- Audio CD (15 May 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Tirk
- ASIN: B000EYK2I2
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Ankle Injuries |
| 2. Collarbone |
| 3. Photocopier |
| 4. Conductor 71 |
| 5. Transparent Things |
| 6. Sucker Punch |
| 7. In One Ear & Out The Other |
| 8. Cassettesingle |
| 9. Cylinders |
Product Description
Album Description
Fujiya & Miyagi’s music could best be described as part Krautrock (Can / Neu / Cluster / Kraftwerk), part New Wave guitar rock (Talking Heads / Wire) part 90’s electronica (Aphex Twin / Fourtet / Boards Of Canada). Fujiya & Miyagi's first three limited 10" releases for Tirk, released in ltd quantities of 1,000 through Spring 2004 to Winter 2006, all sold out within weeks of release. Transparent Things collects all of the tracks from the 3EP’s, along with an exclusive new track, Cylinders. Initial copies of Transparent Things are released in a collectable sleeve – designed by Richard Robinson, designer for Output Recordings and Soulwax amongst others.
Product Description
KRAUT-ROCK FLAVOURED SPACE FUNK With their own very distinct sound, Fujiya & Miyagi release their second album. Full of quirky, catchy little numbers, our only criticism is it's over far too quickly!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It may take a couple of listens but then you'll be hooked. Infectious basslines, beautiful, memorable melodies and some of the best lyrics heard alongside electronica ("Like pixalated scraps of jazz mags in your head lights", anyone?) You've gotta love bands who make electronic music but mix it up with live guitars and bass, it works so well and its like nothing else you've heard. Oh, and catch them live - Essential stuff.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the best album of the year so far. OK so it was originally released in 2006, but I blame poor promotion because the album is as good as Hot Chip, Tom Vek, !!!, The Go! Team, LCD Soundsystem and other such noteworthies of the past few years. Am looking forward to seeing them at the Lumiere in June, an excellent closknit venue. What does it mean, what does it sound like? Everyone is saying it's disco krautrock which is true, but for the unitiated, it's a bit electronic, experimental, funky and very cool.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Being a fan of '70's Krautrock and the current output by musicians who cut their creative teeth in that time/place I sometimes buy albums out of curiosity to hear what new bands/artists have done with the "krautrock influences" mentioned in album reviews. This was one such disc ( Mojo magazine gave it a full page review some months ago ) but the album could just as easily be called "Transcendent Things" because the music here transcends it's influences.
A wonderful album. Apparently a collection of the bands early/only recordings that were released in various forms but have now been gathered together and released as this album: which may account for the short length of the disc. But it's only their first album! If you enjoy Neu!, especially Can, or simply enjoy witty and well made electronic music this is for you. Strongly recommended.
A wonderful album. Apparently a collection of the bands early/only recordings that were released in various forms but have now been gathered together and released as this album: which may account for the short length of the disc. But it's only their first album! If you enjoy Neu!, especially Can, or simply enjoy witty and well made electronic music this is for you. Strongly recommended.
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Modern prog rock
I picked this up somehow by chance while looking for Japanes music on the internet. However, despite the name, this is not Japanese music (as we are told on the album), although it... Read more
Published on 5 May 2008 by Ian Shine
Smart
There is something charming about three English lads from Brighton giving themselves Japanese names and banging out driving Krautrockesque rock gems with considerable aplomb, wit... Read more
Published on 27 April 2008 by Mr. M. J. Cole
Cassettequintuple
Well, for starters, I was always and still am confused by the names of musical styles. Krautrock - I have no idea what this means, its origins, what it sounds like, who did it,... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2007 by Peter Bonnar
A sublime slow burning classic
Transparent Things is full of tunes that seem unassuming at first play but will seep their way into your brain without noticing it. The looping bass lines, Neu! Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2007 by schmoodub
sleek & funky
Saw them live about a year ago as a support act I'd never heard of and kept on thinking, "they're bound to do a boring song sooner or later" but they maintained the quality... Read more
Published on 25 May 2007 by freewheeling frankie
Buy this now!
If you are serious at all about liking inovative electro-pop then you have to buy this. They have been compared to The Happy Mondays, Air, Neu, Hot Chip etc, and it's not just the... Read more
Published on 20 April 2007 by Donaldo
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