Review from Matchbox Records / Matchbox Recordsによるレビュー

This is what Matchbox Records has to say about "The Calling":

Nanbanjin - The Calling

Nanbanjin consist of Dai Evans (gtr/vocals, Wales), Eoin Jordan (bass, England) and Manabu Mori (drums, Japan) and are based in Kyushu, western Japan. As you might expect from that, they present a very different sound indeed. Its dramatic and powerful and almost impossible to categorise. Dai Evans’ vocals are just HUGE and the power of the rhythm section turns what might otherwise have been a pretty dirge like song into something monumental. Quite simply put, you have to actually listen to this to come to grips with it. Extraordinary. " Huge soaring vocals over burrundhi type beats, atmospheric and simply amazing" - Matchbox Radio 24.

Check it out here

TASTE ME in Nagasaki

We love Nagasaki! Thank you Mr. Mori and Mr. Yoshimura for inviting us to play. We made lots of friends, ate really good food in chinatown and I found really good big potatoes.　I'll cook 'em up before practice on Tuesday. Yummy. Please invite us again!

長崎大好き!!森さんと吉村さん本当にありがとうございました！感謝します。最高の夜ができました。友達いっぱい作ったし美味しい中華料理食べたでも一番うれしいのはとても大きいじゃが芋買いました。火曜日にスタジオに入る前に皆で食べる。楽しみ!　ぜひまた早く誘ってください！

長崎ライブ（Be-7）/ Nagasaki Gig at Be-7

次のNanbanjinライブの詳細は下記の通り：

2月24日（土）
イベント開始：17.00
Nanbanjinの出演：17.45
場所：Drum Be-7
入場金:前売2000円/当日2500円
前売チケット予約についてはnanbanmusic@hotmail.comにご連絡下さい。
ライブとランターン祭りを一緒に楽しましょう！！

The details for Nanbanjin's next live sound experiment are as follows:

Saturday February 24th @ Drum Be-7, Nagasaki City
Event starts @5pm
Nanbanjin start @5.45pm
Tickets are 2000 yen(advance)/2500 yen(door)
Contact nanbanmusic@hotmail.com if you want advance tickets.
Come on down on Saturday for an evening of live and lanterns (its the Nagasaki Lantern Festival this weekend).

Eoin

Vote for Nanbanjin! / Nanbanjinにご投票下さい！

"The Calling" is now being played on Matchbox 24 Internet Radio, and you could help us out greatly by voting for us in their listener charts (we are currently languishing at number 101!). You can vote from here. Cheers!

「The Calling」は今Matchbox 24 Internet Radioのプレーリストに入っている。同ラジオ局のリスナー・チャートでNanbanjinの曲に投票が出来るので良かったらして下さい（現在101位に居る！）。投票はこちらから出来る。
チヤズ！

Eoin

アルバム・リリース・パーティーの写真 / Album Launch Party Photos

11月にあったアルバム・リリース・パーティーの写真はここにあります。

Click here to check out a montage of photos from the Afronaut Records / Nanbanjin Album Launch Party.

NBJ Friday Night

After an irish stew, cake and custard nanbanjin headed into the studio for a long practice followed by a few tasty alcoholc beverages in the local haunted mansion. Wahahahahahahahah!! Scary sh*t!! The potatoes gave us all terrible flatulence (gwynt in polite Welsh) but a new song rose out of the damp and stinky green fog. Eoin's bass line is particularly excellent in this (yet to be named) tune. I put it down to all the spud juice running through his stodgy irish veins. Have a lovely long weekend.
日本語にする気がない今日。。。。ごめんな！
Dai bach x

JOY!! A NEW LOGO

Our artistic director Mr. Michael Hope has conjured up some new designs to go with our new sound. This is just one of 'em. See the Nanbanart page to see more of his amazing work.

Some Cool New Music

Ah! the joy of finding new and interesting music that I like!  I thought that I'd share with you 3 bands making interesting music that have come to my attention recently:

 

1.DJ FOR HIRE

Fukuoka based Haafu band (ie. part foreigner, part japanese) whose album I bought on a recommendation from a friend.  I had seen them live before at Concert on theRock 2006 and despite some interesting twists and turns in their songs had not been overly impressed.  To be fair to the band vocalist/guitarist Matty had not been in the best of health, and their Sunday afternoon time-slot was hardly the climax of the festival.

With this as background I had a listen to the album...needless to say, expectations were exceeded and months later their CD still enjoys a regular rotation on my car stereo.  DJ For Hire have managed to successfully combine some very creative songwriting and interesting guitar parts with a great sense of humour (one of the songs is a passionate ode to the joys of eating a banana!).  There is definitely more than a smattering of Pavement/Silver Jews influence here, but the 'Hires have added their own unique twist to the whole 'slacker rock' sound and created an album that I would best describe as either gloriously shambolic or shambolically glorious.  Have a listen and decide for yourself!

www.djforhireband.com

 

2. 58ft-lbs

These guys were the last band on at a gig we played in Fukuoka recently.  Really driving alternative rock with cool basslines, interesting rhythms, menacing vocals and an overall danceable feel - certainly one of the most interesting bands that we have played with recently.  I recommend seeing them if you get the chance.

http://id29.fm-p.jp/46/58ftlbs/

 

3. Deerhoof

I chanced upon this band on the internet and was blown away by their energy, creativity and insane drumming on a tiny pink drum kit!  As a good intro to what they are all about I recommend checking out the following video on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xda2e1_KiyA

 

And thats about all from me for the moment.  If anyone out there has any other suggestions for cool new bands that I should check out then let me know.

 

Eoin

GIGS IN KUMAMOTO & NAGASAKI............ 熊本と長崎のライブ知らせ

Be-7 NAGASAKI CITY 長崎市 2/24 (Sat)
OPEN 16:30 START 17:00
前売\2，000 当日\2，500 (1ドリンクオーダー)
出演10 BANDS/NANBANJIN/ローザ・パークス/BLACK1NECK/Mio From TWO of COLORS/LAMM'S JET SPIDER/PANDa818/POWER INSIDE/RayzMIST/DigaDigaDoo/マーキー/


Be -9 KUMAMOTO CITY 熊本市 3/18 (Sun)
OPEN 17:30 START 18:00
前\2，000 (1ドリンクオーダー)
出演 SPANK PAGE/THE PISTON SLAPPIN'/NANBANJIN

詳しくはwww.live-drum.comを見てね！
楽しみだな！

www.monstar.fm

You can now get our album on Monstar.fm
Japan's coolest site for good music.

ハロー！今日から南蛮人はmonstar.fmのartistになりました!! ぜひMonstar.fmを見て下さい
日本の一番カッコイイ音楽ダウンロードサイト！！

マナブ、オーエン　＆　ダイ　x