VISUALS // BO NINGEN – DADADA
“Bo Ningen are my good friends and I have played with them many times as a musician. That experience and watching their live performance so many times has given me a deep understanding of what they are. They are individually interesting and very different, I ask them to express with their body how they would transfer their sound into body movement without instruments. When these individuals come together, their collective energy is enormous and their commitment to the band is very strong, I wanted to create one very strong Symbolic image almost like a statue. I was focusing on capturing the silhouette of their movement and shadows. My aim was to create traditional dance like Butou dance or Noh theatre like but with the essence of modern pop video.” Kenichi Iwasa
Bo Ningen, with their chest-length sleek black hair and loon pants have been building themselves a great reputation in London. As pioneers of psychedelic acid rock they have started their own night ‘East Electric Psychedelic’ and elate their audience with the mesmerising signature Bo Ningen sound. The new album will feature collaborations with Jehnny Beth of Savages and Roger Robinson of King Midas Sound and was recorded over several months. “III” illustrates Bo Ningen as a group with a singular vision, reaching for what they define as ‘pure music’, alternating between an esoteric and a no holds barred sensory assault.
“Being ‘psychedelic’ means to us that stand quietly / loudly in the middle of interzone and stare at both sides at once. We are Enlightenment activists from far east psychedelic underground.” Bo Ningen
