LISTEN: New Live Nisennenmondai Track

Japanese trio and tQ favourites unleash first taste of upcoming live EP ahead of European tour dates

On March 20, Tokyo-based tQ favourites Nisennenmondai release a new live record as part of the Live At Clouds Hill series. The EP’s four tracks were all recorded at Hamburg’s Clouds Hill Recordings studio in June 2013 in front of a small, invited audience and we are excited to offer you an exclusive stream of opening track, ‘A’, above. The track showcases what Nisennenmondai do best, its 12 minutes driven by Yuri Zaikawa’s bass and smatterings of bleak guitar.

Live At Clouds Hill follows the release of the trio’s last full-length, N, in Europe last year and will be available on 12" vinyl, CD and via digital download, which will also include exclusive live footage taken from the performance. You can find full details of Nisennenmondai’s upcoming European tour, which starts at Berlin’s CTM-Festival this Sunday and also takes in UK shows in London, Manchester and Brighton, below. Have a read of Tristan Bath’s July 2014 interview with the band too if you missed it, right here.

FEBRUARY

Sun 1 – Astra at CTM festival, Berlin, Germany

Tue 3 – Cafe Kulturanlna, Warsaw, Poland

Wed 4 – Gold Horn, Leipzig, Germany

Thu 5 – Kulturrampe, Krefeld, Germany

Fri 6 – Autre Canal, Nancy, France

Sat 7 – EAR WE ARE festival, Bienne, Switzerland

Sun 8 – Antigel festival, Geneva, Switzerland

Tue 10 – Hafenklang, Hamburg, Germany

Thu 12 – Kuudes Linja, Helsinki, Finland

Fri 13 – Sónar festival, Stockholm, Sweden

Sat 14 – Sónar festival, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sun 15 – Heaven, London w/ Chris & Cosey

Tue 17 – Soup Kitchen, Manchester

Wed 18 – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Brighton

Thu 19 – 106, Rouen, France

Fri 20 – Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium

Sat 21 РGait̩ Lyrique, Paris, France

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