Mono - Under the Pipal Tree (25th Anniversary) - VINYL LP
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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the of Mono's debut album, Under The Pipal Tree, the band a unique limited-edition Iridescent Forest Night colored vinyl variant to commemorate the special occasion.Under The Pipal Tree is the debut album by now-legendary Japanese experimental rock band, Mono. Released in 2001 on avant-garde icon John Zorn's Tzadik tag, Under The Pipal Tree showcased a young Japanese quartet whose wide range of influences - most notably Sonic Youth, Mogwai, The Velvet Underground, and Neil Young's Crazy Horse - were on ferocious and ambitious display. Though Mono would eventually become known for their expert marriage of metal and classical genres, Under The Pipal Tree highlights the band's psychedelic roots. Long stretches of hypnotic, melodic washes give way to scorching guitar freakouts that evaporate into haunting silence. It's remarkable not just for it's earnest exploration, but for it's startling execution. 25 years and a dozen albums later, Under The Pipal Tree stands as one of the great debut albums by a seminal underground band
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- GenreRockDescriptionCelebrating the 25th anniversary of the of Mono's debut album, Under The Pipal Tree, the band a unique limited-edition Iridescent Forest Night colored vinyl variant to commemorate the special occasion.Under The Pipal Tree is the debut album by now-legendary Japanese experimental rock band, Mono. Released in 2001 on avant-garde icon John Zorn's Tzadik tag, Under The Pipal Tree showcased a young Japanese quartet whose wide range of influences - most notably Sonic Youth, Mogwai, The Velvet Underground, and Neil Young's Crazy Horse - were on ferocious and ambitious display. Though Mono would eventually become known for their expert marriage of metal and classical genres, Under The Pipal Tree highlights the band's psychedelic roots. Long stretches of hypnotic, melodic washes give way to scorching guitar freakouts that evaporate into haunting silence. It's remarkable not just for it's earnest exploration, but for it's startling execution. 25 years and a dozen albums later, Under The Pipal Tree stands as one of the great debut albums by a seminal underground bandArtistMonoTitleUnder the Pipal Tree (25th Anniversary)FormatVINYLLabelTemporary Residence
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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the of Mono's debut album, Under The Pipal Tree, the band a unique limited-edition Iridescent Forest Night colored vinyl variant to commemorate the special occasion.Under The Pipal Tree is the debut album by now-legendary Japanese experimental rock band, Mono. Released in 2001 on avant-garde icon John Zorn's Tzadik tag, Under The Pipal Tree showcased a young Japanese quartet whose wide range of influences - most notably Sonic Youth, Mogwai, The Velvet Underground, and Neil Young's Crazy Horse - were on ferocious and ambitious display. Though Mono would eventually become known for their expert marriage of metal and classical genres, Under The Pipal Tree highlights the band's psychedelic roots. Long stretches of hypnotic, melodic washes give way to scorching guitar freakouts that evaporate into haunting silence. It's remarkable not just for it's earnest exploration, but for it's startling execution. 25 years and a dozen albums later, Under The Pipal Tree stands as one of the great debut albums by a seminal underground band
Double vinyl LP pressing. 2021 from the Tokyo, Japan-based instrumental rock band. Mono's unique approach of blending orchestral arrangements and shoegaze guitar noise has been held in extremely high regard - NME classified it as Inchmusic for the GodsInch.
Just in time for their 10-year anniversary, Mono return with their fifth studio album, the absolutely massive Hymn To The Immortal Wind. The music is naturally majestic, with Mono's trademark wall of noise crashing beautifully against the largest chamber orchestra the band has ever enlisted. The instrumentation is vast, incorporating strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel and tympani into their standard face-melting set-up. While Hymn continues to mine the cinematic drama inherent in all of Mono's music, the dynamic shifts now come more from dark-to-light instead of quiet-to-loud. The maturity to balance these elements so masterfully has become Mono's strongest virtue - save for perhaps their uncanny ability to sound every bit like a plane crashing into a Beethoven concert.
The conflict and correlation between dark and light is a universal theme with a historically rich history. Musically, perhaps no band in the 21st Century has mined that relationship more consistently or effectively than Japan's Mono. Across 10 albums in 20 years, Mono have convincingly reflected the quietest and most chaotic parts of life through their music. Their ever-expanding instrumental palette - which began in earnest in 1999 with the traditional guitar- bass-drums rock band setup - has evolved to include as many as 30 orchestral instruments. Now, on Nowhere Now Here, the band add electronics to their repertoire - partially inspired by guitarist/composer Takaakira 'Taka' Goto's recent collaboration with John McEntire, the beguiling Behind the Shadow Drops. Nowhere Now Here also sees Mono's first-ever lineup change, adding new drummer Dahm Majuri Cipolla (The Phantom Family Halo) to the core trio of Goto, Tamaki, and Yoda. Tamaki also makes her vocal debut here, singing into the shadows of vintage Nico on the poetically hazy InchBreathe.Inch
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