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ETO BAND

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Matsuri
(NEJI, NEJI-87, CD-R 2005)
junk rock
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Wander around the Internet and you may come across the Eto Band, 156th Infantry Band, stationed in London during WWII, later sent to the Potsdam Conference to provide musical entertainment. No doubt our Eto here is another bunch – its hard to imagine Stalin, Attlee and Truman shaking it (or even nodding) to any of the clumsy blitz-tracks of Matsuri. Not exactly marching in order, most of them (grand total of 60!) are less-than-a-minute sonic vistas of pounding drums, sparse strumming and howling, embryonic grooves - and display an ideal balance of good ideas and nonsense. Think Chadbourne, think This Heat, think your kids with a 4-track. Worthless or priceless, depending on where you stand – right now or the minute after. (Luc Meier)
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S/T
(NEJI, NEJI-83, CD-R 2005)
junk rock
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The Eto Band reveling in its proto-rock micro-world, keeping the format tighter than on the sprawling Matsuri… not to say that the songs got any shorter, which would have been quite a feat since we’re speaking of 60-second musical spasms: but there’s a mere 13 of them here, making this self-titled album a more digestible affair, albeit an ultimately less absorbing one. (Luc Meier)
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V/A Shock vs Crime!!! Eto Band Remixes 2005 € 9.00Add to shopping cart
The Eto Band’s spastic workouts get the remix treatment on this CD-R compilation, getting most of the extended Satanicpornocultshop galaxy to take care of their micro-ditties. Unsurprisingly, songs get longer and groovier, with some nasty, noisy shitstorms framing a collection of genre exercises in sleazy dance music. Good fun for the disco masses, although prior knowledge of Eto’s Matsuri or Eto Bando is a prerequisite – or you may end up thinking “Crime, Knife, Gun, Thanxxx!!!” really was a worldwide hit. (Luc Meier)
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