Fujiya & Miyagi

Fujiya & Miyagi released "Lightbulbs" September 9th on Deaf Dumb & Blind Recordings. Pitchfork is giving the album a 6.6. They were up big on the CMJ radio 200 jumping from 86 to 19. Basically a lot of there stuff sounds the same so if you here one song and you like it you probably will like the rest. I have 3 songs from the album listed below and an older song "Collarbone" which you may know from a few advertising campaigns which got some play.

CMJ has a nice feature when you click on the band you can stream the tracks from the album. If you get a chance visit their site and check it out.


SeeqPod - Playable Search

Wikipedia:


Fujiya & Miyagi are an English band formed in Brighton in 2000. They are currently signed to Tirk Records in the United Kingdom. They are self-described as being heavily influenced by 70's Krautrock bands such as Can and Neu! as well as early-90's electronic music artists like Aphex Twin. The origins of the band's name come from a character in the movie The Karate Kid as well as the brand of a record player [1].
The first several years after the band's formation were spent in relative obscurity; however, they began to see a drastic spike in popularity between 2003 and 2006 thanks in large part to very favorable reviews from prominent music publications such as NME and Pitchfork Media. They were also the subject of an episode of the MTV2 documentary series This Is Our Music in 2006. The song "Collarbone" has been featured in ads for both Jaguar's 2007 "Gorgeous" campaign as well as Miller Lite's "Bar Stool" directed by Tarsem Singh.
The current members of the band are:
Steve Lewis (Fujiya): 2000–present (synths, beats, programming and backing vocals)
David Best (Miyagi): 2000–present (vocals and guitar)
Matt Hainsby (Ampersand): 2005–present (bass guitar and backing vocals)
Lee Adams: 2008–present (drums)[2]
The story of how they met and formed the band variously reports a mutual hero-worship of world heavyweight wrestler Kendo Nagasaki, and a shared interest in krautrock and early-nineties electronica discovered while warming the subs bench during Sunday league football.

Discography
Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style · 2003
Transparent Things · 2006
Lightbulbs · 2008[3] - UK #187[4]

References
^ "Fujiya & Miyagi - Artists Listing" (html). Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
^ "Fujiya & Miyagi Add Member, Play Shows, Work Up LP" (html). Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
^ "Fujiya & Miyagi Turn on Lightbulbs on New Album" (html). Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
^ "The Official Album Chart for the week ending 13 September 2008" . ChartsPlus (368): 5-8. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd. Retrieved on 2008-09-10.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Fujiya & Miyagi
Official Website
Fujiya & Miyagi at MySpace
Fujiya & Miyagi on Tirk Records
Interview with David Best by Greg Szeto of Bmore Live
Interview with Fujiya & Miyagi on Brightest Young Things
Live from SXSW 2007 on 89.3 The Current


Fujiya & Miyagi