Fujiya & Miyagi
On Tour
2,168,417 plays (129,950 listeners)
Brighton, United Kingdom (2000 – present)
The story of how they met and formed the band variously reports a mutual hero-worship of world heavyweight wrestler Kendo Nagasaki (from Wolverhampton, and like the boys from F&M, not a Japanese cell in his muscle-bound body), and a shared interest in krautrock and early-nineties electronica discovered while warming the subs bench during Sunday league football
Origins of the band’s name are explained by them here:
David: “Miyagi was taken from the film ‘The Karate Kid’ and Fujiya was the name of a record player. It just looked really nice written down. And it was the only name we came up with”
Fujiya & Miyagi produce a sound that has been located by the music and media fraternity as somewhere between Can, the Happy Mondays, Alabama 3, Kraftwerk and Talking Heads. This, combined with David’s eclectic line in lyrics: ” I’ve got a slow, a slow, a slow metabolism” , has won them an excited legion of supporters, among whom may be counted DFA, Tiga, Andrew Weatherall, Chicken Lips, Damo Suzuki and BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson.
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Shafaak wrote:
LOVE and nothing but!
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Superbeast187 wrote:
Uh rules!
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ouzo-portokali wrote:
I really enjoyed your music on Friday night in Athens synch! Thanks!
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third_escalante wrote:
Seriously! Collarbone ROCKS.
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third_escalante wrote:
First time I heard Collarbone, I. just. froze. and sat listening. like a cat. looking intently at the fishbowl.
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joniswed wrote:
first time her collarbone tripped over my shoelaces (8) <3
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joniswed wrote:
fuckin' Awesome! =]
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Rulparapel wrote:
Oh my!
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SecondeNature wrote:
Live le vendredi 05 juin 2009. Festival Seconde Nature, à la fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence. + d'infos sur www.secondenature.org
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shoquita wrote:
love to see them in Japan!!
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neverspy wrote:
so great! love them
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mefeates wrote:
hey gleryff , are you sure that you live in glasgow!!!
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lovelikesummer wrote:
god i want to see them live (;
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Tobbyno wrote:
I love this band, but I have to admit that "Lightbulbs" was a little disappointing...
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gleryff wrote:
good lawd! they's coming to glasgow!
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Kryshak wrote:
Lightbulbs is quite a nice album!
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Musich wrote:
Why isn't !!! near the top of Similar Artist's? They have so much in common... so goood
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chbrasse wrote:
One of my favorites !! Great music and sound !! Please listen to the track "Moonlight Dream" or "Take me to the top" at http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Chris+Brass Greetings from Paris
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clecle wrote:
Why is Lightbulbs missing from the album list?(like atitlan said)lightbulbs is their best album.
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edwardmass wrote:
These guys are so great. Check out their show in photos from Phoenix: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/slideshow/view/255882
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Events
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Jul
16
Bažant Pohoda 2009
Letisko, Trenčín, Slovakia
916 shouts
| 814 attendees
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Jul
22
Raiffeisen Music Manifest
Solyanka, Moscow, Russian Federation
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| 2 attendees
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Jul
25
Fnac Indétendances
Parvis de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France
8 shouts
| 33 attendees
News
TRANSPARENT THINGS - THE LYRICS
1 Aug 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi
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24 Jan 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi
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Recent Activity
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soriyama, veritrunee, Schakazulu and 3 other people added Fujiya & Miyagi to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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marta0000 added Fujiya & Miyagi to the lineup of DISCO_NNECT FESTIVAL vol.1 at Forte Marghera. yesterday afternoon
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emily123m, DoubleMO, petschie and 4 other people added Fujiya & Miyagi to their libraries. yesterday morning
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kirillsorokin added Fujiya & Miyagi to the lineup of Raiffeisen Music Manifest at Solyanka. Wednesday evening
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mellymeme added Fujiya & Miyagi to their libraries. Wednesday evening
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osculatio tagged Fujiya & Miyagi with krautrock and electronic. Wednesday morning
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soalicekate, zosl, akaz3r0 and 21 other people added Fujiya & Miyagi to their libraries. Tuesday afternoon
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disc-o-marie added Fujiya & Miyagi to the lineup of Fnac Indétendances at Parvis de l'Hôtel de Ville. last week
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