At the well-known rock-venue, Quattro in Shibuya Tokyo, the experimental, instrumental post-rock band, LITE, took part in the 3-day Parabolica Jam event. They were supported by a great line-up including tera melos, Adebisi Shank, OVERGROUND ACOUSTIC UNDERGROUND and NATSUMEN.
Playing in support of their new EP “Turns Red”, both the band and the listeners were psyched to be in the venue. The new ingredient, synthesizer has spiced up their tunes, and successfully orchestrated the raging conflicts of their instrumentation into unity.
From the get-go, LITE demonstrated its anti-rhythmic mettle. Jun Izawa (bass) and Akinori Yamamoto (drums) were intense, though restrained, and took control of irregular rhythms.
I hate when I see bands desperately making non-sense craziness to impress audience, and of course, in most of cases, they fail. Well, they indeed did not fall for it. Their rationally intense moves did not only make themselves concentrate on the show but also kept the audience engaged.
Though the band has no front man, preferring each of its members to be viewed as equal contributors, a non-smiling seemingly music geek Kozo Kusumoto slightly dominated the band by blessing their tunes with spooky melodies. Not to mention, more importantly, Jun Izawa’s belligerent bass pounded on their spiral sound in a frenzy.
Click here to see the photos from the gig,
There will be more shows coming up, and no regrets to go to.
2009/11/23 – ERA “SPECTRUM 5″ – Tokyo, JP
2009/11/24 – ERA “SPECTRUM 5″ – Tokyo, JP
2009/12/9 – LOOK – Chiba, JP
2009/12/13 – CLUB ROCK’N’ROLL – Nagoya, JP
2010/1/9 – CLUB RIVERST – Niigata, JP
2010/1/10 – LIVE HOUSE J – Nagano, JP
2010/1/11 – FANDANGO – Osaka, JP
2010/1/16 – BIRDLAND – Sendai, JP
2010/2/10 – CLUB QUATTRO – Tokyo, JP
LITE: MYSPACE
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