Astro Twin
photo by Anne Hämäläinen
"If the night belonged to anyone, however, it was undoubtedly Astro Twin
vocalist Ami Yoshida, whose anguished, baleful inhalations, muffled shrieks
and deep space cackling held the audience in thrall. A mute eye-rolling existential
star, Yoshida is a dysfunctional 'idoru' for today, completely ignoring her partner
Utah Kawasaki as he overloaded the circuits on a pair of G3 phones and his vintage
analogue equipment. This is youth: this is pop as it should be."
Ken Hollings, The Wire issue 251, January 2005