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Shobu Saitoh

Shobu Saitoh is a Japanese noise/experimental musician, guitar and bass player, active since the mid-nineties and primarily working with his brother [a2208896]. They began playing as [a=Mamarracho] duo, gaining prominence for an extremely aggressive and highly-energetic "Yokohama rolling core" style, and later co-founded [l=Full Volume Agency] label/distributor. Shobu joined a rotating 30+ cast of a controversial noise band [a=The Gerogerigegege] and collaborated with its leader [a=Juntaro Yamanouchi] on several occasions. Together with Juntaro and [url=https://discogs.com/artist/2208896]Fuyuhiko[/url] on drums, they recorded a Mar '95 session that appeared on [i][m=597971][/i] 7" by a German label [l=A.I.P.R.] Shobu Saitoh also worked with Juntaro on his last 'official' releases in 2001 before an extended ~15-year hiatus. He 'mastered' the Gerogerigegege's side of the [i][r=879300][/i] 7" split with Dutch noisecore band [url=https://discogs.com/artist/CSMD]Crowd Surfers Must Die[/url], co-released by [l=Maxi Noise Sensation] and CSMD's [l=No Fucking Labels]. One of Juntaro's famous 'conceptual' releases, this record contained no original music or noise, just three songs (including an introduction by some cheeseball Las Vegas impresario) taken from a Japanese pop singer [a=Hiroshi Itsuki]'s 1976 [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6438890]live 2xLP[/url] recorded on his first-ever USA tour. Shobu also played 'all guitar noise' on [i][r=834449][/i] CD EP, published via brother Saitoh's FVM label. Recorded at Hamadayama in April 2001, this session packed 35 songs, complete with track title announcements and countdowns, in under 13 minutes. A true pinnacle of '1-2-3-4 noisecore' genre, and one of the last known appearances by the band's infamous 'senzuri' mascot [a=Gero 30], who was much older than Juntaro and other musicians.