUCHAREST
20th May – Lanes, BRISTOL
21st May – Stereo, GLASGOW
22nd May – Brudenell Social Club, LEEDS
24th May – District, LIVERPOOL

25th May – Electric Brixton, LONDON (w/Wooden Shjips, Prettiest Eyes, Wand & Mueran Humanos)
06 June –  Sideways Festival, HELSINKI
07 July – Bol Festival, MOSCOW


Kikagaku Moyo‘s latest album, ‘Masana Temples’ (which was released through their own DIY label Guruguru Brain in Oct 2018) was inspired by various experiences the band had with traveling through life together, ranging from the months spent on tour to making a pilgrimage to ‬Lisbon to record the album with jazz musician Bruno Pernadas. More than the literal interpretation of being on a journey, the album’s always changing sonic panorama reflects the spiritual connection of the band moving through this all together. Life for a traveling band is a series of constant metamorphoses, with languages, cultures, climates and vibes changing with each new town. The only constant for Kikagaku Moyo throughout their travels were the five band members always together moving through it all, but each of them taking everything in from very different perspectives. Inspecting the harmonies and disparities between these perspectives, the group reflects the emotional impact of their nomadic paths. The music is the product of time spent in motion and all of the bending mindsets that come with it.

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