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Hot Pot Totto
Hot Pot Totto (transparent red marbled vinyl LP)
Cat: PHNTM 033LP. Rel: 05 Oct 23
 
Experimental/Electronic
Hakke Yoi (3:27)
Shogyu Mujo (4:00)
The Tower (3:22)
Religion Surfer (2:47)
Eye Candy Man (3:25)
Buri Buri (feat Catu Diosis) (3:11)
Okame & Hyottoko (3:00)
RIP My Ego (3:39)
Bad For My Soul Good For My Ego (3:43)
Dopamine Dance (1:05)
Hashtag Smile (3:47)
Review: Shigeru Ishihara aka DJ Scotch Egg and Kiki Hitomi (ex-King Midas Sound) return with their beguiling but ultimately groundbreaking 'minyo footwork' project, WaqWaq Kingdom. For those who haven't been here before, the name itself says it all - albums from this duo are like stepping through the wardrobe into a different realm packed with fantasy and exoticism, yet fully committed to the dance. "Two words are conjoined: hot pot and ottotto," says Kiki Hitomi of the album title. "Ottotto is the Japanese equivalent of 'oops', or said when someone nearly falls over but manages to get their balance back: it was dangerous but now we are safe!" Musically, that sounds like upbeat, staccato kicks carrying hallucinogenic melodies, samples and sounds, at times descending into weird manic broken pop ('Buri Buri') and low slung, growling, stepping urban breaks ('The Tower'). Formidable, surprising, and infinitely pleasing.
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Dokkoisho
Dokkoisho (limited LP)
Cat: PHNTM 13X. Rel: 27 Jul 23
 
Experimental/Electronic
Don't Be A Zombie (3:02)
Positive Sound (2:53)
Mr Two Face (5:33)
Relax In Chaos (4:55)
WagWag Matsuri (3:44)
Review: If you encountered the 2019 album, Essaka Hoisa, Waqwaq Kingdom's inimitable style will already be familiar. For those who never did, the outfit comprises Shigeru Ishihara aka DJ Scotch Egg and Kiki Hitomi (ex-King Midas Sound), which should give some clues as to where influences are coming from on this, their first outing since the aforementioned obscure masterpiece. Dokkoisho follows a similar line, marrying elements of 8-bit techno, African polyrhythms, contemporary electronica, dancehall, and traditional Japanese folk. Sometimes, although not always, it almost feels like it's happening all at once, like opener 'Positive Sound'. Although that doesn't mean sacrificing coherency or quality. In other moments, things are more focused, for example 'Positive Sound', which opts to strip things back wonderfully to offer a lunging, hypnotic, drum-first workout.
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Essaka Hoisa
Essaka Hoisa (LP limited to 250 copies)
Cat: PHNTM 9X. Rel: 27 Jul 23
 
Experimental/Electronic
Mum Tells Me (3:56)
Doggy Bag (3:47)
Itadakimasu (3:20)
Gift From God (2:40)
3rd Eye (5:23)
Gaga Qu (4:46)
Hototogisu (6:08)
Circle Of Life (2:07)
Warg (2:38)
Medicine Man (feat Jimi Tenor & Tom Page) (10:45)
Review: Kiki Hitomi and Shigeru Ishihara first developed WaqWaq Kingdom as a psychedelic affair with percussionist Andrea Belfi, but with 2019 album Essaka Hoisa they ploughed on alone and created a distinctive, maximalist sound drawing on their respective strengths. Hitomi is a captivating story-teller who can tease a whole cast of characters from her vocal delivery, and Ishihara has a hyperactive approach to production which can render footwork, breakcore, hyper pop, traditional Japanese folk music, hip-hop and much more as bit parts in his vivid tapestries. Drawing on their heritage and making the most out-there modernist music intensely personal in the same beat, Essaka Hoisa sounds like nothing else you've ever heard, and should serve as a perfect primer for a new album from WaqWaq Kingdom in September 2023.
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 in stock $24.74
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