As this cult-favorite Tokyo quartet celebrates their decade-long journey with a triumphant Budokan performance, their influence continues radiating across creative spheres – from King Gnu's Daiki Tsuneta personally remixing their single Revolution Eve, to horror manga godfather Kazuo Umezu breaking tradition to feature their music in his retrospective exhibition.

At the core of Tempalay's psychedelic-retro allure lies frontman Ayato Kohara's drowsy vocals floating above vintage guitar textures, keyboardist AAAMYYY's ethereal vocoder harmonies cutting through synth fog, and Natsuki Fujimoto's polyrhythmic percussion – three distinct musical dialects merging into something miraculously cohesive.

Their 2021 sleeper hit Ghost Album contained Shingo, a track inspired by Umezu's seminal manga I Am Shingo that so moved the legendary artist, he adopted it as his exhibition's theme song. This typifies Tempalay's Midas touch – whether scoring TV dramas (The Ultimate Dream of This Century for How to Walk the Earth), or collaborating with avant-garde fashion labels like FREAK'S STORE through their hallucinatory audiovisual aesthetic.

To experience Tempalay is to surrender to their live alchemy: VJ projections dancing with improvised instrumentation, multiple guitar lines and percussion layers interlocking like sonic puzzles. Even Kohara's rotating side project Ayato Kohara and Franchise Owners and AAAMYYY's experimental solo work become coveted Easter eggs for devotees – because some magic only exists in the room where it happens.

From Tokyo's dive bars to Budokan's hallowed stage, Tempalay's decade-long ascent proves transcendent music needs no passport. This September 9th, their China tour hits four cities – prepare to shout until your voice joins their dreamscape.

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