Nisennenmondai Essentials

Masako Takada, Yuri Zaikawa and Sayaka Himeno first debuted in 1999 with an angular post-punk party that echoed the agitated, earsplitting funk of This Heat, Pop Group and ESG. In the years since, the Tokyo-based instrumental trio has distilled its sound to a set of skeletal, spiky grooves that are often strikingly hypnotic despite their viciousness. If you like your punk rock laced with dance rhythms and dub atmospheres, Nisennenmondai's fiendish beats will leave you spinning.