2014年2月に発売され、数々のメディアで年間ベストアルバムとして取り上げられるなど話題を呼んだ1st album。2014年6月にはフランス盤 (naïve)がヨーロッパ市場に向けてリリースされ、フランスのテレビ局”MEZZO TV”のTop Mezzo of September 2014に選出されるなど国内外で高い評価を得ている。

 



naïve records(NJ624611/Europe release)

 

A five-piece band comprising some well-established musicians and led by guitarist Motohiko Ichino, Rabbitoo has been winning plaudits on the Tokyo live circuit for the last couple of years as it has developed its sound. The band’s debut album, “National Anthem of Unknown Country,” will most likely be found in the jazz corner of record shops (either physical or online), but Rabbitoo’s music crosses genre boundaries, taking in elements of post-rock and electronica as well as jazz. Many of the tunes are built around repetitive loops and rhythms, with different members of the band given room to break out and improvise over the top, making for some compelling instrumentation. An album full of original music and creatively titled tracks such as “Kiiro Soup, Ao no Pan” (“Yellow Soup, Blue Bread”), “Eat Your Orange” and “Iriguchi kara Oshiete Gobanme no Seki de Matsu Otoko” (“A Man Sitting in the Fifth Seat from the Entrance, Waiting for Something”), it stands out as one of the most refreshingly original releases of the year so far, and will appeal to fans of bands such as Tortoise and Grimace Federation as much as it will to those into contemporary jazz sounds. – Japan Times,Japan

 

Perle japonaise

Le jazz s’impose aussi au Japon. Le groupe Rabbitoo confirme ce dynamisme avec national an- them of unkknown country, naïve. Le quintet est en forme. Notamment sur rainforest, illus- trant une certaine attirance vers le rock, un souci de proposer de nouveaux sons. – L’Union,France

 

De Japón para el mundo (como casi nunca pasa en este blog) llegaRabbitoo con National Anthem of Unknown Country.  El jazz nipón es una de esas rarezas que en realidad allá no son consideradas rarezas – son casi el pan de cada día – NO ENTIENDO ESO. El jazz alternativo de Rabbitoo incorpora elementos de electrónica y post-rock. El disco debút de este quinteto japonés es tan extraño (sólo en concepto – ya que suena perfectamente armonioso) como es delicioso (en concepto también, porque la música en realidad no es comestible).  – MANUEL VARIATIONS,Mexico