Actually a trio and not the slightest bit Japanese, it’s no surprise that Fujiya And Miyagi have already managed to excite tastemakers such as DJing legend Andrew Weatherall, BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson and production gods the DFA with their inspired excursions into kraut rock and electronic pop.  This is no easy trick, but, slickly embellished by David Best’s whispering vocals and unusual lyrical style, the hypnotic, strung-out grooves on debut LP Transparent Things turn the mundane into a thing of rare beauty.  If you dig the likes of Can, Kraftwerk, Neu, the Happy Mondays and Talking Heads, then chances are Fujiya And Miyagi will leave you aquaplaning in the slipstream of a space ship to nirvana.  Excellent stuff.

(Published by The List, June 2006 and reproduced with their permission).