Pastacas Tenniscoats | en

When Estonian folk-electronic enthusiast Ramo Teder makes music he becomes Pastacas. In estonian "pastakas" stands for a "ball-point pen" and Ramo likes to use this little instrument as a tool for his drawings. Which came first: Ramo drawing with a ball-point pen or Pastacas making music? The paitings. At art exhibitions Ramo's pictures are often accompanied by music from Pastacas. Ramo's musical debut was a collaboration with Afternooning Plague Family on compilation "Sue Darling" by indie label Sally Sinnamon. Pastacas is Ramo's solo project, he mixes electronics with flute and acoustic guitar to achieve exquisite sound and delicate melodies. .

Tenniscoats (テニスコーツ) is a group from from Tokyo, Japan featuring Saya and Takashi Ueno, often helped by other musicians and non-musicians. They, in turn, have performed in, or collaborated with a large number of underground bands and musicians like Maher Shalal Hash Baz (with Tori and Reiko Kudo), Cacoy (with DJ Klock of Clockwise Records), Puka Puka Brians and other artists on Tenniscoats very own Majikick label. Both Saya and Ueno also perform and release solo works. Their record label's name 'Majikick' is a combination of the Japanese word for 'serious' and the English word 'kick'. The name 'Tenniscoats' comes...