Formed in the libertine and verdant undergrowth of Bristol’s cultural side streets (members Kushal Gaya and Yoshino Shigihara first met at an improv session at notorious DIY cinema The Cube Microplex), Zun Zun Egui started out playing up and down the UK to hardcore and party crowds ready to be let loose by music. They self-released a limited editon CD-R and then, on the back of a snowballing word-of-mouth live reputation, started to be invited to play shows all over the world at festivals, squat cafes, hotel lobbies, art centres and other unlikely spaces. Meanwhile they recorded two white-hot slabs of 12” vinyl at their Bristol-based studio lair for Blank Tapes.
Always with a desire to connect, ZZE and Qu Junktions cooked up their own colourful club night called How Come… in Bristol and had tour mates like The Ex and Sun Araw pull up and play as well as Michachu And The Shapes, Bass Clef, François & The Atlas Mountains and Krar Collective. Now Zun Zun Egui have dreamt up their debut album proper, and it’s one to savour. Recorded in the Welsh wilds and produced by Luke Mosse, Katang is released on Bella Union/Yep Rock in autumn 2011 with singles in advance.
