Kikagaku Moyo means ‘geometric patterns’, it’s an apt description of the five-piece Japanese band’s music style, with songs that build up to create lush, structured pieces. For Gucci Gig, a collaborative project that invites musicians to work with artists to represent their live performance in illustrations, photography and videos featuring Gucci Eyewear, illustrator Alessio Vitelli casts the band wearing black aviators with yellow lenses in rainbow-colored 1970s-style psychedelic posters, putting them in the context of their influences. Kikagaku Moyo now support the psychedelia scene in Japan with their own label, spreading improvisatory music all over the world. — Kyle Chayka. Every musician from Gucci Gig has created a playlist on Gucci’s new Spotify profile, discover Kikagaku Moyo’s imaginary journey through outer space playlist ‘Summer Trip to the Tropical Galaxy’ on.gucci.com/GucciGigKikagakuMoyoPlaylist_.
