Andersens were formed in 2000 by three students from the same high school, Kiyokazu Onozaki, Shinsuke Ouchi and Daisuke Kobayashi. Live, they create an inspired, often improvised sound-ceremony, blending crazed psychedelia with a wistful pop sensibility. After Andersens released their debut EP in 2002, singer/flutist Yoshiko Iguchi joined the band and added a more delicate atmosphere to the many-layered drones heard on their debut album Between Static and Fire. After Daisuke Kobayashi left the band in 2004 to pursue a career in agriculture, the band began to have a floating lineup, sometimes swelling to more than ten people, with instrumentation including esraji, trombone, saxophone, Indian percussion, synthesizer and lap top. In 2005, band leader Kiyokazu Onozaki started his own label Bye Bye Blackbird to release Andersens works.
discography:
"a rooftop in s thunderstorm row missing the point" CDEP - rui/majikick 2002,
"between static and fire" CD majikick 2003,
"prepared landscape" CDEP - bye bye blackbird 2005,
"elephantasy" DVDR - bye bye blackbird 2005,
"gzi gzi gzeo" CD - little pad records / bye bye blackbird 2006, switchico records 2007
"VA / majikick clip sapp Vob.2" DVDR - majikick 2002,
"VA / songs for nao - 14 bands from japan" CD - chapter music 2004,
"VA / piruru pirukuru pikunikkuru" CD - magic book records 2006,
"VA / all in the mind" CD - psyilocybin sounds 2006,
international orderring available at
ontonson , das gemeine , forte
Andersens - "DD Song" from DVD Elephantasy
video projection by DJ Codomo
recorded live at Flying Teapot, Ekoda, Tokyo
18th June 2005