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Shibuya Motors Live at Alternativa

by Shibuya Motors

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Alternativa I. 11:45
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Alternativa II. 10:19
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Alternativa III. 06:15
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Alternativa IV. 07:34
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Live recording from festival Alternativa 2018 in Prague, 3 November

"Shibuya Motors. Tough, but liberating. Grindcore, free improvisation, free jazz, heavy metal and noise all in one. Shibuya Motors is a band founded by Slávo Krekovič and Miroslav Tóth in 2006. Gradually, the best European drummers joined them – Didi Kern (Fuckhead, Bulbul, etc.) and Balázs Pándi (Merzbow / Mats Gustafsson / Pándi trio, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Zu, Venetian Snares, etc.). It is rather difficult to describe this band – it must be experienced in a whirlwind of extensive singing, saxophone, heavy electronics, and massive combination of double drums.

Advojka wrote the following about them in the Festival Alternatíva review: “The highlight of the evening was provided by the Slovak freestyle improvisation avantcore formation Shibuya Motors, complemented by drummers Didi Kern and Balázs Pándi. Thanks to them and their rhythmical conjuring, the sound of the ensemble, which is based on the aggressive electronics of Slávo Krekovič, moved closer to the hardcore and metal level, completed by Miro Tóth and his shrieking saxophone and screaming.” The website the-aardvark.cz adds: “More aggressive places were dominated by Didi Kern (i.a. Poisonous Frequencies) and Balász Pándi (although it lacked more of his typical heavy cymbal massacres) stood out), otherwise playing with Japanese legends. As for the slower and more curious parts, Toth's yodelling stood out. They came, destroyed us and left us grinning." Miro Tóth himself said about the band: "The abnormality of Shibuya Motors is that it's an extreme and occasional project. For me, this band is liberating like a jump into another ocean. It’s over the limit in term of the noise, physical presence and the music speed and it’s enough to have a few concerts a year.”

(from Pohoda festival website)

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released May 9, 2019

Slávo Krekovič - electronics
Miroslav Tóth - vocal, alto saxophone
Balázs Pándi & Didi Kern - drums

Recorded, mixed: Miroslav Tóth
Cover design: Suzanne Verschueren
Dedication to Petr Vrba
Special thanks to Alternativa festival in Prague

Released by Tothem Records, May 9, 2019

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