Shibusashirazu Orchestra - WTF?

40-strong Japanese free jazz/psychedelic/freakout/performance art collective, first band on at Glastonbury this year, anyone see them? Caught 3 minutes of mayhem on telly yesterday, neeeed inpuuuut!

I saw them at Glastonbury on the Jazz Stage. They were excellent.

I think someone (Andrew?) mentioned them in the top ten Glasto things on freaky trigger.

For similar stuff try Pigbag's Dr Heckle & Mr Jive.

Lets not get carried away - they only had about 31 or 32 people onstage at Glasto. And we're brilliant. Sounded like Sun Ra meets the Skatellites.

It wasn't necessarily a top-ten, more a things I remember. I'd happily listen to a record by them (though most likely not twice), but if you can see them live, do so.

MOMUS GENIE OF US EXIT YOUR ROMAN SHELL!

They sound like they have something to do with the Idiot Flesh /Sleepytime Gorilla Museum/ Degenerate Art Ensemble crowd

which is a good thing...

Very good but unfortunately most of their tracks went on too long. The energy and excitement was waning after a fifteen minute prog-esque workout. Great choice though for day one of Glastonbury.

hello, just wondering if anyone had any info about their CD's. i have Shibusashirazu Orchestra - Shibu-Hata, and want to get more if they're available.

Thanks

After Glasto I had a look for their cds but at the time could only find them as amazon.com imports. Search for Shibusa Shirazu, there is 5 of them - Shiburyu, Shibusai, Be-cool, Dettaramen, Something Different nearly all for about $30

From the Saturn mailing list:

Chitei Records (Japan) just issued the latest record of Tokyo's one and only Shibusashirazu Orchestra. Their newest record entitled 'Shibuboshi' was recorded during the Arkestras stay last summer in Japan. For tracks feature Marshall Allen, Michael Ray and Elson Nascimento.

1. Images (8:46)
2. Naadam (12:28)
3. Quasar (1:23)
4. PA! (8:19)
5. Akkan (6:40)
6. Space Is the Place (10:17)
7. In the Image of Images (6:04)
8. Theme of Honda Kohmuten (8:15)

Music by Sun Ra (1, 6, 7), Eiichi Hayashi (2), Takayuki Kato (3), and
Daisuke Fuwa (4, 5, 8)

Guests
Marshall Allen (2, 4, 5, 8): alto sax
Michael Ray (2, 4, 5, 8): trumpet
Elson Nascimento (2, 4, 5, 8): percussion

Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Daisuke Fuwa (1, 2, 4-8): conductor
Hiroaki Katayama (1, 2, 4-8): tenor sax
Tetsu Hirosawa (1, 5, 7, 8): tenor sax
Yoichiro Yoshida (1, 2, 4-8): tenor sax
Kunihiro Izumi (1, 4-8): alto sax
Keiko Komori (1, 2, 4-8): alto sax
Hideki Tachibana (1, 2, 4-8): alto sax
Arata Suzuki (1, 5, 6): soprano sax
Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi (1, 5, 6): baritone sax, harmonica
Akira Kito (1, 2, 5, 6): baritone sax
Yoichiro Kita (1, 2, 4-8): trumpet
Mitsuhide Tatsumi (1, 2, 4-8): trumpet
Daisuke Takaoka (1, 2, 4-8): tuba
Walti Bucheli (2, 4, 5, 8): pan flute
Aya Murodate (1, 2, 4-8): flute, vibraphone, vocal
Keisuke Ota (1, 2, 4-8): violin
Yuji Katsui (1, 5-7): violin
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (1, 4, 5, 7, 8): guitar
Hiroyuki Otsuka (1, 2, 5, 6): guitar
Takayuki Kato (1, 3-5, 7, 8): guitar
Sachiko Nakajima (1, 2, 5, 6): keyboards
Hiroshi Higo (1, 2, 4-8): bass
Nobuyoshi Ino (1, 4, 5, 7, 8): contrabass
Kumiko Takara (1): vibraphone
Tsunoken (1, 4, 5, 7, 8): drums
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (2, 5, 6): drums, percussion
Mari Sekine (1, 4-8): percussion
Aki Ono (5): conga
Ayako Sasaki (6): vocal

Available from HMV Japan