Phew
“Jamming 2025”
TX: Monday, 7th April – 6:00 – 6:45pm / Wednesday, 9th April -12:00 – 12:45pm BST
As a child I travelled the world on BCL radio and was fascinated by the music and languages of distant countries with fading phenomena.
Once, while checking the shortwave band, a ‘pheeew’ noise passed by.
The frequency range was very wide,and the overall frequency was heard to rise in a continuous sequence of changes.
What was that sound?
Jamming 2025 is an attempt to recreate that experience from memory.
Phew is a musician based in Tokyo, Japan. While fronting Aunt Sally, one of Osaka’s earliest punk groups, Phew played a critical role in developing Japan’s underground music scene. Phew’s oeuvre spans a vast array of experimental sounds: from no-wavey synth-hymns; to poppy, shoegazing, industrial undertones; to eerie incandescent drones. Since the 1970s, Phew’s dynamic, compelling voice and her commitment to unfettered experimentation has been critical in shaping the sound of avant-garde music both in Japan and internationally.