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goat (jp)
OriginOsaka, Japan
Genres
Years active2013-present
LabelsEM Records
Members
  • Koshiro Hino
  • Atsumi Tagami
  • Akihiko Ando
  • Takafumi Okada
  • Rai Tateishi
Past members
  • Tetsushi Nishikawa
Websitehttps://goatjp.bandcamp.com/

goat (jp) is a japanese experimental music band that formed in Osaka in 2012. The group is led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Koshiro Hino, and currently performs in a five-piece formation, including guitar, bass, two drummers, and winds, with several members doubling on percussion instruments. They have released three studio albums, most recently Joy in Fear on Hino's self-founded label, Nakid, and have made several international tours in Europe.

On Joy in Fear, the band-members included Koshiro Hino (guitar), Atsumi Tagami (bass), Akihiko Ando (saxophone), Takafumi Okada, (drums), and Rai Tateishi (percussion, bamboo flute, Irish flute).[1] Tetsushi Nishikawa was the original drummer on their first two albums, but departed the group in 2016, and was replaced by Tetsushi Nishikawa.

goat (jp) have become known for their innovotaive musical style that combines minimalistic aesthetics of restrained timbres, textures, and forms, with intricately layered rhythmic patterns that include polymeteres and polyrhythms, with Boomkat describing them as 'perhaps the tightest band in existence right now'[2] owing to their highly-rehearsed and virtuosic performances. Due to their idiosyncratic style, several writers have drawn connections between goat (jp) with artists as wide ranging as Steve Reich, Miles Davis, Mark Fell, Autechre, Ryoji Ikeda, Jon Hassell, and Beatrice Dillon.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The band emerged out of the math rock trio Talking Dead Goats who were active in Japan throughout the late 2000s, and which consisted of Koshiro Hino (guitar), Atsumi Tagami (bass), and Tetsushi Nishikawa (drums). According to an article in The Wire, Hino created goat after several years touring the Japanese underground circuit, and specifically after an epiphany upon encountering an exhibition by artist Tomoo Gokita, and a monochrome painting of intricate geometric patterns.[7]

Discography

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  • New Games (2013, Headz, Unknownmix)
  • Rhythm & Sound (2015, Headz, Unknownmix)
  • Joy in Fear (2024, Nakid)

References

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  1. ^ a b Bandcamp
  2. ^ a b Boomkat
  3. ^ The Wire, Issue 474 (August 2023), p.16, James Hadley (author).
  4. ^ Boomkat
  5. ^ ZDB - Galeria Zé dos Bois
  6. ^ gnration
  7. ^ The Wire Issue 474 (August 2023).
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