Saibou Bungaku
Encyclopedia
Saibou Bungaku is a Japan
ese Psych folk
/Freak folk
/Blues
band. The members are Tomoaki Saito (G/Vo) and Seijiro Kuroda (Cello). Tomoaki Saito also sings as a solo. Seijiro Kuroda sometimes plays as a member of Tenniscoats
, Kalco, etc... The name "Saibou Bungaku" is after the title of the fanzine issued by Osamu Dazai
in 1928.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese Psych folk
Psych folk
Psychedelic folk or psych folk is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music that originated in the 1960s through the fusion of folk music and psychedelic rock...
/Freak folk
Freak folk
Freak folk is a genre of folk music associated with contemporary artists such as Faun Fables, Animal Collective, Davenport, Devendra Banhart,CocoRosie, Panda Bear, Kelli Ali, Joanna Newsom, Bowerbirds, Woods, Greg Weeks, Hecuba, Akron/Family, Rio en Medio, Birdengine, Sufjan Stevens, Sean Hayes,...
/Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
band. The members are Tomoaki Saito (G/Vo) and Seijiro Kuroda (Cello). Tomoaki Saito also sings as a solo. Seijiro Kuroda sometimes plays as a member of Tenniscoats
Tenniscoats
Tenniscoats is a Japanese band with two members, Saya & Takashi Ueno, but they often have guest musicians playing and performing with them...
, Kalco, etc... The name "Saibou Bungaku" is after the title of the fanzine issued by Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai
was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan.-Biography:-Early life:Dazai was born , the eighth surviving child of a wealthy landowner in Kanagi, a remote corner of Japan at the northern tip of Tōhoku in Aomori Prefecture...
in 1928.
Discography
- Saibou Bungaku - "Yoru Made Matte" (Perpetuum, 2004)
- Tomoaki Saito - "Tomoaki Saito" (Eimosez, 2005)
- Saibou Bungaku - "Saibou Bungaku" (Eimosez, 2006)
- Tomoaki Saito - "Tomoaki Saito (2nd)" (Eimosez, 2009)