Gyanism
'3" cdr - Yr Nicked'
released by Half/Theory
January 2006

available for purchase through Half Theory

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Yusuke Akai - electric guitar, electronics, voice
Diaji Igarashi - electric guitar, electronics, voice
Scott Sinclair - drums, voice
Joel Stern - trumpet, violin, sonic raygun, voice

recorded 17/12/05

Perhaps one of the loudest recordings on plastic. Gyanism is the group of Yusuke Akai, Diaji Igarashi, Scott Sinclair and Joel Stern. "Yr Nicked" is a live performance soundtracking the popular cop soap opera The Bill. A brutal and strange document.

from Vital Weekly
On the 3"CDR, Joel Stern teams up with three people I never heard of: Yusuke Akai, Daiji Igarashi and Scott Sinclair. I have no idea what they play, the cover doesn't tell us, but upon hearing I'd say electronics, saxophone (?) and voice. The recording was made in december last year and is clearly the odd ball from the trio. Nothing soft or delicate, this is noise with the big N. With vocals screaming and electronics out of control, this is more Whitehouse than onkyo. 'That's right mate', we hear somewhere in there, and that is the final clue as to what this. But it's much more freely improvised than the usual Whitehouse and that makes it all the more nicer. And Stern proofs he's got more on his plate than just careful, delicate crackles. (FdW)

recorded 17/12/05