Les Rallizes Dénudés was formed in 1967 by a group of students at Kyoto's Doshisha University. Initially, the band planned to record in a studio, but after being dissatisfied with the results, agreed to exclusively play live shows.
The band was initially active between 1967 and 1988, and then again briefly between 1993 and 1996 before permanently disbanding. It has been believed that the band's name comes from a corruption of French: valises dénudées (literally "naked suitcases") which was derived from fake French slang invented by the defunct theatrical group Gendai Gekijo. The band's style is typified by simple, repetitious instrumental passages, shrieking, cacophonous guitar feedback and folk arrangement. Their discography is made up mostly of live bootlegs, soundboard archives, and even a few rare aborted studio recording attempts. Archive releases on independent labels such as Univive, Rivista, Phoenix, and Bamboo exist, as well as releases from former members and affiliates of the band.[4] Three records and one 7" from Rivista (77 Live, '67-'69 Studio et Live, Mizutani, and Romance of the Black Grief / Otherwise Fallin' Love With respectively) released in 1991 are the only archival records purported to be official by the estate of Takashi Mizutani.[5]
Although the band itself was not explicitly political, members were known to participate in various protests, with the band even performing at a university auditorium while it was held by students during a protest. In 1970, original bassist Moriaki Wakabayashi, who was known to have attended several of these protests, assisted in the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 orchestrated by the Communist League's "Red Army Faction."[4][6]
Very little is known about the band's frontman Takashi Mizutani, aside from his former affiliation with members of the Japanese Red Army and involvement early on in theater at Doshisha University. After the hijacking of Flight 351, Mizutani became extremely paranoid and went into hiding for many years, only occasionally emerging to play shows. The last appearance of Les Rallizes Dénudés was a concert at Club Citta in Tokyo, on October 4th 1996.[7] The last public appearances of Takashi Mizutani without the Rallizes moniker were two live performances in 1997 with jazz saxophonist Arthur Doyle and drummer Sabu Toyozumi.
A live film about the band was released on VHS in 1992 by an independent filmmaker named Ethan Mousiké (who many believe to be a pseudonym of Mizutani), consisting of over 2 hours of live footage of the band.[8]
In October 2021, an official website was launched for the band by record label The Last One Musique, claiming to be a collaborative effort by former band members and associates of Mizutani. It announced its intention to release official Rallizes recordings with "more alive and striking sound than the bootlegs that have been circulating over twenty years".[9] The website states on its homepage that Mizutani passed away in 2019,[10] and this is further supported by statements from Aquilha Mochiduki (sometimes spelled Mochizuki), a photographer associated with Les Rallizes Dénudés.[11] In a 2020 interview, former member Makoto Kubota (who is himself credited on the official website) stated that he had conversed with Mizutani through phone calls in which he told him that his band had become popular in America and that it could even possible for the band to play a revival concert there. The article was amended on 28 October 2021 to state that the phone calls had taken place in late 2019.[12]
Discography
Official releases
Releases that are stated to be authorized or released officially by the band.[13][14]
^"Discography". Les Rallizes Dénudés (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^Andrews, William (2016). Dissenting Japan: A History of Japanese Radicalism and Counterculture, from 1945 to Fukushima. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-1-84904-579-7.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Les Rallizes Denudes news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Les Rallizes Denudes 裸のラリーズ Hadaka no rariizu were a Japanese rock band formed in 1967 at Kyoto s Doshisha University Les Rallizes DenudesLes Rallizes Denudes in 1974 Left to right Mikio Nagata Takashi Mizutani Shunichiro Shoda Takeshi NakamuraBackground informationAlso known as裸のラリーズOriginKyoto JapanGenresPsychedelic rock 1 noise rock 2 Years active1967 1967 1988 1988 1993 1993 1996 1996 LabelsRivistaTemporal DriftPast membersTakashi MizutaniTakashi KatoTakashi TadaMoriaki WakabayashiTakeda KiyohiroTsutomu MatsumotoTakeshi NakamuraShunichiro ShodaHiroshi NarFujio YamaguchiToshirou MimakiMakoto KubotaDoronco GumoMikio NagataNoma YukimichiMaki Miura 3 Websitelesrallizesdenudes official wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2 1 Official releases 2 2 Other appearances 2 3 Bootleg releases 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory EditLes Rallizes Denudeswas formed in 1967 by a group of students at Kyoto s Doshisha University Initially the band planned to record in a studio but after being dissatisfied with the results agreed to exclusively play live shows The band was initially active between 1967 and 1988 and then again briefly between 1993 and 1996 before permanently disbanding It has been believed that the band s name comes from a corruption of French valises denudees literally naked suitcases which was derived from fake French slang invented by the defunct theatrical group Gendai Gekijo The band s style is typified by simple repetitious instrumental passages shrieking cacophonous guitar feedback and folk arrangement Their discography is made up mostly of live bootlegs soundboard archives and even a few rare aborted studio recording attempts Archive releases on independent labels such as Univive Rivista Phoenix and Bamboo exist as well as releases from former members and affiliates of the band 4 Three records and one 7 from Rivista 77 Live 67 69 Studio et Live Mizutani and Romance of the Black Grief Otherwise Fallin Love With respectively released in 1991 are the only archival records purported to be official by the estate of Takashi Mizutani 5 Although the band itself was not explicitly political members were known to participate in various protests with the band even performing at a university auditorium while it was held by students during a protest In 1970 original bassist Moriaki Wakabayashi who was known to have attended several of these protests assisted in the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 orchestrated by the Communist League s Red Army Faction 4 6 Very little is known about the band s frontman Takashi Mizutani aside from his former affiliation with members of the Japanese Red Army and involvement early on in theater at Doshisha University After the hijacking of Flight 351 Mizutani became extremely paranoid and went into hiding for many years only occasionally emerging to play shows The last appearance of Les Rallizes Denudeswas a concert at Club Citta in Tokyo on October 4th 1996 7 The last public appearances of Takashi Mizutani without the Rallizes moniker were two live performances in 1997 with jazz saxophonist Arthur Doyle and drummer Sabu Toyozumi A live film about the band was released on VHS in 1992 by an independent filmmaker named Ethan Mousike who many believe to be a pseudonym of Mizutani consisting of over 2 hours of live footage of the band 8 In October 2021 an official website was launched for the band by record label The Last One Musique claiming to be a collaborative effort by former band members and associates of Mizutani It announced its intention to release official Rallizes recordings with more alive and striking sound than the bootlegs that have been circulating over twenty years 9 The website states on its homepage that Mizutani passed away in 2019 10 and this is further supported by statements from Aquilha Mochiduki sometimes spelled Mochizuki a photographer associated with Les Rallizes Denudes 11 In a 2020 interview former member Makoto Kubota who is himself credited on the official website stated that he had conversed with Mizutani through phone calls in which he told him that his band had become popular in America and that it could even possible for the band to play a revival concert there The article was amended on 28 October 2021 to state that the phone calls had taken place in late 2019 12 Discography EditOfficial releases Edit Releases that are stated to be authorized or released officially by the band 13 14 Year Title Label Format1991 67 69 Studio et Live Rivista CD1991 Mizutani Les Rallizes Denudes Rivista CD1991 77 Live Rivista CD1996 Romance of the Black Grief Otherwise Fallin Love With 7 2021 White Awakening Temporal Drift Digital download2022 Vertigo Otherwise My Conviction Temporal Drift Digital download2022 The OZ Tapes Temporal Drift Digital download LPOther appearances Edit Year Title Label Format1991 OZ Days Live Rivista CDBootleg releases Edit Significant or well known bootlegs include Blind Baby Has Its Mother s Eyes Cable Hogue Soundtrack Double Heads Tripical Midbooster Winter 1981 82 France Demo Tape Great White Wonder Heavier Than a Death in the Family 2002 Mars Studio 1980 Flightless Bird Needs Water Wings 溺れる飛べない鳥は水羽が必要 Oboreru tobenaitori wa Mizuha ga hitsuyō Yodogo A Go GoReferences Edit Semprebon Rolf Les Rallizes Denudes at AllMusic Retrieved February 19 2017 Joanna Demers December 11 2015 Drone and Apocalypse An Exhibit Catalog for the End of the World Zero Books p 19 ISBN 9781782799948 doronco 灰野敬二 三浦真樹 LAPIZ TRIO ヨシノトランス 川口雅巳 国立 地球屋 2013 5 17 fri A Challenge To Fate Retrieved 11 May 2018 a b Cope Julian 2016 05 19 Japrocksampler Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 978 1 4088 8067 8 Discography Les Rallizes Denudes in Japanese Retrieved 2022 08 28 Andrews William 2016 Dissenting Japan A History of Japanese Radicalism and Counterculture from 1945 to Fukushima Oxford University Press ISBN 978 1 84904 579 7 Les Rallizes Denudes 13 CDs 裸のラリーズ13枚組限定CDボックス retrieved 2023 01 03 Les Rallizes Denudes 裸のラリーズ retrieved 2022 08 28 Statement Les Rallizes Denudes Retrieved 20 October 2021 Les Rallizes Denudes Les Rallizes Denudes in Japanese Retrieved 20 October 2021 Event Fall and Rise of Les Rallizes Denudes Vol 3 Les Rallizes Denudes Retrieved 2023 01 03 久保田麻琴が振り返る70年代の日本のロック Mikiki in Japanese 24 June 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2021 Discography lesrallizesdenudes official com Retrieved 21 October 2021 裸のラリーズ Les Rallizes DeNudes Discography 裸のラリーズ Unofficial Archived from the original on 2007 01 02 Retrieved 21 October 2021 Further reading EditCope Julian 2007 Japrocksampler Bloomsbury Publishing External links EditOfficial Les Rallizes Denudes site Unofficial Les Rallizes Denudes site Japanese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Les Rallizes Denudes amp oldid 1132205844, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
