Devastating rhythm and irresistible groove are what O-ne is all about. You'd expect a band comprising of just a drummer, Akemi, and a bassist, Neita, to get back to tribal basics, but where so many have buried themselves in such raw experimentation, O-ne are shooting skyward.
Last year they were finding their feet, with Neita unsure of how to juggle her vocal duties with her bass and FX pedals. But one thing was certain, they had massive potential.
At Shibuya's Cyclone last month, they showed that all the work in the rehearsal room has paid off brilliantly. Neita was oozing confidence, jumping about with a big grin on her face, wrestling speedy twisted solos out of her bass in between her stop-start, high-pitched vocal attack. Akemi flailed at her kit like an electrified octopus, banging the hell out of it but also finding time to rustle up alien noises on her huge FX pad and howl backing vocals like a banshee warning of apocalyptic doom.