maya ongaku [Performance & Interview Only]

On the show this time, it’s motorik psych-rock from a Japanese beach, with maya ongaku.

They hail from the island of Enoshima, famed for a shrine to Buddhist deity Benzaiten. They play long-form psych rock, sometimes meditative, sometimes folky, sometimes jazzy. Their debut Approach to Anima features quiet singing, fingerstyle guitars, ambient recordings of bird calls, acoustic percussion, flute and saxophone, and spoken word. Their latest EP Electronic Phantoms leans more towards drum machines for the rhythm samples, and rich synth-tronica to balance the guitars. Both are available on Guruguru Brain.

Recorded April 8, 2025

1. Anoyo Drive
2. Melting
3. Iyo no Hito 

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