QUJAKU / KAVUS TORABI
QUJAKU
Heavy Psych Rock from Shizuoka / Japan
…..”if you took the rhythm section and vocals of the Swans with the guitars of Daughters and infused it with doom, psychedelic & shoegaze……”
The band was formed in 2013, then under the name The Piqnic. After releasing their debut album in 2015 and a European tour, they released a single a year later as Qujaku. Since then, they have toured Europe several times, in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in addition to releasing an EP and their first self-titled album. In the years that followed, Qujaku performed sporadically in Japan.
Vocalist Shuya Onuki ended up in Berlin and has a noise-industrial solo project under the name s/h/u/y/a, but is also active as a producer. Interesting to note is that he will be performing solo at Fat Out Fest in addition to performing as part of Qujaku. Guitarist Soushi Mizuno has been busy in a studio as a mastering engineer and has an interesting list of work he has worked on. Bassist Hiromi Oishi focused on her solo project and released her debut solo EP in 2020 in which she plays the piano. Just like s/h/u/y/a, she will also perform at Fat Out Fest, this will be the first time she performs in Europe with her solo project. Drummer Ryo Habuto has been quite active in recent years, including in the improvisational band Mizumi, which released an album in late 2023.
KAVUS TORABI
Utopia Strong
Gong
Miranda Sex Garden
The Monsoon Basoon
Cardiacs
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Heavy Psych Rock from Shizuoka / Japan
…..”if you took the rhythm section and vocals of the Swans with the guitars of Daughters and infused it with doom, psychedelic & shoegaze……”
The band was formed in 2013, then under the name The Piqnic. After releasing their debut album in 2015 and a European tour, they released a single a year later as Qujaku. Since then, they have toured Europe several times, in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in addition to releasing an EP and their first self-titled album. In the years that followed, Qujaku performed sporadically in Japan.
Vocalist Shuya Onuki ended up in Berlin and has a noise-industrial solo project under the name s/h/u/y/a, but is also active as a producer. Interesting to note is that he will be performing solo at Fat Out Fest in addition to performing as part of Qujaku. Guitarist Soushi Mizuno has been busy in a studio as a mastering engineer and has an interesting list of work he has worked on. Bassist Hiromi Oishi focused on her solo project and released her debut solo EP in 2020 in which she plays the piano. Just like s/h/u/y/a, she will also perform at Fat Out Fest, this will be the first time she performs in Europe with her solo project. Drummer Ryo Habuto has been quite active in recent years, including in the improvisational band Mizumi, which released an album in late 2023.
KAVUS TORABI
Utopia Strong
Gong
Miranda Sex Garden
The Monsoon Basoon
Cardiacs
Get Tickets