On 7/7/07, while most related attention was centered on Live Earth, the Boredoms were performing 77BOADRUM, as the last show of their North American tour. The event was comprised of 77 drummers on 77 full five piece, 3 cymbal drum kits arranged in a spiral pattern beneath the Brooklyn bridge. Yamataka Eye orchestrated changes from the center of the 4 Boredoms positions, spiraling out to the 74 additional drummers, 10 of whom served as second tier relays to queue the rest, culminating in a 77 person call and response percussive overload — in classic Boredoms family tradition.

The event was also a celebration of Tanabata, the Japanese star festival. Tanabata typically occurs on the 7th of July. “7 is the number when we try to express sun as sound,” says eYe. “When I look at the sun, I see number 7.”

Vice Records (who released Seadrum/House of Sun) promises “a week of programming featuring Boredoms and 77BOADRUM…” Nothing yet, but I keep checking. In the meantime there’s Pitchfork’s detailed lineup and suberb recap, a NY Times Article, the other lisa’s photos, and clips at s|b tube

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