Incapacitants

Incapacitants
Incapacitants performing live at LUFF in 2010
Background information
Also known asインキャパシタンツ
OriginOsaka, Japan
GenresJapanoise
Years active1981 (1981)–present
LabelAlchemy
MembersToshiji Mikawa
Fumio Kosakai
Websitewww.japanimprov.com/incapa/
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Incapacitants (インキャパシタンツ, Inkyapashitantsu) are a Japanese noise music group formed in 1981. Initially a solo project of Toshiji Mikawa, Fumio Kosakai joined upon the project's relocation to Tokyo. The duo's stated aim is to produce "pure" noise, uninfluenced by musical ideas or even human intention, using primarily feedback, vocals, and various electronics. Kosakai calls this sound "hard noise", as a nod to the jazz subgenre hard bop.