NEW VIDEO / 新しいビデオ

A good friend of mine, ex-APU employee Rob Thomson, is currently making an official Guinness World Record attempt to become the first person to skateboard solo and unassisted across the US. Sounds crazy? Check out his website at www.14degrees.org to see what he has been up to for the last year or so and it might start to make a little more sense.

Anyhow Rob likes to listen a bit of Nanbanjin as he cruises / battles his way across the continent, and he decided to make his latest video travelogue to the soundtrack of the Nanbanjin track "in time". You can check it out the result below.

We wish Rob all the best with his epic journey!

Eoin



一昨年の夏まで一緒に立命館アシア太平洋大学（APU）で仕事をしたロブ・トムソンは今凄い旅をしている。現在ロブは一人でアメリカを東海岸から西海岸までスケートボードだけで通っている！出来たらギネス世界記録になる。

旅の詳細についてはwww.14degrees.orgを見て下さい。

上にあるロブが旅について作ったビデオはnanbanjinの曲がsoundtrackになっているので良かったら見てみて下さい。

西海岸に無事に着くように祈ります！！

頑張って！

オーウェン

FUKUOKA LIVE JAN 6th

xmas party

NEW VIDEO CLICK HERE

halloween photos

halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

HALLOWEEN LIVE

BIG PARTY!!
最高なイベントなんで楽しみやな

あやまりたいことある！！ REALLY SORRY!

Waaaaa!! ごめんね！
まず、福岡のライブなんですが、できなくなっちゃった (T_T) 海外で仕事があるので無理ですね。。。また今度福岡でリベンジライブを楽しみにしちょってな。本当にごめんな、しんけんに出たかったなあのイベントに。TIME MARKETの人本当にすいません。皆さん行った方がいいよすごいバンドが出るよ！！

So Sorry! We have due cancel our gig in Fukuoka due to work commitments. It sucks but the Japanese government won't let us stay here doing part-time jobs. Believe me I would like nothing more than to work at Mossburger irashaimaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. We will come back with some amazing gig in Fukuoka before long so worry not eh.

でね、あの投票のやつは気にしなくていいよ。ただそのイベントは無料なんで遊びに来てな。二曲しかできないみたい(意味ないな)けどすごい演奏しようと思ってる！他のバンドはちょっとまだまだ見たいなんで大分のために応援しましょう！！！やっと音楽シーン作ろう

AND, sorry for all that begging shit about votes and whatever. We all sat down and realise how utterly shit the whole system is so please don't even bother, actually vote for the other guys because its the first time for most of them to play to anyone.

今日けっこう前から写真もらった、懐かしいな！
Got given these photos from ages back

VOTE HELP!!!

Hello all!! Thanks for your help with the last competition, it really helped. Could you give us a hand again? We entered another competition and we need your vote. It could be a good opportunity for us. At the moment we are last our of 6th with 2% percent of the vote so please help. You can do it once a day.
This is the link http://www.oitapage.com/gakusai-main/
Just scroll down the page and in a box will be all six bands names. Just tick the box next to nanbanjin and then the long button underneath.
Thank you ever so much x x

ハロー！！この間の投票ありがとうございます。あたらしいコンクールに入ってるんでまたお願いしていいかな。。。。６組でnanbanjinは今最下位にある。。やだな。今回の投票は簡単ですhttp://www.oitapage.com/gakusai-main/　投票ボックスは下の方にある。
よろしくお願いしますね

雲にも明るいへりはある

皆さん久しぶり。元気かな？!大阪ツアーは楽しかったホンマ！！vijonとgoithの最高の皆さんありがとうございました。また来ますよ。他のバンドも最高やった！おれらの次の九州イベントに誘うと思ってる。先週のAPU/beepイベントもすごく楽しかったけどあばら骨おったんでその次の日からテンションは普通よりちょっとダウンなかんじやな (T_T) 今日はちょっとよくなって来たんだけど。rubbish その上に風邪を引いて　AND　チョー好きな友達はムシしてる。。。 oh well, every cloud has a silver lining eh

ダイちゃん

BEEP GIG ビープライブ 10/10

アーーーー！忘れてしまったけど今週もライブやるんで。。。BEEPという新しいカッコいいメディア会社のイベントです。水曜日皆忙しいかもしれないけどBEEPのために頑張りましょう リンクを見てな
We are playing a gig on Weds with some cool young APU students. Come on down. Its run by a super cool guy who runs an enterprise called BEEP. look at the link


10/10 (水)@AT HALL
nanbanjin vs. APU バンドサークル（日）
出演バンド:nanbanjin,お抹茶バニラ、GOAT GNASH, H.S.B. SORRY, てげてげ
前売り500円　当日1000円　open: 1830 start: 1900

チケットはnanbanmusic@hotmail.com
当日はdai_bach@docomo.ne.jp
yoropiku

OSAKA GIGS/大阪ライブ知らせ！！

ワー！来週大阪に行きますよ。二つの最高なイベントに入ってますのですごく楽しみだ！大阪の人暇だったらぜひ遊びに来てください。nanbanjinでチケットを予約してくれた人には新しいEP'Hi-Fi Ro-Fi'をさしあげるよ。ソートいいよnanbanmusic@hotmail.com
当日にチケットいる人dai_bach@docomo.ne.jpにメールして下さい

OH YES! We are playing in Osaka again next weekend. Osaka peeps get your asses on over co we have a special show for ya. If you reserve a ticket with us then you get our fantastic new EP 'Hi-Fi Ro-Fi' absolutely free!!! If you want to come last minute you cn mail me to my phone on dai_bach@docomo.ne.jp

10/12
eco system&club vijon presents...[誘導線キルナ]vol.1
OPEN17:00 START17:30 ADV.￥1500- DOOR￥2000-(W/O1DRINK￥500-)
NANBANJIN/eco system/nayuta/kacica/squall/noches
www.vijon.jp

10/13
Xavier Park 01〜Nanbanjin OSAKA TOUR〜
OPEN17:30 START18:00 ADV. ￥1500-DOOR ￥1800
NANBANJIN/ Re:ing / GIZMO / MARVEL / Secret A re.arT / Critical Submission Masters / Center Piece
www.goith.jp

Kyushu Hotline Final Today

Time: 15:30 (doors open at 15:00),
Sept. 30 (sunday)
Place: IMS Hall 9F (IMS building, Tenjin)
Cost: 1000yen (yes! that cheap!)
for more information visit any Shimamura store or mail Dai on dai_bach@docomo.ne.jp

Yoroshiku

waaaaaaaa HELP ／助けてくれ！！

HELP!!!!!
This weekend is the Kyushu band battle final and we only found out today by looking at the website that there is a song vote competition online. Please vote for us!! For those who cannot read Japanese just click on the link below, look for Nanbanjin and click on the button on the left out of the two. To register your vote look down the column and click the left of the two buttons. You can only vote once a day.

http://www.shimamura.co.jp/hotline/2007/schedule/03.html

ワーーーーーー！大失敗だ！今週末は島村楽器の九州大会だけどそのコンクールのオンライン投票のことまったく知らなかった　(T_T) リンクは上にあります、ぜひ助けてください x x x x x x

サンキュー

LIVE SCHEDULE ライブスケジュール

Nanbanjin HQ has been moved to Beppu City so we have not been able to do any work on the website for quite some time but our live schedule is very much up and running. In fact, we are turning down more then taking on at the moment. We will be scheduling gigs for Tokyo in soon which is well exciting and Korea now looks like it will be the New Year.

ナンバンジンHQは今別府市になりましたのでもうすぐURLは新しくなります。ソート時間かかりましたなーすいません。東京のライブも入れたいので東京の人、皆’冷たい’けどよろしくお願いします

Upcoming Shows

9/30........IMS Hall.......Fukuoka
10/6........Tropicoco......Nakatsu City
10/12.......VIJON..........Osaka
10/13.......Osaka Goith....Osaka/Sakai
11/3........GAUCHO.........Oita
11/17.......CB.............Fukuoka

チケットはnanbanmusic@hotmail.com

HAPPY HAPPY DAY

I get obsessed about stuff/people/things and myself. I hate it and love it in equal measure. Some things however go beyond that. Two in fact. My favourite two bands of all time. The first are the Longpigs and the second and more important as they are still going are Mothercoat. How many people get their own photo of a cake with their name on eaten by their favourite band (that are actually good)????? Not many of you. I am suuuuuuuuuuuper uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuber happy.

マザコ大好き！一緒にツアーやろうや！！！ x x x x x x

Buy their new album too as its fandabydozy

(Above: Nanbanjin on Dive's first show)

I have diarrhoea and its the worst ever because I am in an internet cafe and the bloody 'baito' (part-time worker) is doing an annoyingly thorough job of cleaning the bogs so I can't get in there. Its a death trap as the Mr. Whippy ice cream is free. I've had four glasses now and am ready to blow.

Electric Eel Shock were brilliant when we played with them on Saturday. Fantastic guys out on the piss too. Proper rock 'n roll stars.

I get a year older tomorrow and I woke up in the middle of the night to see two inca style statues at each corner of my room which disappeared as I went to touch them. Weird. Linked? Maybe so or maybe it was just too much ice cream again.

Jack Penate is lovely

CHAMPIONE

今年の島村楽器HOTLINEバンドバトルを勝ちました！！次のバトルは九州大会です。今年のファイナルは９月３０日にあります（日）。ZEPPじゃなくてもっと中央町にあるIMSホールです。天神の西鉄バスセンターの近くでございます。１5時くらいスタート。応援よろしくお願いします。チケット予約はぜひnanbanmusic@hotmail.comにメールしてください。

We won the Shimamura battle of the bands competition so we now we are representing Oita in the Kyushu final. It no at the Zepp anymore, its some place called IMS Hall in Tenjin Fukuoka where they put on musicals and fashion shows. Its big. It`ll be on the 30th (Sunday) starting at 1500 and we will be performing only two song Corners and Let it Go. We really need support as I think the amount of people you bring has a bearing on the result unless you are shit of course. Yeah!! Thank you Shimamura Oita

NANBANJIN GO GO GO

Hello!! Dai here. I took the summer off and went back to visit friends and family in Europe, caught a 5ft shark, went to Norway and ate amazing sausage, climbed in the Forest of Dean, went to my dear Lisa and Gareth's wedding, got drunk in Dinbych-y-Pysgod with my crew and had a lovely time. I even like cats now.

Nanbanjin have officially finished the professional recordings for the new release nervously titled 'Hi-Fi Ro-Fi'. We have no release date as of yet having not decided whether we are gonna release it at all (cryptic?) hmmmm.... there is a kind of method to our madness.

GIGS..... Electric Eel Shock (as seen on Jonathon Ross` BBC show) support 9/15
Osaka gigs in Vijon and some other place I forget on October 12/13
ZEPP FUKUOKA................??????????? We have been put forward by Shimamura music to compete in their battle on the mahoussive arena...oh yeah.

The band have a new HQ based in Beppu where we will write, fight and make exquisit fusion recipes all tasting of kimuchi.

We are gonna come at your hard whether it kills us or not this you so f**k you and thank you.

Dai bach

LET IT GO PV

Our buddy Matt Saunders of Blue Blanky Productions made us this sweet PV. Take a look:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BN-_XcBaSRQ

Blue Blanky Productions のMatt Saundersが‘LET IT GOの新しいPV作ってくれました！見て下さいね！！

Thank you Matty. You can see more of his work on Youtube unders posatrocible.

13th -16th GIGS GALORE!!!!

JULY 13th (Fri) DIGIBAN LAUNCH PARTY
@ KANTAN CLUB (nishi Oita) 19:00
I think its only 1000円 being there first event.
'Digiban' Oita newspaper's digital music website are having their launch event and Nanbanjin are the performers. They are the people who made this for us
CLICK

Its a cool venue right down by the sea next to nishi Oita ferry port. Last time I went to an event there it was full of people getting tattoos! Very alternative and a great place for a party and a piss up.

JULY 15th (Sun) OUTDOOR BEACH CONCERT
@ Nagasakibana Beach in Kunisaki (Bungotakada)
The summer festival organizers of 'Kyushu Baila', this year replacing Concert on the Rock as Oita's biggest outdoor music festival, are holding a promotional event at the beautiful white sand beach on Sunday (see photo above). There are log cabins, BBQ areas as well as places to camp. Its a cracking beach and will no doubt will be a blast of an event. I assume there will be food stalls and booze but it won't hurt to bring your own. More details to follow as I only found out about it Sunday. I assume its free or at least super cheap.


JULY 16th (Mon - National holiday 海の日)
＠ AT HALL (next to cool bananas)
★｢BUG6｣★
OPEN 18:00/START 18:30〜
nanbanjin/その箱/The house/赤嶺ようこ
1,000 if you mail me 1,300 on the door
Funky indie event with four excellent acts.

福岡ライブ 6/17 FUKUOKA GIG

６／１７(日）
KEITH FLACK ライブ 福岡　天神
TIME MARKET vol.105
Band:NANBANJIN/さめ/ぼんくら峠/Test Mustard Disco/58 ft-lbs DOWN&TELEPHONE
Adv:1500, Day:2000
with 1drink order
18:30open / 19:00start

TICKETS: nanbanmusic@hotmail.com

ヨロピク！！

Osaka/Nagoya live report/photos 大阪／名古屋ライブリポート

大阪と名古屋のライブはソート面白かった！！ちょっと飲み過ぎやったかもしれんけど楽しかった！！大阪は特にいいライブだった！！象牙の塔っていうバンドはすごい気に入ったな　ユータ(guitar/vocal)と友達になったからうれしいです！！チョーカッコいい　ECO-SYSTEMも最高だった　cd リリースおめでとうね！！
名古屋は大阪から遠かったな！！あるスーパーでイギリスのカレーいっぱい買ったから満足できた

Osaka and Nagoya gigs were well worth the travel. Osaka was ace coz we played with some great bands. One in particular were really good called Zougenotou!!! Im tired so Ill write this up again tomoz

LOOK 見て LOOK 見て LOOK 見て

The kind people at Muplaza made a video about our gig in Oita!!! Take a look
見てこれ。。。。

Check it out here

大阪・名古屋・福岡でライブ

Nanbanjinの6月ライブ・スケジュールは下記の通り：

6/08（金）大阪Club Vijon

OPEN17:00 START17:30
adv.￥1500 door￥2000-
(w/1drink￥500-)
Nanbanjin/QUAVER/eco system/Flying platform/象牙の塔/THE ROLLERS

6/09（土）名古屋Music Farm

BEYOND THE STARDUST / MONKEY☆SPANK（横浜） / NANBANJIN / ピンクマニアボーイズ /　NERAKU / NOVAERA / THE CHICKENWINNER BLOCK
17:00/17:30 2000/2500(D別500)

6/17（日）福岡Kieth Flack

OPEN18：30／START 19：00 ADV 1500 ／ DOOR 2000

出演:
さめ（山口）/ ぼんくら峠/ testmustard disco / Nanbanjin / 58ft-lbs / down & telephones

前売チッケトの問い合わせについてはnanbanmusic@hotmail.comまでお願いします★

NEWS NEWS NEWS

DAI IS DEAD.........or he wished he was the other day. Yet again those retarded folk at Fuji Rock not only discarded with an application from Nanbanjin but also Mothercoat to play at the massive commercial fest. All is not lost however as our friends the Watanabes got into the last fifty. The Bawdies who we played with in Kobe got through.....I have nothing to say about that except.......what a load of old b******s. No alternative music please........you shit heads. We were thinking of becoming a Bangles cover band after all that so we can walk like an Egyptian/Egyptians. Did you know that Egyptians actually still exist and apparently can still walk? (See photo above) Apparently they all live in a town called Egypt. Fascinating. No wonder they walk so well, they have such big feet but only four toes.

NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS.....

+ Nanbanjin confuse the hell out of Kansai by being better than everyone else even though we are from b*ttf*** (Beautiful but smells like ass) Oita. We played Kobe Varit and Kyoto Muse and were very very happy to play with The Keys/CBandtheBT/The Chairs/Reco. and many other good haircuts. "I'll be back" (Manabu loves Arnie)

+ We have recorded Let It Go / Corners / In Time and Hitori and they are currently having a good ol' mixing by our favourite bully Mr. Tsuboi over at Bedroom Records. They are sounding tip top at the mo. By far better than anything we have done before. More info on the release of that project at a later date.

+ PV/BBQ and Nakedness are all on the cards for this Saturday. Our video artist Mr. Matt Saunders will be directing a PV for our summer anthem 'Let It Go' this Saturday. We don't mind letting on that the song is mainly about anger issues. Which NBJ member could that be? Answers on a posto cardo (if you want a black eye).

+ GIGS IN OSAKA AND NAGOYA 6/8 &6/9 are very much being looked forward to. Especially the ferry ride on the way up with its big baths, tattooed truck drivers with oishii shochu (japanese ricker), cup ramen and UFO catchers. I am aware that only people living here will get that....ha ha. We will be playing CLUB VIJON in Osaka and MUSIC FARM in Nagoya and no doubt it will yet again cause all sorts of horrid confusion but what can ya do Japan?

'VOCKS'
OSAKA CLUB VIJON
6/8 OPEN17:00 START17:30
adv.￥1500 door￥2000-(w/o1drink￥500-)
Nanbanjin(GAIKOKU)/QUAVER/eco system/
Flying platform/象牙の塔/THE ROLLERS

6/9 1730 2000/2500

「FARM ROCK NIGHT」 BEYOND THE STARDUST / MONKEY☆SPANK（横浜） / NANBANJIN（イギリス） / ピンクマニアボーイズ / NERAKU / NOVAERA / THE CHICKENWINNER BLOCK

+ In other news..... Eoin has grown sideburns due to his rekindled love of Emmerdale Farm.
Manabu has fallen foul (as did Dai) to Prison Break, The 4400 and all those other really interesting, well written american TV shows. Not seen him for days. Dai is still angry but enjoying all the movies of snakes eating people, crocodiles and bunnies and clips of tornadoes ravaging grass patches in the USofA on youtube. What? Its better than porn..right?

Peace out....xxx haha

TOPS 5/26

Come come come to the big show on Saturday. Its gonna be a goody
土曜日のライブに来てよ！チケットいる人連絡くださいね　最高なライブ見せるから
ヨロピク！！

5/26 SAT

■NANBANJIN/kiriwai/ayako

■open18:30 start19:00

■前2,000当(2,500)

■Pコード900-107 /Lコード84653

Kobe & Kyoto Gig Report

Last weekend (12-14th) we packed our sacks and made our way up to Kansai on the overnight bus to do our 'thang' in Kobe and Kyoto. The bus was pretty good as well as cheap although you do get in rather early but it gave us a good excuse to have a huge buffet breakfast or 'viking' as it is known in Japanamese.

Our first gig was in Kobe at a livehouse called Varit. We were rather surprised to find out that we were to be the first band on of the night. Something that we thought was rather unfair as we had traveled so far and definitely not the norm for a touring band. Still.... it came to stage time and surprise surprise, nobody there. We figured the owner must have been feeling pretty bad at this point as the start time was postponed. Miraculously, in those extra fifteen minutes a decent crowd had filled in and we were ready to go. We played well, the sound was good and although I (Dai) made a few mistakes it went very well. We were followed by The Keys who were kind of like the Bluetones, then the Bawdies which are some kind of Fifties rock n' roll' copy band (very amusing) and then Charlie Brown and the Baseball team from Tokyo who are a great party band. We shifted quite a few CDs and downed more than our fair share of beers and it was a good night all in all. We kipped at Kobe Sauna which we recommend to anyone... brilliant capsule hotel.

Next day we made our way over to Kyoto to play at Kyoto Muse. I really enjoyed the trip over. It was a sunny day and we were sitting right up at the front of this beautiful old train with a view right up the tracks when our driver smashed straight into a swarming hive of bees. Soooooo coooooool. The window was smattered with twitching bee juice. (I killed a whole bee hive with my cousin Matt once)
Anyway, Kyoto Muse. What a great venue. Fantastic. Huge and cool. I couldn't get the amp right that day but again I think it went well and we played with bands that were more 'our style' which was refreshing. We played with Nanbanjin to Russia (coincidence eh!?), 5 count explosion, Reco. who we thought we were great, kind of slowcore edgy.....and the Chairs who we liked too, like a young Quluri. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the last band 'Chromatic Tails (good name) as we had to catch the dreaded night bus back to Nakatsu to get to work on time but thoroughly nice guys.

Thank you Kobe and Kyoto. See you again soon xxxx

OITA TOPS SHOW 5/26

YO YO. This month at Oita TOPS is our long awaited headline show
今月は僕たちのTOPSヘッドラインショー！！！楽しみだ　
いっぱい飲もうね

5/26 SAT
■NANBANJIN presents！！
with special guest KIRIWAI and AYAKO
■open18:30 start19:00
■前2,000当(2,500)
■Pコード900-107 /Lコード84653

NEWS (Korea and recording)

Harrow again! We are bored stiff so we've decided to record some songs so that we can finally put them to bed and get on with making some new stuff/doing something else. We'll be going into TOPS to begin recording on Monday night. I am personally on the brink of leaving Japan being completely fed up with my job and life in general here but Eoin and I are cycling to North Korea next week so that may pump a bit of life back into the old boy. We are gonna try and see if we can throw our album over the border into the North without getting shot at. After that we are doing a mini tour of the Kansai region with dates in Kobe/Kyoto/Osaka and also up to Nagoya and hopefully (fingers double crossed) a set on the Rookie a go-go stage at Fuji Rock www.fujirock.com

Dai x

日曜日に長崎ライブ Nagasaki Gig on Sunday

今週日曜日の長崎にあるライブについて：

4/15 長崎Be-7

OPEN 15:00
START 15:30
前売　\2，000
当日　\2，500
☆1ドリンクオーダー

出演) SO(福岡)/NANBANJIN(大分)/GOLDEN AGE/hanaemi/華唄泥棒/LAMMES JET SPIDER/ATOMIC COCKBEACH/at home MaM/マーキィー
www.live-drum.com/be7

For those of you not au-fait
with Japanese basically we are playing at Be 1 in Nagasaki on Sunday -
tickets are Y2000 in advance and Y2500 on the door. Contact us for
advance tickets (nanbanjin@japan.com) and check out more details about
the gig at
www.live-drum.com/be7

That is all!

Eoin

FUKUOKA LIVE SUNDAY 福岡ライブ日曜日

This Sunday we will be playing a show at Ekimae Onpo near Hakata station.
今週の日曜日に福岡の駅前オンポ（博多駅の近く）でらいぶします
18:00 / 1200円　NANBANJIN/Brown Bems/Sketch Book/I'll Be/The Kingdom
楽しみ！

*K-1はちょっと気に入ったな！KIDが好き。ライブに入れようと思ってる。俺対九州田舎っぽいパンクバンドのボーカル（どこでもおる大分で）絶対勝つよ

*新しいリンクページをアップしましたまだ終わってないんでもうちょっと待ってな

*最近の南蛮人は。。。。。。。。。。が好き：
楽天の田中選手/Häagen-Dazs/肉まん/Deerhoof

*Recently we have been enjoying no rules fighting. We would like to combine it with our live show. I would like to fight all the shitty singers in all the crappy Oita bands because I am a b*****d.

*Take a look at the new links page. Its not finished yet so don't moan at us please.

*Recently Nanbanjin really like:
Rakuten Eagle's Tanaka Masahiro/Häagen-Dazs/Meat Dumplings/Deerhoof

We hate the electioneering cars. Pig dog swines the lot of them.

Over and out
Dai (haha)

3/18 熊本ライブの帰りにパンク Kumamoto Punk!!

Harrow! 昨日は熊本のライブの帰りにパンクがあった。(T_T) 　先週新しい車買ったのに。
Got a nasty puncture on the way back from a gig in Kumamoto. Just bought the car last week.

先週の行橋と中津ライブは。。。。。。。。。。なんか。。。あんまりいいことは言えないから忘れましょう。田舎ってかんじだった。熊本はよかったけど！ちゃんとできたライブハウスだから音は大事にしてる！！SPANK PAGEという横浜のバンドはとてもかっこ良かった。また来ますので見に来て下さいね

Last week the gigs in Yukuhashi and Nakatsu were just shit to be honest. We were embarrassed to ask our friends to come to either of them as the quality of sound and other bands was unbelievably bad. Enough about that. The gig in Kumamoto yesterday was a lot of fun though and we look forward to playing there again.　Spank page from Yokohama who we played with were also excellent.

Manabu & Dai

Yukuhashi/Nagasaki Gigs 行橋／中津のライブ

This weekend we are pleased to be finally playing at home. I cannot handle long trips with those smelly bastards any longer (actually Manabu isn't smelly). Did you know Eoin doesn't use soap!?

In case you have forgotten who we are, we're Nanbanjin and we are the best band in Japan, hah. If you want a ticket mail either nanbanmusic@hotmail.com or nanbanjin@docomo.ne.jp (on the day) - 1000円 I believe and 1200円 on the day. Cheap

今週末久しぶりに日本のナンバーワン外人バンドはアットホームでライブします。行きたかったらnanbanmusic@hotmail.comにメールしてね！当日だったらnanbanjin@docomo.ne.jp
- 前売り1000円で当日1200円　やすーっ

Yoropiku!!
ダい Dai

サンキュー佐賀！ / Thank you Saga!

POST GIG KARAOKE/ポストライブカラオケ

土曜日のチャリティーライブに来て俺らの音楽を聴いて一緒に飲んだり踊ったりした人に感謝します。凄く楽しい夜だった、佐賀人の元気さを本当に感じてきました。
日曜日に主催者から聞いたのはhabitat for humanityのために8万円以上はイベントのお陰で集められました。参加が出来て良かったです。

We all had a great time in Saga on saturday night. Id like to say it was a memorable night but in truth I remember very little past about 10pm! Thanks especially to Marianne for putting the three of us up for the night.
Apparently the event raised over 80,000 yen for Habitat for Humanity - who new that getting trashed could be such a noble thing!

Eoin

Best Gaijin Band in Japan!! / 外人バンド大会優勝

Nanbanjin has been voted Joint Best Gaijin (Foreign) Band in Japan! Hooray!! Or at least thats what they told us; there doesnt seem to be any actual mention of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. in the article which you can see here.

One can only assume that us being listed 2nd is simply a result of "N" coming after "E" in the alphabet : )

NanbanjinはJapanzineという英語版日本全国配布雑誌の「外人バンド大会」で優勝しました！記事は英語のみになりますが興味があればここに見れます。

私達は同１位になったとJapanzineに言われましたが記事にランキングは載っていません。もしかしてアルファベット順のせいで一番上に出ていないかな...

Eoin

Afronaut Podcast / アフロノート・ポッドキャスト

The Afronaut team has been busy again, and this time they've come up with a podcast featuring some of the hippest new music around in Japan at the moment. It features one Nanbanjin song, and you can check it out here.

最初のアフロノート・レコードによるポッドキャストは今ここに聴けます。日本のカッコいいアンダーグラウンド・バンドが何組か、Nanbanjinの曲も入っています。
良かったら聴いてみて下さい！

Eoin

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

OBSラジオの写真/Photos from our appearance on OBS Radio

Myself and Dai enjoying a cuppa and a nice morning chat with Mr. OhNo! Takashi

Eoin

Out With The New 親不知 (日本でとってよかった)

Today I had my upper right wisdoom tooth removed. I have an absolute dread of going to the dentist. Not because of pain, or drilling or anything like that but of having things put in my mouth. I instantly gag and have thrown up on a few hygenists and denists over the years. If I had to choose one to puke on, it would be the dentist I think.
However, today's experience was like going to have your hair cut with just a dash of blood. Good job Japan. They made a mockery of the medieval dental work I had received on Britain's wonderful NHS (in a very tactful way of course). "Dis belly bad, Japan velly goot". They were right too. Looks like I might be going in a few more times yet though (T_T)　Right, I'm off to scoff my face before the feeling comes back and I have to eat soup.

今日は頭が痛かったから親不知とってしました！！やっぱ日本でしてよかった。明日は多分痛いけど今全然大丈夫です！

DAI x

OITA TOPS 1/27

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who came to the gig at TOPS on the weekend. All the bands were excellent. I especially liked ONE BUCK TUNER. Hope you had a good time, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. If anybody would like to come on our jaunt with us down to Nagasaki or Kumamoto just let us know eh.

TOPSに来てくれた人ありがとうございました　楽しかった！！皆うまかった。僕は One Buck Tunerのファンになった、カッコイイな！
また今度やる時ぜひ見に来てね！次のライブは長崎市と熊本市、行きたかったら連絡をください

SETLIST:
Hitori (一人) [new], Turning Wheel, In Your Arms, Let It Go [new], Corners [new], Hosoki Kazuko (細木和子), The Calling, In Time.

Sorry we didn't do the encore, we were already 10 minutes over our alloted time due to our long and boring MCing.
アンコールしなくてごめんなさい。MCは長過ぎのでできなかった。
Any feedback on our performance would be greatly appreciated x

Dai

大分TOPS 1/27

1月27日（土）は予定が入ってる？
なかったら大分TOPSにNanbanjinを見にオイデよ！
イベントは7時開始でもしかしてNanbanjinは8時半頃に出る。
全部でバンドが4組、前売チケットは1600円、当日は1800円（＋1ドリンク）。
前売チケット予約リストもあるのでライブの前に会う機会がなくても前売の入場金で入れる。
それについてはnanbanmusic@hotmail.comにメールしてください☆
To summarise in English - come and see Nanbanjin rock the other bands into the ground this Saturday at Oita TOPS. Yeah!
Advance tickets are 1600 yen and we can reserve you one if you email nanbanmusic@hotmail.com.
The event starts at 7 and (probably) the only band worth seeing will (probably) start at around 8:30.
Over and out.
Eoin

LIVE IN 福岡

Greetings everyone

Here are the deets of our up and coming gig in Fukuoka:

Sunday Jan 21st
Decadent Deluxe, Fukuoka
Event starts at 7pm
Nanbanjin start at 9pm
Tickets are 1500 yen in advance, 2000 on the door (1 drink order necessary)
Contact nanbanmusic@hotmail.com for tickets.

次のライブの詳細は下記の通り：

場所：Decadent Deluxe福岡（親不幸通りの近く）
日時：1月21日（日）7時〜（Nanbanjinの出演は9時〜）
入場金：前売1500円・当日2000円（プラス1ドリンク）
前売チケットの購入についてはnanbanmusic@hotmail.comに連絡して下さい。

New Nanbanjin Video

Check out

http://www.cutflowers.biz/afronaut.html

to see a new Nanbanjin Video! This time its a commercial for our 1st album "on your way" - coming to a TV near you soon.

おい！

http://www.cutflowers.biz/afronaut.html

を見ちょくれよ！新しいNanbanjinムービーがあるよ！
まあ、今回はムービーというより１stアルバムのCMけどとにかく見てな：）

Nanbanjin Ringtones

Yes, you too can now download images and samples of Nanbanjin's 1st album as ringtones for your mobile phones
(though Japanese users may experience some difficulties - we are still working on this).

Simply go to the links below and follow the instructions:

The Calling

Save Me

Nanbanjin Circus

Eoin

トイレの上から書いてます。全部するよトイレで！曲作ったり本を読んだり。。。とかね。僕のリラックスできる場所っすね！うん！クリスマスは楽しかった!クリスマスツリー、フェスティブグッズと美味しいものいっぱい買ってずーっとテレビとニンテンドウの前でゆっくり過ごしました！23-25日までマイジャパニーズブラザー(Shinya君)が来てくれましたと一緒に安心院のアフリカンサファリーに行ってきました。マジ面白かった行った方がいいよ！ライオンはすごい怖かった。それで24日コンサートオンザロックスタッフと中津清浄園のクリスマスパーティーに行った。激とダンスと歌の発表最後まで見た、とてもうまかったと思った！そのあと皆でケーキ食べました (^^)v 誘ってくれてありがとっ！！
クリスマスデイに昼くらい起きて鴨鍋食べながらグレムリンズ見ました！やっぱ最高だなグレムリンズ！
夜王様と飲んだ別府で！色んな面白い人と話してたその夜！ね、王様！

今は大阪の中央ビジネスホテルのトイレで座ってるよ！昨日新門司の阪急フェリーに乗って大阪に来ました。明日青春18枚きっぷで東京に行ってきます。僕の一番好きなバンド'マザーコート'っていうグループののためみに来ました。すごくうまいんでチョー楽しみ！今からお好み焼き食べに行くけん！またな！

ダイ x

Classic Japanese English Menu

クリスマス発表会 Xmas Presentation

コンサート・オン・ザ・ロック3のボランティアや主催者だったレーチェル、ダイ、かおり、しんやを連れてコンサートの寄付金をもらった中津にある清浄園幼児福祉施設のクリスマス発表会を24日に行ってきた。
子供達は凄く頑張ってnanbanjinより良い演奏が出来たかもしれない！
特に子供達がpink pantherの音楽を使ってやった泥棒についてのスキットが面白かった。
オーウェン

Along with Concert on the Rock 3 fellow organizers and volunteers Dai, Kaori, Shinya and Rachel I went to Nakatsu Seijouen Childrens Centre (the recipient of a hefty donation from this year's concert ) for their Christmas Presentation.
A fantastic time was had by all with a particular highlight being a skit about a burglar utilising the music from the pink panther.
All in all probably more interesting than a Nanbanjin gig, and certainly a lot quieter!
Eoin

OBSラジオに出ます！

1月7日（日）にOBSラジオのOh-No Takashi's Fun Fan Timeの番組に出ることになりました。
詳しい時間などがわかったらまたブログに掲示します☆
オーウェン

We will be appearing on OBS Radio on January 7th
- more details about times, etc. will be posted on the blog when we have them.
Eoin

UK

I'm off home to the UK on the 27th of this month for a whole 3 DAYS!
Its not quite as short a trip as it may seem as there are a couple of nights in Seoul, but nonetheless this must be the furthest i have ever travelled for what is effectively a long weekend away.
Being on a plane at midnight on the 31st is also going to be a first - have you ever experienced that before?
I wonder if we will get free champagne or some other perks.
I will be back in Oita on January 2nd and ready to rock for 2OO7.
See you all then

Eoin

サミー Freezing (T_T)

寒いなぁ！！ブロッグへようこそ！南蛮人の中で僕の日本語は一番へたくそけどブロッグで頑張る！最近頭が痛い。J-POP＋クリスマス=痛み 薬飲んだらよくなるけど(豚骨スープが一番効果的)
どこか行きたいな！東京にあるマザーコートのカウントダウンライブに行くけど。楽しみ！南蛮人のライブも楽しみにしてな！びっくりさせて欲しい。来てな (^_-) 疲れた！

It's freezing bloody cold here. Japanese pop has to be the most annoying forms of music. Its like happy hardcore but slowed down. Sugar coated sugar with nothing inside. What are we ugly bands supposed to do?
Reinventing the live show at the moment with a view to surprising(?) our audiences. In a good way of course. We are going for an apopexly approach. Be warned.

Dai x

HP更新

凄く時間がかかった（もうすぐ朝4時になってしまう★）けどやっとHPの更新は出来た！
Nanbanjin Artistic DirectorのMichael Hopeの色々な作品も載せたので是非見てみて下さい。
オーウェン

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DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE

'ON YOUR WAY' 19/11/2006

AVAILABLE AT

http://cdbaby.com/cd/nanbanjin

www.nanbanjin.net www.myspace.com/nanbanjin www.concertontherock.com

Do you ever worry about the health or your future?

I never did until recently. I really don't think we are supposed to eat red meat or chicken. I think hair, fur and feathers were put there for a reason. To make you gag. Unfortunately, I am addicted to animals with such coats. I'm going to eat more fish from today. Are scales bad for you?

As the New Year approaches some of you may also feel the urge to be drawn in to a fitness regime. DON'T!! Jogging is terrible for your kness and fashion sense and gymnasiums are overly air-conditioned and way too bright causing irreparable damage to your eyes. Go swimming and wear sunglass goggles stay away from coffee and the elderly (they fall over).

Our album is now available at www.afronautrecords.com as well as CDbaby and other record shops which for the life of me I can't remember their names. Excellent shops though.

We have decided to do something extremely odd to our live show. The transformation will take exactly 40 days and 40 nights give or take a week or two. We will be unleashing the beast on January 27th at the big bad bosses den (TOPS) in city of Oita.

If you were worried about my first question. You should buy our album. All the answers lie within it.

Don't relax too much eh
Dai

Shimabara Live

After a lot of Beaujolais nouveau, Corona lager and a nasty drunken bicycle accident on Friday we bundled in the wagon on Saturday morning and headed off on our five hour journey to play in Shimabara. We stopped on the way in Fukuoka for a wee, some pop and tried the delicious 'buta-man' (pork dumplings) famous to the area (even though they are blatantly from China).
The venue was pretty well set up with a nice stage and adequate PA. Before us was the most odd mix of music and musicians. We liked the brass band. Much to our despair we had to forego a soundcheck and hit the stage cold and couldn't hear a thing. but the Nagasaki people were great and we even shifted a few CDs. Thanks Shimabara!

このサイトはweblogだけでございます！くわしくはwww.nanbanjin.net を見てください
This is just a weblog so go to www.nanbanjin.net for more up to date info!!

Debut album ‘On Your Way’ out this month through Afronaut Records. The official release party was on November 18th and 19th in Nakatsu's Firehouse and at Sjora in Fukuoka City. Our favourite band in the whole world Mothercoat (www.mothercoat.com) came down from Tokyo to play with us and it was an absolute stormer. You can get your hands on the record through Chameleon and Borderline records CDbaby http://cdbaby.com/cd/nanbanjin and Itunes. More retail outlets to be confirmed soon.

You can hear a few clips of the album at www.myspace.com/nanbanjin

You can request to hear us on Fukuoka’s lovefm. Anyone in Kyushu or southern Honshu can tune in. They have a copy of the album so do us a favour and request away.

We are also releasing ‘The Calling’ on an indie compilation put together by Oxford based Matchbox Records. It is an international release so it should be easy to get hold of. It will be out in the New Year.

The band is yet again going to change slightly in the coming weeks and months. Definitely for the better. We are growing in sound, instruments and members........watch this space!!

Rub rub
Dai chan

曲 SONGS

Save me
Cso Cso Kojo
Hosoki Kazuko
Corners
In Time
The Firehouse
Flawless Performance　
Criminal　
The Turning Wheel
Safe
Me　
Pulling Faces　
I Know Something You Don't　
In A Dream
Nanbanjin Theme Song
Run
Clowns, Crabs And Crocodiles
This Is War
Wait And See
For The Better
She Said
Grace and Favour
The Calling
Getting Undressed
Jump in My Grave
The Prince of Denmark
In Your Arms
5/4 Instru.

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Early Believers - Fukuoka City

www.nanbanjin.net

www.myspace.com/nanbanjin

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