Japanther

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Japanther
Japanther performing at The Farmhouse in 2005.
Japanther performing at The Farmhouse in 2005.
Background information
Origin Brooklyn
Genre(s) Noise rock, Punk Rock
Years active 2001 – present
Label(s) Tapes Records
Menlo Park Recordings
Website www.japanther.com
Members
Ian Vanek
Matt Reilly

Japanther is a noise rock[1] band from New York City formed in 2001 by two students at Pratt Institute. The band consists of Ian Vanek — who plays drums, cassettes, and sings — and Matt Reilly — who plays bass, a Casio SK-1, and also sings. They have recorded with Plan It X Records, Tapes Records, and the Menlo Park label. Japanther has been featured in Vice, The New York Times, Gothamist, Dallas Observer, Razorcake, and New York magazine among others. In the first two years of the band, they toured nine times.

In April 2006, Japanther teamed up with Aquadoom, a synchronized swimming group at New York University to play the Dangerous When Wet event at the school's Palladium Pool. [1] On July 2, 2006, Japanther played under a plastic tarp in the rain at CitySol, an annual summer music and market series on Manhattan’s East River waterfront (Stuyvesant Cove Park) to raise awareness for environmental issues. [2]

The band appears in the indie documentary film B.I.K.E, which premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival.[2]

Japanther worked with Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Laurent P. Berger, and Tony Oursler to create an abstract video installation for the 2006 Whitney Biennial.[3]

[edit] Discography

  • The Last of the Living Land Pirates CD-R (2001)
  • South of Northport EP (2002)
  • Leather Wings (2003)
  • Dump the Body in Rikki Lake (2003)
  • The Operating Manual for Life on Earth EP (2004)
  • Japanther/Sneeze Split 7" (2004)
  • Japanther/Viking Club Split CD (2004)
  • Master of Pigeons (2005)
  • Wolfenswan (2005)
  • Yer Living Grave EP (2005)
  • Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty (2006)
  • Japanther/ The Good Good Split 7" (2006)
  • Skuffed Up My Huffy (2007)
  • Challege 7" (2008)
  • Chemical X Zine DVD (2008)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fischer, Annie. "Doom, But Not Gloom", The Village Voice, November 20. 
  2. ^ B.I.K.E.. Slamdance Film Festival. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
  3. ^ Kimmelman, Michael. "Biennial 2006: Short on Pretty, Long on Collaboration", The New York Times, 2006-03-03. Retrieved on 2007-01-26. 

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