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Ichigo Evil

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We first met Japanese musician and performance artist Eiichi Shimasaki at a festival on the remote Hebridean island of Eigg. He'd roped an audience member into holding his steel pan aloft like a Roman statue, and played the pan by throwing ping pong balls in from his vantage point on stage. 

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Of course, we invited Eiichi to perform on our NTS show, which he duly obliged, although - unlike at Eigg - he didn't walk into the gig on orange stilts. 

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Eiichi's manic, mischievous stage alter-ego ICHI has since found the perfect backing band, in Bristol jazz rock supergroup Evil Usses. This first joint effort captures a rare sonic alchemy - reminding us in turns of Polar Bear, Connan Mockasin, and Rhubarb and Custard. We are thrilled to present this release on cassette.

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"What happens when you take stop-start, prog-jazz weirdos Evil Usses and mix them with someone even stranger? Well, ICHI's DIY dada-pop genius isn't going to make things more normal is it?

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Witness new combo Ichigo Evil knock at the doors of perception with dayglo skronk and one stringed fiddles. For fans of: Black Midi & Damo Suzuki, Melt Yourself Down, Cornelius" - Headfirst Bristol Staff Picks

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