crab smasher formed in 2002. they play a shaky mixture of improvised noise soundscapes and electro pop. they forever struggle to find a balance between artistic integrity and mainstream celebrity.

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Born in 1979. Lives in Osaka JAPAN.
Started performing as OORUTAICHI in 1999.
The initial style was multiple recording of improvisation and has been shifted to the style of PC digital sound with songs (lyricsj.
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This is required. There's a star by it as you fill out the forms to fire your sounds off into the void. I suppose I should be telling you something about myself or the music that is available from me, but I don't really care to do so. Let's just assume that it's all amateur here and the rest is noise.

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