Fujiya & Miyagi

Biography

Despite the name, Fujiya & Miyagi are neither Japanese nor a duo. The electronic quartet of singer and guitarist David Best, synth player Steve Lewis, bassist Matt Hainsby, and drummer Lee Adams are deeply indebted both to vintage ’70s Krautrock and the ’90s bands that were themselves influenced by the likes of Neu! and Kraftwerk, from Stereolab and Broadcast to Aphex Twin and the Orb. The group started in the coastal city of Brighton, England in 1999, when Best and Lewis first met in a pickup football game. Taking their name at random from Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid and a brand of stereo equipment, Best and Lewis recorded their first album, Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style, as a duo, releasing it on the Tirk Records label in 2003. Hainsby joined the band in 2005 and drummer Lee Adams entered the line-up in 2008.