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When a group of DJs in Tokyo decided to start producing their own original tracks to spice up their club night, they inadvertently gave birth to The Moist Towelettes, a four-piece international group with a keen ear for pop, a good sense of fun, and a style all their own! Consisting of two Japanese girls (Emi and Yuko) and two Canadian guys (Dave and Mike), The Moist Towelettes are an unlikely team, bringing their varied backgrounds and musical tastes together to create some seriously catchy and addictive tunes. Like Junior Senior or Puffy AmiYumi before them, The Moist Towelettes manage to be cool and hip without being painfully ironic or apologetic about their music. It’s unabashed pop, plain and simple, perfect for dancing around your room in your underwear or playing at a stylish soiree.
The group completed their first recording, See You Later Boy, in February of 2006. Within a month, they were the subject of a feature (“How To Invent a Pop Group the Easy Way”) on popular and influential British pop website, Popjustice. In April, the track was remixed by Portland, Oregon-based DJ Kid Whatever, and in early May it was played on Tokyo’s number one radio station J-Wave, by none other than Japan’s best-respected musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Not bad for the band’s first track.
Subsequent tracks, compiled on their December 2006 self-released EP, appropriately titled The Moist EP, received a similar reaction from all over the globe. The band got airplay in Canada (live favourite Clap Your Hands was CBC Radio 3’s New Music Canada Track of the Day in August 2007, while the title of one of September’s CBC Radio 3 podcasts was “Let’s Get Moist”), the United States (on super-hip college radio stations coast to coast), and Australia (where they’ve been a staple on Australia’s only Gay and Lesbian radio station, JOY 94.9 in Melbourne). They’ve also prompted praise from fellow musicians the world over, including Denmark’s premier popsmiths, Alphabeat, Sweden’s hitmaker Bloodshy (responsible for mega-smash singles from Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Kylie Minogue), and UK indie-dance hipsters, The Whip, to name a few.
2007 and 2008 saw The Moist Towelettes perfecting their stage shows at venues all over Tokyo, and abroad, with a now-legendary run of gigs in Canada — at Lee’s Palace in Toronto, where they shared the stage with Canadian indie-pop darlings The Bicycles, and a sold-out run at the Halifax Pop Explosion, paired with Japanese rock gods The Zoobombs. Dressed in adorable, sparkly costumes and often seen handing out balloons and candy, the Towelettes inspire normally subdued and quietly appreciative Tokyo audiences (and already-rowdy crowds abroad) to sing, dance, and shout out in unison, rallied by the band’s mantra: “Konya mo issho ni, utatte, odotte, get moist!” Translation: “Tonight, all together, let’s sing, dance, and get moist!”
2009 brings the imminent release of their long-awaited first LP, Get Moist!, and a dedication to, rain or shine, make the whole world moist! Are you ready for a Moist revolution?
Sunshine (Hey Hey Hey) (Live at Loop Shibuya, Tokyo, October 19, 2006)
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