This originally appeared in the Event Guide
Bright Lights of Brighton
By Aoife Barry
They may sound like a pair of Japanese martial arts experts, but Fujiya & Miyagi are in fact a quartet from Brighton who specialise in synth-rock electronica with a kraut-rock edge. A three-piece up until early this year, they’ve now got a live drummer and are after releasing their third album, ‘Lightbulbs’, this month. Aoife Barry spoke to lead singer and guitarist David Best before their show at the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival.
Every band has their Spinal Tap story, the one they pull out at parties to entertain people; and perhaps David Best’s anecdote will be about that time he played a gig in Rome – and wound up suffering from gout. “I’m alright,” he half-whispers, when asked how’s doing. “I don’t know [how I got it], ‘cos I don’t even drink that much,” he sighs. “We had a show in Rome so I got ferried through the airport on a wheelchair…I think I might have to drink less cans of pop and change what I eat. I’m taking it easy so I can stand up when I get to Ireland.”
