Minami Deutsch are not shy when it comes to krautrocking. Their name in Japanese translates to “South Germany,” they’ve self-identified as “repetition freaks,” and band leader Kyotaro Miula calls the Japanese trio’s third album, Fortune Goodies, an “encyclopedia of krautrock.” But the band offers much more than just pastiche, achieving instead a kind of spiritual homage.
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Minami Deutsch :: With Dim Light
Behold With Dim Light, the excellent new album from Japanese psych-heads, Minami Deutsch. As Kikagaku Moyo and Guruguru Brain honcho, Go Kurosawa, mentioned last year, the band’s self-titled debut was more or less different variations […]
Minami Deutsch / å—ドイツ :: With Dim Light
When we spoke with Kikagaku Moyo’s Go Kurosawa at Chatei Hatou in Shibuya last February, he tipped us off to Minami Deutsch . The band were his roommates at the time, and KM’s label, Guruguru Brain, had released MD’s self-titled debut, on which, […]