TAKEOUT [New Noise #028]

TAKEOUT - 10Wormz + WONTON

Hopping off the Tokyo subway you start seeing signs

Omoide Yokocho

Oh yeah, it rings a bell from some of the clips you've seen. A strange maze of alley ways with takeaway counters splattered throughout. You came for the adventure both spiritual and culinary. Shelling out a few thousand Yen while strolling through the illuminated corridor seems cordial indeed. Plumbing the depths you find a spot called:

imagine being here as a cat

[ANAKIN 0:00]

You pull up to a little stall that fits five across on bar stools.

Sitting down you hear an old radio spinning some sounds - A gentle tempo kept by some cymbals while a guitar and piano play pong with the harmony.

An MC steps ahead - "Phones never buzzin

but still highs into MySpace . . .

tone never budgin

just switch vibes my mind skates

my tapes take time and taste....

I long for new sounds

I got a dry plate...."

The mc plumbs the syllables to maximum effect over the lush jazz chops.

Instead of being presented with a menu, you are served up quick - a single wonton in some cloudy broth, green onion floats in it.

A warm towel placed on a plate next to it.

Chopsticks cocked you swoop the dumpling like a crane slicing into the river for prey.

The music hits in time with the first bite while the next MC talks something wild....

just for showing up

[ANAKIN 0:32] 

"Avenging N^%#$ my issue wit you

all depends what you tend to

i tentatively tackle time

it takes to proactively battle in this life" The style is as effortless as the wonton soup was. The single chef seems so disconcerned with you - looking to your right you see a fast forming line of at least a dozen.

Leaving 1,000 Yen feels fair enough and you take your things and move to the next spot down the row...

As you slide up to a small pedestrian intersection two izakaya (居酒屋) across from each other offer different styles of live music - one, a small jazz combo and across the narrow street are some MCs who were comin off the top....

anything is real if you make it

[idk freestyle 0:00]

The jazz keys mock the hip hop cats on the other side of the concrete river. Subtle but impactful drums echo out of the cafe across the street. It feels like a charming intoxicating a snake...

The MC rides easily:

"Dont know whats goin on

im only in it for the luv of da game

my momma told me

dont let nobody destroy yo name

....

I got an affinity to these things

i know what the enemy wanna say

the energy not the same

respectfully find your place"

As you stand in the middle of the street blitzed off the synchronicity you hear the next MC glide

[1:19]

"they happen to add an ounce

you on the couch kid (?)

we knew before you were out

they mention me then it's outs

haaa mmhmhm nah mhmhm uh

.....uh"

The MCs seem tired of playin the swing of the other thing and he ends his flow in a wash of mastery and mockery.

Ultimately their charisma draws you into the the last spot of your journey -

TAKEOUT - WONTON,

10 Wormz

it seems like an insane name for a restaurant but you understand there isn't that much english here, even in the so-called tourist traps. So, you know, they're doing their best.

The beat plays on as the MCs seem amused with your interest. A waiter dressed as a giant robot serves you matcha and miso.

WONTON drops another beat

[CANCUN 0:00]

The keys slither around like cockroaches spotted with a light. Bird sounds add a psychedelic layer. The kick drops like a lazy gorilla and the MC talks to the night:

[CANCUN 0:30]

"Refer to my high beams

better use your words before you hushed up

and blastin n@#$ fast just for duckin....

the b!tch you marry hide your from yo loved ones

obituary hidin in the cut once

hide me from my love

we want the highest blessin fo us"

As the sax ribbons around the busy yet mellow street you come to an understanding. A wabi sabi, a leaf in the autumn breeze....

[1:34]

"focused on this route i gotta trust the process

charge it to the game its not for fame...

cop the best lil project made

hella N#$@% irritated off the way we

sound like we both here to stay

if you dont find yo lane respond to pain"

You sip the matcha sip the miso. The keys shiver down your spine while the ride cymbal paints a cavern. A bell rings. The robot waiter looks back to the pass where the chef is serving. Waving a serving ticket in the air he yells:

TAKEOUT!!!

10 wormz are the MCs, 10KNYX and JrWorm and WONTON made the sound - stream it here