LAIR
Ngélar
NME 80点相当
Far Out Magazine 80点相当
Loud And Quiet 70点相当
アフリカっぽいものの、インドネシア発。
ムスリム圏ということで、そういう感じなのか、
らしさはあっても
聴いたことのないような感触のサウンドになっている。
https://www.nme.com/en_asia/reviews/album/lair-ngelar-review-3591742
‘Ngélar’ continues the band’s outward-looking trajectory by linking up with Tokyo/Rotterdam-based label Guruguru Brain, whose head honcho Go Kurosawa (formerly of Kikagaku Moyo) also produced the album. The result is also a confident musical step forward, the sound of a performance-honed and road-tested band exploring new avenues of intensity and variety without sacrificing what made them so enjoyable in the first place.
Opener ‘Tatalu’ is a brilliant example. The track is a barn-storming three-minute workout of fuzzed-out guitar noodling, frantic percussion, and wordless group vocals that draws heavily on the rhythms and patterns of Chinese lion dance performances. Lair have always flirted with the ecstatic and the psychedelic, but on ‘Tatalu’ they embrace it wholeheartedly. This loud and intoxicating opener sets a high bar – but one that Lair, cleverly, don’t necessarily keep reaching for the rest of the album.
インドネシアの六重奏団
黒澤豪(幾何学模様)がアルバムのプロデュース