Japancakes is an American
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
group, based in
Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...
, United States.
History
Rhythm guitarist Eric Berg formed the band with the idea of putting ten musicians in a band without any rehearsal, and performing a D chord for 45 minutes (similar to
Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for it ...
's ''
In C
''In C'' is a musical piece composed by Terry Riley in 1964 for an indefinite number of performers. He suggests "a group of about 35 is desired if possible but smaller or larger groups will work". A series of short melodic fragments, ''In C'' is o ...
''). He continued performances with numerous instrumentalists before releasing their first recording ''If I Could See Dallas'' on Kindercore Records in 1999. The band settled into a consistent lineup on ''The Sleepy Strange,'' released in 2001, also on Kindercore. That lineup, which included pedal steel instrumentalist
John Neff
John B. Neff, CFA, (September 19, 1931 – June 4, 2019) was an American investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist. He was notable for his contrarian and value investing styles as well as for heading Vanguard's Windsor Fund.
Windsor ...
, drummer Brant Rackley, keyboardist Todd Kelly, bassist Nick Bielli, and cellist/keyboardist Heather MacIntosh (along with Eric Berg on guitar) also recorded 2002's ''Belmondo'' for California's Darla Records imprint. 2003 saw the departure of Todd Kelly, and 2004 saw the release of ''Waking Hours'' on the Athens label WARM Recordings.
Japancakes released two albums in fall 2007, ''Giving Machines'' and a cover of
My Bloody Valentine's ''
Loveless'', both on Darla Records.
Their first three albums, ''If I Could See Dallas'', ''Down the Elements'', and ''The Sleepy Strange'' were re-released on Darla Records in February 2008.
The band independently released a self-titled album on May 6, 2016.
Discography
*''
If I Could See Dallas
''If I Could See Dallas'' is the first album by the indie rock band Japancakes, released in 1999.
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "for all of the record's cosmic glow, the recurring presence of steel guitar keeps the music rooted in terra ...
'' (
Kindercore
Kindercore Vinyl is a vinyl record pressing plant based in Athens, Georgia. It began as an independent record label, founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to help create a unified music scene of Athens. After the dissolution of the rec ...
, 1999)
*''
Down the Elements
''Down the Elements'' is an Extended play, EP by indie rock band Japancakes. It was released in 2000 on Kindercore Vinyl, Kindercore.
Production
The EP was produced by Andy Baker. Its songs were taken from the same recording sessions that produce ...
'' (Kindercore, 2000)
*''The Sleepy Strange'' (Kindercore, 2001)
*''Belmondo'' (
Darla, 2002)
*''Waking Hours'' (
WARM, 2004)
*''Giving Machines'' (Darla, 2007)
*''
Loveless''
over
Over may refer to:
Places
*Over, Cambridgeshire, England
*Over, Cheshire, England
*Over, South Gloucestershire, England
* Over, Tewkesbury, near Gloucester, England
** Over Bridge
*Over, Seevetal, Germany
Music
Albums
* ''Over'' (album), by Pe ...
(Darla, 2007)
*''Japancakes'' (Self-released, 2016)
References
External links
Japancake's Official web site*
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)
American post-rock groups
Warm Electronic Recordings artists
Darla Records artists
{{US-experimental-band-stub