KIKAGAKU MOYO
- Announce European tour
- Brighton & London headline shows
plus appearances at Smugglers Festival and End of the Road

Photo credit: Jamie Wdziekonski

"Full of colour and personality, Masana Temples is the perfect snapshot of the collective expression that makes Kikagaku Moyo such a vital voice." - FutureMusic
"Psych instincts and gas-weight vibes avoid modern psych's retro slavishness." - MOJO
"Japanese outriders' scintillating fourth takes on a psychedelic jazz hue... Wonderful." - Prog
"Kikagaku Moyo sound more assured than ever on this fourth album." - Uncut

Following Spring tour dates that included a packed-out headline set at Electric Brixton for andmoreagain festival, Kikagaku Moyo have announced plans to return later this summer. The next run of shows will conclude with an appearance at End of The Road Festival on Saturday 31st August.

Kikagaku Moyo European tour dates:
July 6 - Roskilde, DK - Roskilde Festival
July 7 - Moscow, RU - Bol Festival
July 10 - Kiew, UA - UBK Beach
July 12 - Anyksciai, LT - Devilstone Festival
July 14 - Pleszew, PL - Red Smoke Festival
July 16 - Feldkirch, AT - Poolbar Festival
Aug 8 - Haldern, BE - Haldern Pop
Aug 9 - Oslo, NO Oya Natt
Aug 10 - Bern, CH - ISC
Aug 11 - Sion, CH - Palp Festival
Aug 13 - Ravenna, IT - Hana Bi
Aug 14 - Ljubljana, SI - Kino Siska
Aug 15 - Zagreb, HR - Vintage Industrial Bar
Aug 16 - Munich, DE - Strom
Aug 17- Schorndorf, DE - Manufaktur
Aug 18 - Hasselt, DE - Pukkelpop
Aug 21 - Dusseldorf, DE - Zakk
Aug 22 - Nürnberg, DE - Z-BAU
Aug 23 - Hamburg, DE - Kampnagel
Aug 24 - Eindhoven, NL - Fuzz Club Eindhoven
Aug 27 - Brighton, UK - Komedia
Aug 28 - London, UK - Studio 9294
Aug 30 - Mongeham, UK - Smugglers Festival
Aug 31 - Larmer Tree Garden, UK - End of The Road

Kikagaku Moyo's latest album, ‘Masana Temples’ was released through the label they run, Guruguru Brain, in Oct 2018. It was inspired by various experiences the band had with traveling through life together, ranging from the months spent on tour to making a pilgrimage to ‬Lisbon to record the album with jazz musician Bruno Pernadas. More than the literal interpretation of being on a journey, the album’s always changing sonic panorama reflects the spiritual connection of the band moving through this all together. Life for a traveling band is a series of constant metamorphoses, with languages, cultures, climates and vibes changing with each new town. The only constant for Kikagaku Moyo throughout their travels were the five band members always together moving through it all, but each of them taking everything in from very different perspectives. Inspecting the harmonies and disparities between these perspectives, the group reflects the emotional impact of their nomadic paths. The music is the product of time spent in motion and all of the bending mindsets that come with it.

Listen to 'Masana Temples' in full here: https://kikagakumoyoggb.bandcamp.com/album/masana-temples