{"id":55742,"date":"2021-06-24T15:01:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/?p=55742"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:19:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:19:29","slug":"live-report-nemophila-streaming-live-soko-to-koko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/2021\/06\/live-report-nemophila-streaming-live-soko-to-koko\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Report: NEMOPHILA Streaming Live “Soko To Koko”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since forming in Tokyo in 2019 things have moved pretty fast for NEMOPHILA. Three raucous singles caught the attention of the global metal community and landed them a contract with London label JPU Records. As a precursor to the release of their debut album, OIRAN (Extended Edition)<\/em>, the band convened to record this special show which was streamed live on 19th June 2021 in two parts, a partly show on YouTube and the full-length show through Zaiko. This article will highlight the YouTube stream, as in the first part of the show.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest, the current embargo on live gigs has been pretty horrific but it has forced bands to get a bit creative and these \u201cpre-recorded\u201d shows and live streams have provided a few rays of light in an otherwise dark year. It must be strange for a group to perform sans audience but NEMOPHILA arrive like a band of avenging angels and launch straight into the latest single DISSENSION<\/em><\/a>. Those who only know vocalist mayu from her tenure with glam rockers Lipstick might be surprised at her performance here as she effortlessly flits between clean vocals and throat-shredding guttural growls. A singer seemingly born to lead NEMOPHILA, mayu confidently commandeers centre stage with a presence that reminds me a little of Fear Factory\u2019s Burton C Bell.<\/p>\n

OIRAN (Extended Edition)<\/em><\/a>* compiles the band\u2019s singles and B-sides in one handy collection and it\u2019s those tracks that make up the bulk of this 25-minute performance. With barely a pause for breath SORAI<\/em>, with its insanely catchy, sing-along chorus causes all sorts of chaos and is delivered with a blast of sonic fury that makes the silence that follows all the more deafening. The gusto with which SORAI<\/em> is delivered would normally generate a huge cheer but, of course, with no crowd present the deathlike silence which follows is slightly discombobulating. A live show without an audience is something I can\u2019t quite get my head around and it is missing the real ale induced, good-natured buzz of an excited rock crowd and the two-way energy which both band and audience feed off is something that can\u2019t be replicated.<\/p>\n

However, audience or not, NEMOPHILA turn in a good-natured performance and FIGHTER<\/em> (B-side of DISSENSION<\/em>) arrives like a prize welterweight. Diminutive drummer Tamu Murata proves herself a beast behind the kit and, with a hard-hitting style, deftly switches rhythms while HARAGUCHI-SAN, with a satisfying bass rumble, stomps around like Gene Simmons, the God Of Thunder. To all intents and purposes, this is in every way a live gig from the epilepsy inducing light show to the chest-thumping sound it\u2019s a full-on, foot-on-the-monitor, horns-held-high metal fest. Second single RAITEI<\/em> becomes more visceral on stage before OIRAN<\/em> closes the show and features some fine soloing from HAZUKI, stage right, then SAKI, stage left, before they both let the fire in tandem and bring the set to a frantic conclusion.<\/p>\n

Set List: <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. DISSENSION
\n2. SORAI
\n3. FIGHTER
\n4. RAITEI
\n5. OIRAN<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*Affiliate link<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since forming in Tokyo in 2019 things have moved pretty fast for NEMOPHILA. Three raucous singles caught the attention of the global metal community and landed them a contract with London label JPU Records. As a precursor to the release of their debut album, OIRAN (Extended Edition), the band convened to record this special show […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":55746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"3088"},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3065,3088],"tags":[5806,6556,5879],"class_list":["post-55742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","category-jpn-music-events","tag-metal-en","tag-nemophila","tag-rock-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55742"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55771,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55742\/revisions\/55771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}