OOIOO is
a side project of Yoshimi P-We, who has been the percussionist in the Japanese screamo
group The Boredoms, amongst many other projects. This cd, with colourful, happy cover art
starts off with a happy, fast-paced piece that features a number of female voices singing
"be sure to loop" over and over again joyfully. Yippee happy yay! Sorry about
that, but this is the most sugar-coated, happy jolly thing in the world (with the
exception of that damn cheerios honeybee - he never gets his cheerios but he's always so
ecstatically cheery…it baffles the mind.) Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, I
mean, the whole idea behind this is to be happy happy cheery wee. The second song
continues in the same fashion, and the third one is more like a chant, in Japanese.
"Ah Yeah" is a song with a strong, fast beat, and female vocals yelling "ah
yeah!" repeatedly. Similar idea to Fatboy Slim's "Ya Mama" except not
complete crap. The whole cd is pretty cool and very well pulled-off. It seems to be very
inspired by electronica-sounding beats, especially songs like "Asozan," which
uses live drumming that sounds a lot like a beat played on the turntables. The mixture of
casiocore, repetitive singing, fast beats, and other effects (such as the handclap and the
guitar) make this an extraordinarily cool experience. Even more amazing is how much of
this cd was not produced using loops and turntables. Fun. Lots of fun.
OOIOO is
a side project of Yoshimi P-We, who has been the percussionist in the Japanese screamo
group The Boredoms, amongst many other projects. This cd, with colourful, happy cover art
starts off with a happy, fast-paced piece that features a number of female voices singing
"be sure to loop" over and over again joyfully. Yippee happy yay! Sorry about
that, but this is the most sugar-coated, happy jolly thing in the world (with the
exception of that damn cheerios honeybee - he never gets his cheerios but he's always so
ecstatically cheery…it baffles the mind.) Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, I
mean, the whole idea behind this is to be happy happy cheery wee. The second song
continues in the same fashion, and the third one is more like a chant, in Japanese.
"Ah Yeah" is a song with a strong, fast beat, and female vocals yelling "ah
yeah!" repeatedly. Similar idea to Fatboy Slim's "Ya Mama" except not
complete crap. The whole cd is pretty cool and very well pulled-off. It seems to be very
inspired by electronica-sounding beats, especially songs like "Asozan," which
uses live drumming that sounds a lot like a beat played on the turntables. The mixture of
casiocore, repetitive singing, fast beats, and other effects (such as the handclap and the
guitar) make this an extraordinarily cool experience. Even more amazing is how much of
this cd was not produced using loops and turntables. Fun. Lots of fun.