Ni Hao

Japanese all-girl experimental punk music group Ni Hao shaped in Kyoto where in fact the three initial associates, twin bassists Yukari and Ariko, and drummer Reo, were at university, launching their initial home made cassettes in 2000. The music group carved a unique visual picture for themselves, with each member implementing a color-coded stage name (Yukari Blue, Ariko Crimson, and Reo Green) and dressing appropriately when playing live. Right away, their audio drew evaluations with fellow Kansai experimentalists OOIOO, who distributed Ni Hao’s playful however non-sensical vocal utterances from many female singers, aswell as their frequently avant-garde music constructions, which had their origins in Yukari’s research of modern traditional music. In 2001, Ni Hao and Fukuoka all-girl punk music group Garorinz released a self-released break up recording, and a CD-R EP in 2003, nonetheless it wasn’t until 2004 the group produced their established debut, using the mini-albums Blue and Crimson both released in the same yr on indie label UMMO Information and made by Folk Enough’s Inoue Shuichi, who experienced earlier documented the debut recording of Yukari’s additional music group, Small Express (HAS TRULY GONE?). The next year saw raising acknowledgement for Ni Hao, with trips of Australia and South Korea, the discharge of Crimson Blue Green, a compilation from the 1st two mini-albums on Australia’s Tenzenmen label, and full-length debut Beautiful on Tzadik in america following soon after. Following this, the music group started tinkering with a new path, with Yukari sometimes playing drums and Ariko and Reo switching to synthesizers. It had been this more fresh wave/techno-pop influenced audio that was on screen using the 2006 recording and Dvd and blu-ray New Hao, released through Japanese indie label Poet Portraits. Reo remaining the group in 2007, becoming a member of Kansai indie supergroup Ultra Jr. and fresh wave music group Nasca Car, and carrying on to try out with power pop music group Mamastudio. Yukari and Ariko continuing to perform like a two-piece incarnation of Ni Hao, relocating a far more punk and hardcore-influenced path.