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Metal Week: With Boris

We explore the global metal scene, with the mighty Boris, who reign supreme over Japan's experimental music scene.

All week Mary Anne will be exploring the music that can be defined by one word, heavy. Taking trips to the experimental metal scene in Japan, the drone music communities of America and Australia and the grindcore scene in Kenya. Today, Japan鈥檚 mighty BORIS tell us about the music scene in Japan and the country鈥檚 love of heavy metal and experimental noise. Experimental music group BORIS comprises drummer Atsuo, guitarist/bassist Takeshi and guitarist/keyboardist Wata. They formed in Toyko in 1992. This interview was conducted with Takeshi and translated and voiced by Ms Rie Hiramatsu-Hunter

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 29 Oct 2020 10:30

Music Played

  • The Velvelettes

    Needle In A Haystack

    • MOD RAVES VOLUME 1.
    • Spectrum.
  • Fleet Foxes

    Can I Believe You

    • Anti-.
  • Sleep

    Dopesmoker (Extract)

  • Kate Bush

    King Of The Mountain

    • CD SINGLE.
    • EMI.
  • Fugees

    Ready Or Not

    • COLUMBIA.
  • FLOHIO

    Unveiled

    • Alpha Tone.
  • Radiohead

    Idioteque

    • Parlophone.
  • Metallica

    Enter Sandman

    • Vertigo.
  • Pixies

    Hear Me Out

    • Pixies recordings.
  • The Distillers

    Coral Fang by The Distillers

    • Coral Fang.
    • Sire.
    • 5.
  • The Dillinger Escape Plan

    Milk Lizard by Dillinger Escape Plan

    • Ire Works.
    • Relapse.
    • 9.
  • Iron Maiden

    The Number Of The Beast

    • The Number Of The Beast.
    • 1.
  • The Halluci Nation

    R.E.D. (feat. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear)

    • Radicalized Records.
  • Ho99o9

    City Rejects

    • Toys Have Power/Caroline International.
  • Rancid

    Time Bomb

    • And Out Come The Wolves.
    • Epitaph Europe B.V..
    • 4.
  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Chrysalis.
  • Fontaines D.C.

    A Lucid Dream

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.
  • Black Country, New Road

    Science Fair

    • For The First Time.
    • Ninja Tune.
  • The Stooges

    Search And Destroy

    • Essential.
  • Mogwai

    Dry Fantasy

    • Rock Action Records.
  • Desmond Dekker

    007 (Shanty Town)

    • MANGO.
  • This Is the Kit

    Coming To Get You Nowhere

  • Melvins

    Boris

    • Bullhead.
    • Boner.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Being Boring

    • PET SHOP BOYS DISCOGRAPHY.
    • Parlophone.
  • Phoebe Green

    Reinvent

    • Chess Club Records.
  • EXEYE

    Xenolith; The Anvil

  • Marcia Aitken

    I'm Still In Love (With You)

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.
  • Gorillaz

    Strange Timez (feat. Robert Smith)

    • Gorillaz Productions/Parlophone.
  • Ela Minus

    they told us it was hard, but they were wrong by Ela Minus

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Me And The Devil

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
    • 1.
  • Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture

    Mounemouma

    • Prah.
  • Melvins

    Honey Bucket by Melvins

    • Houdini.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 5.
  • The Human League

    Being Boiled

    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Oct 2020 10:30