aaamusic | On 01, Aug 2011

With blazing single “Fandango Fresh” on its way for summer and debut LP “Katang” following in early October, Zun Zun Egui have just announced a London headline show at the Shacklewell Arms for a few weeks after the album’s release. Upcoming live info below with a full UK tour to be announced in the coming weeks…

Saturday 6 August – LEDBURY – Big Chill Festival
Saturday 13 August – HERTFORDSHIRE – Standon Calling Festival
Saturday 27 August – DEVON – Aeon Festival
Tuesday 25 October – LONDON – Shacklewell Arms (£6)
In other exciting news Zun Zun Egui have just unveiled their first-ever music video, for new single “Fandango Fresh”, and its reassuring to discover that their visual ideas are as inventive as their music. Assembling a crack team of ingenious creatives (see below for full credits), imaginations were allowed to run riot on this bonkers-yet-brilliant offering. Click on the link or stills below to check it out…

Zun Zun Egui – Fandango Fresh from Bella Union on Vimeo.

ZUN ZUN EGUI – FANDANGO FRESH – VIDEO CREDITS:

Crinan Campbell – Director
Richard Jones – DoP
Fiorella Pierini – Animator
David Ferguson – Motion Designer

Based on concepts and dance by Yoshino Shigihara
Formed in the libertine and verdant undergrowth of Bristol’s cultural side streets (members Kushal Gaya and Yoshino Shigihara first met at an improv session at notorious DIY cinema The Cube Microplex), Zun Zun Egui started out playing up and down the UK to subterranean rock and party crowds ready to be let loose by music. They self-released a limited edition CD-R and then, on the back of a snowballing word-of-mouth live reputation, began receiving invites to play shows all over the world from festivals, squat cafes, hotel lobbies, vast art centres and other unlikely spaces. Meanwhile they released two white-hot slabs of 12” vinyl on Blank Tapes, both recorded at their Bristol studio lair. Always with a desire to connect, ZZE cooked up their own colourful club night called “How Come…” in Bristol and had tour mates like The Ex and Sun Araw pull up and play as well as the disparate likes of Micachu And The Shapes, Action Beat and AJ Holmes. Now Zun Zun Egui have dreamt up their debut album proper, recorded in the Welsh wilds and produced by bassist Luke Mosse, and it’s one to savour.

Everything about “Katang”, from its 50 minutes of freeform rock music to the wonderful visual feel conjured up by keyboard player/singer Yoshino Shigihara, emits a kinetic and contagious energy. “Katang” is released 3rd October on Bella Union records.