Nano-Mugen Festival 2005

By fellow Japanese fans

Date: 07/08/2005

What is this festival?

The Nano-Mugen Festival is a special event sponsored and created by Asian Kung-Fu Generation! They have held two festivals so far with great success. To prepare for the festival, AKG advertised it on their website and on their radio program titled OverDrive. In addition, each band playing at the festival contributed one song to a collaberation cd. This cd, known as the Nano-Mugen Compilation CD, was released a month before the festival. The Nano-Mugen festival sold out rather quickly and housed thousands of music fans. Below is a list of the artists that played and some comments from Japanese fans that attended the festival!

Artists and Playlists

Sparta Locals
1. Peace
2. Yume sute shon
3. Ougon Wave
4. Get Up!
5. Rokku to hani
6. Toukyoubareri na
7. FLy
8. Urara

Ellegarden
1. Supernova
2. Monster
3. No.13
4. Bored of Everything
5. Miji
6. Missing
7. Red Hot
8. Jita bagu
9. Make a Wish

Dogs Die in Hot Cars
1. Apples and Oranges
2. Pastimes and Lifestyles
3. Celebrity Sanctum
4. Lightness and Weight
5. Godhopping
6. Somewhat off the Way
7. Pumpkin Plooks
8. I Love You 'Cause I Have to
9. Paul Newman's Eyes
10. Lounger

Ash
1. Meltdown
2. A Life Less Ordinary
3. Orpheus
4. Girl From Mars
5. Goldfinger
6. Walking Barefoot
7. Oh Yeah
8. Renegade Cavalcade
9. Kung Fu
10. Shining Light
11. Burn Baby Burn

Farrah
1. He Gives an Inch
2. Daytime TV
3. Famous Detist
4. The One that got away
5. First and Last
6. Wake Up
7. Say it Again
8. Tongue Tied
9. Terry
10. Can't do Right

Industrial Saltl
1. Change the World
2. Dead Cool
3. Sugar Bomb Baby
4. Kiss You (The Stalker)
5. Loop and Loop
6. Dear Heart
7. Make me Unhappy
8. Party on the Brink
9. Tiger Feet

Straightener
1. Reminder
2. A Song Runs through World
3. Sad and Beautiful World
4. White Room Black Star
5. The Remains
6. Play the Star Guitar
7. Tender
8. Discography
9. Killer Tune
10. Magic Words

Asian Kung-Fu Generation
1. Shindoukaku
2. Rewrite
3. Blackout
4. Siren
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6. Loop and Loop
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9. Re:Re:
10. NGS
11. Haruka Kanata
12. Rashinban
13. Hold Me Tight
14. Enc 1)Flash Back
15. Enc 2)Mirai no Kakera

Thoughts about the Event from Japanese fans

Below are rough translations of thoughts posted by Japanese fans who attended the Nano-Mugen Festival. The grammar may be rough, but you'll get the idea ;)

Nanoiro Electric Rock Fan
-As for Industrial Salt, in any case, the back band is too good!...The cover "loop and loop" from AKG was pleasant.

-Ash is groovy! It was good, it was good...The dancing on the third floor increased.

-Next year we would like to go again.

Caramelsyrup16g
-AKG: with "siren", this time only this tune where you have fleeting feelings is remembered...The people in the standing zone dance even more...I thought that there was a power which wrapped the meeting place. Happiness

ilmari0220
-It was a Festival which exceeded expectations on the far far side. Thank you!

Pictures of AKG at the Festival

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