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Artist
Shizuka
12+ albums
psychedelicjapanesenoise rockPsychedelic Rocknoise
about
There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Shizuka (静香) was a Japanese band, named for lead vocalist and songwriter Shizuka Miura. The core lineup also included her husband, guitarist Maki Miura, who was also in Les Rallizes Dénudés and Fushitsusha; bassist Takehayu Harakawa; and Fushitsusha drummer Jun Kosugi. They were active — using a generous definition of that word — in the early to mid '90s. They started out with four self-released cassettes containing a mix of live music and home recordings. They then made a single studio album, 1994's Heavenly Persona, for the legendary PSF label, and continued playing the occasional gig. In 1995, they released the self-explanatory Live Shizuka on Persona Non Grata, then disappeared. In 2000, a live CD-R, Tokyo Underground '95, popped up on the Last Visible Dog label, apparently sourced from a tape owned by the bassist. Eight more years passed, and another live album, Traditional Aesthetics, was issued, again on PSF. In 2010, Shizuka Miura took her own life. Shizuka's music was psychedelic, but in that particularly early '90s Japanese style that also shows up on Fushitsusha's Live II, Keiji Haino's Affection, Kousokuya's self-titled album and Ray Night 1991-1992 Live, and some of the gentler Acid Mothers Temple material. They wanted to lull you into a depressive trance and make you cry, rather than destroy your brain with distortion and volume (though they could do that, too). This was very different from the "noise" scene act
