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Audiopile Review: Music From Memory follow-up their triumphant Virtual Dreams comp with a second volume that zeroes in on the concurrent and wildly fecund Japanese IDM, ambient-techno and chill out scene of the’ 90s. While the first volume contained names familiar to even those who may only dabble...
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Audiopile Review: Western psyche rock groups often nodded to some vague idea of ‘far-eastern spirituality’. Japan’s High Rise turned this on its head by having songs called things like ‘Eucharist’ and ‘Deuteronomy’. You really notice the songs titles with this group because the same ones come up repeatedly across its...
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"Originally released in 1982, Kakashi is another high water mark in the 80s Japanese underground. This album, which has gathered cult status in recent years, is the project of musical visionary Yasuaki Shimizu, and considered to be a highlight of his solo career. Shimizu was the bandleader of Mariah, who...
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Since forming in 2000, toe have synthesized everything from pop, post- and math-rock, jazz, R&B, and electronic into one of the most distinct sounds in rock music. Their debut LP the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety (2005) left an unmistakable imprint across the splintered worlds of...
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Japan's long running masters of psych/kosmische jamming return to Important Records for a vinyl outing featuring beloved original member Cotton Casino. This first edition is pressed in an edition of 500 copies. Trust Masked Replicants finds AMT in fine form, creating experimental psych-rock improvised around skeletal compositions. The group's leader,...
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In memory of the late artist’s birthday on 30 August, Nieves de Enero by the Godfather of the Corrido, Chalino Sánchez, is set for reissue. Featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes, this new reissue will be pressed on 140-gram vinyl. Nieves de Enero was first released in...
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Marking the landmark 50th anniversary of famed Puerto Rico band Sonora Ponceña’s seventh album Sabor Sureño, Craft Latino has announced a special reissue of the seminal salsa record. The album is now available for pre-order ahead of its official release on October 18. Featuring known fan favorites like “Juana Bayona,”...
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In the early '80s, an anthropologist left his recording equipment and tapes behind in a remote Wakuénai (Curripaco) village along the Upper Río Negro in Venezuela. When he returned almost a year later, he discovered that the village headman and his sons had used the equipment to record 12 hours...
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In 1980, Les Rallizes Dénudés welcomed guitarist Fujio Yamaguchi (The Dynamites, Murahachibu, Teardrops) to its fold. The unconventional pairing of inimitable Rallizes frontman Mizutani with Fujio’s unrestrained, bluesier styles ushered in a new era for the band that excited fans old and new. This unique arrangement lasted lasted less than...
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This is the third album by Sound Limited, also known as "Hidden Treasure". This gloss. This depth. Takeshi Inomata's jazz rock has entered a new dimension. Sound Limited, which was formed at the end of 1969, recorded three albums in quick succession in 1970, as if to reflect Takeshi Inomata's...
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Legendary Japanese guitarist Masaki Matsubara’s two solo albums will be reissued on PURE VIRGIN VINYL by CANYON/AGHARTA label, which is known worldwide for its “CITY POP” works in recent years! A CITY POP classic album “SNIPER” featuring vocals of popular AOR singer Jesse Barish, known as the composer of Marty...
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The agony of hard bop, the rise of jazz-rock, and the emergence of free jazz. The definitive live recording that captures the chaos and climax of jazz in Japan. Japan's jazz scene around 1970 is very interesting. The agony of hard bop, the rise of jazz-rock, and the emergence of...
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DJ Yoshizawa dynamite.jp, an avid record digger and "wamono" style expert who has been active as a professional DJ, remixer, composer, and producer in Japan since the late 80s, published his record guidebook "Wamono A to Z" in 2015. The book introduced many classic and rare Japanese Groove records...
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DJ Yoshizawa dynamite.jp, an avid record digger and "wamono" style expert who has been active as a professional DJ, remixer, composer, and producer in Japan since the late 80s, published his record guidebook "Wamono A to Z" in 2015. The book introduced many classic and rare Japanese Groove records...
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Eiichi Otaki is a well-known member of Happi Endo who is an indispensable figure when talking about the history of Japanese music. Released in 1981, it is regarded as one of the best works of Japanese music in the 20th century. Released in 2021 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of...
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Experience the timelessness of the City Pop album released in 1979, featuring Junko Ohashi's captivating vocals and the refined performance of the second generation Minoya Central Station, now exclusively available on milky pink vinyl. Don't miss this re-release!...
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DJ Yoshizawa dynamite.jp, an avid record digger and "wamono" style expert who has been active as a professional DJ, remixer, composer, and producer in Japan since the late 80s, published his record guidebook "Wamono A to Z" in 2015. The book introduced many classic and rare Japanese Groove records...
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Kimiko Kasai, celebrated for her illustrious jazz career collaborating with luminaries like Mal Waldron, Gil Evans, and Herbie Hancock, transitioned to Toshiba EMI in 1987. There, she unveiled an LP of electrifying Japanese electro-pop compositions. Taking charge of songwriting duties herself, Kasai delivers a mature and exotic vocal performance that...
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Legendary Japanese guitarist Masaki Matsubara’s two solo albums will be reissued on PURE VIRGIN VINYL by CANYON/AGHARTA label, which is known worldwide for its “CITY POP” works in recent years! A CITY POP classic album “SNIPER” featuring vocals of popular AOR singer Jesse Barish, known as the composer of Marty...
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Don't miss the debut album from singer-songwriter Makoto Iwabuchi, a collaboration with members of Tin Pan Alley and Moonriders. Each song is a masterpiece, showcasing the unique talents of each performer. "Moonlight Flight" stands out with its captivating arrangement of floating strings and electric piano, hailed as a classic of...
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DJ Yoshizawa dynamite.jp, an avid record digger and "wamono" style expert who has been active as a professional DJ, remixer, composer, and producer in Japan since the late 80s, published his record guidebook "Wamono A to Z" in 2015. The book introduced many classic and rare Japanese Groove records that...
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53 years after his debut! The remastered popular works of Masayoshi Takanaka, one of Japan's leading super-guitarists, are now available on limited edition colored vinyl! Alex Wharton of Abbey Road Studios, London, has remastered and cut this can't miss album from the original master tapes of "SEYCHELLES," "TAKANAKA," "AN INSATIABLE...
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Only a decade ago Leong Lau remained a well-hidden Malaysian-Australian treasure, known only to small circles of Australian record collectors. In 2013 we met Leong in person at the Brisbane state library, where after a long and somewhat transcendental ‘conversation’ received his blessings to re-release his music. In 2014, we...
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Craft Latino’s historic celebration of Fania Records’ 60th anniversary continues with a reissue of Ismael Rivera’s fifth solo album Traigo de todo, initially released on Tico Records (a subsidiary of Fania Records). This 1973 album features Rivera in his prime, boasting transformative tracks such as the shimmering, spirited “El Nazareno”...
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Celia & Johnny came out on New York’s Fania Records, a label as synonymous with salsa as Stax Records is with soul. Fania made salsa nationally popular during the late ‘60s to early ‘70s, and Celia & Johnny was one of their biggest hits… But let’s back up a little...
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For the first time ‘A Muto’ by Esa is given an official reissue. Not only does this mark a first as a stand along single, but the reissue contains previously unheard Instrumental, Dub and Keys Versions alongside an Acapella. Licensed from writer and producer Martin Socko Moukoko, for 40 years...
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Double LP version. The trio of Japanese saxophone legend Akira Sakata with the Scandinavian rhythm section presents already his fifth album! While the trio was on a Japan tour in 2019, Sakata arranged for a handful of special collaborations, with some of Japan's most important artistic figures. Featuring the avantgarde...
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2024 restock. "A sophomore three-tracker: singer Mbene Diatta Seck in sombre consideration of street-kids and parental neglect, buoyed by propulsive drumming and trenchant bass; a second version without vocals, laying bare the poly-rhythmic interplay between marimba and percussion; and a mesmeric six-minute instrumental, with bassist Thierno Sarr grooving out on...
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Audiopile Review: Pakistani spiritual jazz visionaries Jaubi finally offer their sophomore release after absolutely flooring us with their 2021 debut, Nafs At Peace. Split into two distinct halves—“Desire” denoting the first half and “Devotion” taking up the latter half—Jaubi continue to expand on their cross-pollination between jazz and Hindustani classical...
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"rain / water" is the fourth album by Tokyo’s Kariu Kenji. Following 2021’s Sekai, which was also released by Bruit Direct Disques, rain / water is a gorgeous haze of song, a modern driftwork that’s creatively rich, and full of fleeting sensation – it’s an album that captures its artist...
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Cult Japanese outsider composer K. Yoshimatsu’s key 1980’s works are collected and reissued for the first time on new career retrospective Fossil Cocoon, binding ambient, abstract punk, music concréte and purist songwriting into a single unified artform. Over a furiously prolific period from 1980 to 1985, K. [Koshiro] Yoshimatsu composed,...
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Marcio Vermelho and Ivana Wonder have an extensive CV of their own activities - we can use the term solid as a rock - with singles and remixes released over almost 4 years. But if you ever saw Vermelho Wonder live, you know that until now their best card was...
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This is Mulatu Astatke’s protege and Ethiopian saxophonist and composer Jorga Mesfin’s debut album. It’s a long foray into Ethio-jazz that takes this courageous syncretism further by fusing spiritual experimentation with bits from all kinds of situations in Ethiopian music, jazz music, and specifically Ethiopian jazz music that precedes it....
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The image on the cover of this record as far as anybody can reasonably tell is probably the only photograph of The Hygrades in existence. Apart from those who were lucky enough to see the band in action before it broke up fifty years ago, nobody up till now has...
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A late period hard-rock, proto-punk entry in Zambian guitarist and bandleader Paul Ngozi’s extensive catalog. LP includes oversized 8p. booklet detailing Ngozi’s arc, rare photographs, discography and annotations. Released under license from the Estate of Paul Nyirongo. “Zambia's Zamrock movement that exploded in the 1970s ... provided young musicians access...
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Soundway Records presents a collection of Nigerian music chronicling a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided with highlife, juju and cultural music. The late 70s saw a period of political turbulence and prompted change across the country. Following suit, musicians and producers entered a...
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WRWTFWW Records furthers its collaboration with Japanese electronic/ambient group Interior by releasing their never-heard-before soundtrack for environmental artist NILS-UDO's 1987 Laserdisc Sculpture of Time (Apocalypse). The intriguing sound design/kankyō ongaku/new age album is available as a limited-edition LP housed in a heavyweight 350gsm sleeve and comes with a obi strip....
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Somewhere between Solid State Survivor, Force Majeure and Danzindan-Pojidon you’ll find Shinichi Omata’s Boku・Neko・Platanus. Or rather you won’t – throughout his captivating debut from 1984, reissued by chOOn!! in 2022, you’ll hear connections to other music but its unique unbridled will keeps pushing those references out of mind. Omata is...
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Buoyant, spirited, and merging the cultural influences of the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Lebanon, Moaïs debuts on 1432R like a cool glass of water. This EP blends his African influences with modern and informed house traditions, building a sound that’s energetic and timeless. It’s music colored by...
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silentwave delivers two everlasting electro-drone progressions fit for both spacing out and locking in. Trance-inducing, wave-runner drum patterns compliment minimal & bright ambient synthesizers in the form of two long-"winded" jams for FGI006....
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Cardinal Fuzz and Feeding Tube Records present the second LP from Tomoyuki Trio (Tomoyuki Aoki, Mike Vest, and Dave Sneddon) following their debut LP Mars on the esteemed Riot Season Record Label. Tomoyuki Aoki is the founding member and lead guitarist of the legendary Tokyo Psych Monsters Up-Tight. Of all...
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Salsa legend Johnny Pacheco has an extensive discography, but his 1964 album Cañonazo, the first release from the newly-formed Fania Records, was the one that changed everything. To celebrate the album’s 60th anniversary, Cañonazo has been remastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and...
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The last collaboration between renowned Puerto Rican...
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Reventó is iconic salsa singer Hector Lavoe’s eighth solo album released on Fania Records. The classic New York salsa album was critically acclaimed and very popular among fans, with hits like “¿De Que Tamaño Es Tu Amor?,” “La Fama” and “Déjala Que Siga.” Reventó remained on the Billboard Top Latin...
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Batov Records presents Nijerusalem, a groundbreaking collaboration between Nigerien synth pioneer Mamman Sani and Berlin-based electronic artist Tropikal Camel. Mamman Sani's electronic organ music, first recorded in 1978, made him a national hero in Niger, led to him writing the Niger's new national anthem, and has long been cherished...
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Horizon Unlimited features the sisters' iconic songs "Come On Home", "Erora" and "Orere - Elejigbo" and was -- as with the rest of their catalog -- incredibly raw, funky and with almost seductive electricity. Recorded at Deccas' London studios and originally released on their Afrodisia imprint in 1979, it was...
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A Mix Tape of extremely rare and hard to find Salsa music. Mainly from the mid-late 70s with a few from the early 70s and 80s. Solidly in the Salsa Dura / Guaguanco style....
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Based on the original story of Porco Rosso, director Miyazaki’s cartoon ‘’Hikotei Jidai’’ and his notes of music, this album was created with an image of Italy at the end of 1920’s. With new mastering and new jacket artwork. Enjoy the beauty of the artwork with the rich sound of...
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