Origin London, England Website boningen.info Record label Stolen Recordings | Years active 2006 (2006)–present Active from 2006 | |
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Labels Stolen Recordings (UK)
Sony Music Associated Records (JP) Albums Line the Wall, Live At St.Leonard's Church, Bo Ningen, III, Henkan EP Members Taigen Kawabe, Taigen, Kohhei, Monchan, Yuki Genres Noise rock, Neo-psychedelia Similar Savages, Camille Berthomier, Roger Robinson, Primal Scream, Damo Suzuki Profiles | ||
Bo ningen full performance live on kexp
Bo Ningen are a Japanese four-piece noise rock band, consisting of Taigen Kawabe (bass/ vocals), Yuki Tsujii (guitar), Kohhei Matsuda (guitar) and Monchan Monna (drums). Though they come from Gumma, Tajimi, Nishinomiya, and Tokyo, they coalesced in London. They are signed to Stolen Recordings and licensed to Sony Music Associated Records in Japan.
Contents
- Bo ningen full performance live on kexp
- Bo ningen slider official video
- Biography
- Singles
- EPs
- Albums
- Collaborations
- Songs
- References
They have performed collaboratively with Damo Suzuki, Faust and Savages.
Bo ningen slider official video
Biography
The name Bo Ningen means "Stick Man" in Japanese.
Taigen (vocal & bass) and Kohhei (guitar) met at a gig in 2006 and formed the first Bo Ningen duo; they were later joined by Yuki and then by Monchan. The band booked into a studio on Hackney Road and in summer 2007, after continual 12 hour jams they played the first “true” Bo Ningen show at the Wilmington Arms. They then set up their own night 'Far East Electric Psychedelic' at Cross Kings in Kings Cross.
They have since played shows and festivals throughout the UK, Europe and Japan, notably the 2011 Venice Biennale (in collaboration with artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster), which was re-created for Yoko Ono's Meltdown Festival at Royal Festival Hall. They were also invited to perform at the Victoria and Albert Museum's Yohji Yamamoto Friday Late event.
According to an October 2015 interview with Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music, they confessed that they didn't even really understand the label of acid rock applied to their style of music.
Singles
EPs
Albums
Collaborations
Songs
HenkanLive At StLeonard's Church · 2012
DadadaIII · 2014
NichijyouLive At StLeonard's Church · 2012