When Radio 94/5 first arrived with this fun alt format in 2014, we used to air a new music show I did on a weekly basis called The Sunday Night Music Meeting. This 2 hour show aired for about 6 years in the slot now occupied by "Out of Order" now.
While I was doing the show I came across bands that you might not hear on the radio much, but who became regulars on my SNMM show. Fujiya & Miyagi are one of those bands. I've always been of fan of the band (having played them on the SNMM radio show on radio stations I worked at before Radio 94/5 for years), and now I'm excited to feature them on The Dose.
Here's info sent to me by Stephen Lewis:
Fujiya & Miyagi are a British group formed in Brighton, East Sussex in 2000. The current line-up consists of David Best (vocals and guitar), Stephen Lewis (synths and vocals), Ed Chivers (drums), and Ben Adamo (bass). To date, they have released nine studio albums: Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style (2002), Transparent Things [2006 (Reissued 2017)], Lightbulbs (2008), Different Blades from the Same Pair of Scissors [2009 Reissued 2017)], Ventriloquizzing (2011), Artificial Sweeteners (2014), Fujiya & Miyagi (2017), Flashback (2019), and Slight Variations (2022). They continue to release records under their own Impossible Objects of Desire label, which is distributed by the North Carolina based REDEYE worldwide. Their music has been used in a wide variety of Television shows including Breaking Bad and Succession, as well as being used in advertisements for Jaguar and Lenovo. The group have performed globally at notable festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, Lovebox, Liverpool Psychfest, Tryptych, Secret Garden Party, Big Chill, Latitude, Meltdown, Great Escape (UK), Bumbershoot, Pitchfork, SXSW (USA), Dour, Melt (Germany), Transmusicale, La Route du Rock (France), Electric Picnic (Ireland), Mosaic (Singapore), Hove Fest (Norway), Pukkelpop (Belgium) plus Primavera and Benicassim (Spain). Over the last 15 years ,they have performed headline shows in both North America, Europe, and more recently, in Asia. They have also performed as support act for New Order, The Fall, and Rodriguez. Fujiya & Miyagi are: David Best Stephen Lewis Edward Chivers Benjamin Adamo