[Music Review] Nisennenmondai - Destination Tokyo

"Joy Division Minus Brooding, chatmonchy Minus Pop Structure, The Rapture Minus Bullshit!"

Nisennenmondai  (にせんねんもんだい)
Album: Destination Tokyo
Genre: Post-punk, Japanoise, Noise Rock
Based in: Tokyo, Japan
Label: Bijin Records (jpn), Smalltown Supersound (european)
Year: 2009
Rate: 9/10
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Have you ever thought the current down-sliding post-punk revival trend is just pop vocal melodies wedged in to angular guitars and either stoic or frenetic drum work? Have you ever thought that it's all just a bit daft and unimaginative? Well think no more! The saviors of purist post-punk are here! And they're all tiny Japanese girls!

Nisennenmondai, established in 1999, has given us post-punk in it's most literal form (or at least as literal as post-punk can get in the 21st century). Literal in a sense that after 1977 Punk's 2-min or less rave-ups, there can only be Nisennenmondai's 8-min rave-down "Disco". Literal in a sense that after all 1977 Punk's politically retarded lyric vomit, there can only be the 13-minute nihilistic lyric-less drone of "ijeN urusuozuoS".

All of this is made all the more impressive by the fact they are all doing this without synths! That's right ladies and gentlemen of the congregation, they're all just about the guitars, drums and bass!

Fair warning though, know that the 9 I just gave to this thing assumes you are informed of drone music or even a pinch of post-rock and post-punk histories and subtleties between the sub-genres. However, if you're looking for a drone-y, post-punk album to jam out teh stress?

Nisennenmondai is gonna save your day.

And your faith.

Guaranteed.

Oh yeah...

No vocals...

Sorry Ian.

(Ababil Ashari)
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Pernah berpikir kalau tren post-punk revival yang lagi menurun itu hanya melodi-melodi pop vocal yang dimuat-muatkan ke permainan gitar yang tercabik-cabik dan drum yang kalau tidak terdiam, sangat gila? Pernah berpikir kalau semua ini agak membosankan dan tidak imajinatif? Tidak usah berpikir itu lagi! Penyelamat post-punk puris telah datang! Dan mereka semua cewek-cewek Jepang kecil dan imut!

Nissennenmondai, yang memulai bermusik pada tahun 1999, telah memberikan kita post-punk yang paling harfiah. Harfiah dalam arti: setelah lagu 2-min atau kurang Punk angkatan '77 hanya akan ada lagu 8-min "Disco"-nya Nisennenmondai. Harfiah dalam arti: setelah lirik-lirik "political" bodoh punk angkatan '77 hanya akan ada lagu nihilistic "ijeN urusuozuoS"

Semua ini dibuat mencengangkan karena musik ini dibuat tanpa synth! Benar para pembaca, cewek-cewek ini hanya bermodalkan gitar, drum dan bass!

Harus diingatkan! Nilai 9 yang penulis kasih di atas mengassumsikan pembaca tahu dan memberikan apresiasi terhadap music drone atau sedikit mengetahui tentang sejarah dan perbedaan tipis antara sub-genre di post-pundalam k dan post-rock. Tapi, jika pembaca ingin mencari album yang post-punk yang mempunyai nilai-nilai drone untu melepas stress?

Nisennenmondai akan menyelamatkan harimu.

Dan kepercayaanmu.

Dijamin.

Oh iya...

Gak ada vocal...

Ma'af Alfan.

(Ababil Ashari)

Tracklist
01. Souzousuru Neji
02. Disco
03. Miraabouru
04. Mirrorball
05. Destination Tokyo

*Review by: Ababil Ashari
*Translated by: Ababil Ashari

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