These days it really isn’t that often to come across a truly original sound. It doesn’t even matter what genre you’re dealing with, there just isn’t that many people out there willing to try new things it seems. Maybe people are just out of ideas or perhaps there afraid of change, but honestly I ask you now, when was the last time you heard a band that made you say, ‘My god, this is freakin’ different!’? Teresa 11 is one such band that made similar words come out of my mouth when I heard them for the first time back in 2004.
Teresa 11 is an exceptional Japanese band chiefly lead by Rie Lambdoll with small contributions from Miyazaki, Ann Muramats, and Simon Joe. But what makes Teresa 11 such an exceptional band you ask? Well the answer to that is not an easy task for me to make clear. Somewhere between malformed trip-hop, dark classical, mutant ambient oddness and traditional Kabuki rhythms is where you’ll find this outstanding Japanese band. For example, a song like ‘Blue Shine’ has light electro beats, the beautiful sound from a 22 stringed harp, unusual synth sounds and Rie’s distinctive echoie chanting female voice.
‘Smoky Heaven’ takes my soul to a different world when I lie down and listen to it. I find myself floating through the clouds on a dreamy soothing abnormal voyage to the orient. Birds fly backwards here, dragons hum witty words to me, further on everything is hazy, frantically shuffling around only makes things go slower, I’m seeing double, maybe even triple here, is it a dream or is this just one of the coolest records ever?! It’s like a bizarre drug induced trip that I don’t want to ever come down from.
I can’t with words easily describe to you how unique this record is, so believe me when I say it's worth hunting down. Naturally this album gets my utmost recommendation and is a must for anyone looking for something novel and inimitably cool to chill out with.
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