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The Body Is A Message Of The Universe, originally created and released in a small edition in Japan back in 1987 by Shiho Yabuki "The Body Is A Message Of The Universe features floating shimmering synthesizer textures It's unique and extra ordinarily serene with shifting tone colours and spatial textures bringing the listener to... -
Anatolian psych-folk fire and balm starring the angelic Derya Yıldırım and her band, Grup Şimşek reprising classic ‘70s styles with a timeless vivacity While the quintet were all born between the ‘80s-‘90s, Yıldırım and Şimşek could easily be mistaken for a band twice their age on 3rd album ‘Dost 2’...
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NYC’s amazing Blank Forms Editions give a gripping introduction to Kazuki Tomokawa’s avant-folk vitality, documenting the early years of the “screaming philosopher” via his first three albums, all collected and reissued internationally for the first time - think Nick Drake meets Keiji Haino "At the tender age of...
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NYC’s amazing Blank Forms Editions give a gripping introduction to Kazuki Tomokawa’s avant-folk vitality, documenting the early years of the “screaming philosopher” via his first three albums, all collected and reissued internationally for the first time - think Nick Drake meets Keiji Haino "In the 1970s, Kazuki...
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Following on from the stunning recording of her 1992 performance at the Berlin Parampara Festival (BT 079LP, 2021), Black Truffle continues its documentation of the work of Berlin-based Italian singer Amelia Cuni, one of the great contemporary exponents of dhrupad, the oldest surviving style of North Indian classical vocal music...
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Reissue, originally released in 1986 A dreamlike dispatch from mid-80s Japan, the first and only Hallelujahs album is an entrancing and gentle work of psychedelic pop brilliance In a series of informal studio sessions between 1985 and 1986, Shinji Shibayama (Nagisa Ni Te) gathered a group of friends, emerging luminaries from the...
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50 years ago, Hokkaido-born singer-songwriter Morio Agata released his debut single, Sekishoku Ereji (Red Elegy), an emotive, shuffling piano ballad that (shockingly) sold half a million copies in Japan While he would never have another Top-40 hit, Agata would spend the next half century issuing a series of idiosyncratic,... -
Akira Miyazawa, a tenor saxophonist, is one of the musicians who laid the foundation for the Japanese jazz scene “We are Japanese, so I think we have to make someone who can only be Japanese,” said Miyazawa, who said “For Units,” “Iwana,” and “Kiso” from 1969 to 1970 He will release works that pursue the...
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Keitaro Miho, a pianist/composer/arranger who has influenced not only jazz but also the Japanese music world He also worked as a film director, actor, racing driver, writer, and commentator, and became popular as a versatile cultural figure Since the latter half of the 1960s, when jazz has diversified, many works have been...
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Samurai Champloo Music Record: Playlist is a soundtrack album created by Tsutchie, originally released on September 22, 2004, for the anime series Samurai Champloo It is the third of four soundtrack albums released for the show The music of the Samurai Champloo anime series was created by a group of producers: Japanese hip-hop...
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Samurai Champloo Music Record: Masta is a soundtrack album created by Force Of Nature and Tsutchie originally released on June 23, 2004 It is the first of four soundtrack albums released for the show The music of the Samurai Champloo anime series was created by a group of producers: Japanese hip-hop producer Tsutchie of the rap...
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Samurai Champloo Music Record: Impression is the fourth soundtrack album in the series of the anime show Samurai Champloo It contains tracks by Nujabes, Force of Nature, Fat Jon and MINMI The lyrics on “Hiji Zuru Style” are written and performed by S-Word and Suiken The lyrics on “Who’s Theme” are written and...
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Samurai Champloo Music Record: Departure is a soundtrack album, originally released on June 23, 2004 It is the second of four soundtrack albums released for the show The album was produced by Japanese DJ / producer Nujabes, and American MC/producer Fat Jon, and featured Japanese rapper Shing02 and Japanese singer-songwriter...
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Available from Blank Forms for the first time since its original 1980 release on ALM-Uranoia, New Sense of Hearing documents a collaboration between Takehisa Kosugi and Akio Suzuki, two luminaries of Japanese experimental music in the lineage of Fluxus Blank Forms’s high-quality reissue of the sought-after, long out of print LP,...
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The music Coltrane, Tyner and others did back in their prime made a sizable ripple in jazz Many went on to emulate their style well after the originators either died or moved on For the most part I find these emulator (or keepers of the flame, to be more polite) to be either alright or great Kohsuke Mine Quintet is one of those... -
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The only work of the progressive rock band Strawberry Path by the legendary Japanese rock world, Shigeru Narumi (g, key, b) and former food brain Hiro Tsunoda (vo, ds) “The day when he came to the earth” is officially decided to reprint the LP for the first time in a long time! As a hard, bluesy and funky full-scale rock...
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Since their first album in 1995, Japan's Nagisa Ni Te has created an enchanting and deeply personal sound world woven from elements of folk, psychedelia, and rock along with wistful melodies and gentle arrangements Centered on Shinji Shibayama (Hallelujahs) and Masako Takeda's partnership, the group has created intimate,...
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The new wave jazz album left in 1987 is the first analog reprintBased on the sound produced by Masanori Sasaji (ex Maria), the left field-avant jazz work (‘87) that was imbued is the first reissue that reproduces the artwork of that time as much as possible! Starting with the mysterious opening “Door” reminiscent of...
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The popular Japanese AOR / City Pop is the first reissue following the 1st album! Two years after the debut work “MOONLIGHT SINGING” in which Tatsuro Yamashita and Hiroshi Sato participated, the 2nd album, which further developed the AOR line, is an analog reprint From the cool and solid city pop “MIDNIGHT STATION...
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The respected Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was not messing around when he recorded the 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' album with his band the Count Buffaloes For this offering, originally released in 1972 on Toshiba Records, Akira Ishikawa takes us on a deep tripped-out journey 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' is a fusion of progressive...
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Operating out of a small upstairs space just around the corner from the train station in the Kichijoji neighborhood of Tokyo, OZ was a scruffy, DIY affair that lasted not much more than a year Between June 1972 to September 1973, the cafe and performance space became the nerve center for the city’s burgeoning underground and...
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Future Shock present a reissue of Hiroshi Suzuki/Masahiko Togashi Quintet's Variation, originally released in 1969 Essential jazz album among the influences of the future-jazz quartet Sleep Walker by trombonist Hiroshi Suzuki Variation is a joint project including the legendary jazz drummer Masahiko Togashi featuring pianist Yuji... -
Just one week after the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1987, Riad Awwad brought his sisters Hanan, Alia and Nariman together in their living room and began recording The Intifada album on equipment he had made himself One of these was co-written with their friend, the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish Riad printed...
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Ebalunga!! and Everland Music presents another lost pearl of music Kola Beldy - White Island The first reissue in a series of planned reissues of Kola Beldy heritage on CD and Vinyl Carefully remastered songs and original artworks and exclusive postcards with paintings by Olga Beldi, wife of Kola Beldy The life of Kola Beldy...
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An'archives are thrilled to announce the release of 'Ricshari,' the first LP from Japanese free improvising duo Mai Mao Consisting of Shizuo Uchida of Hasegawa-Shizuo, Albedo Gravitas, Archeus, Kito Muzukumi Rouber, Terror Shit, UH, etc on bass, and Kyosuke Terada, of HUH (who have their own release due on An'archives soon),...
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A fresh melody and harmony reminiscent of Sugar Babe, a naked sound image, a masterpiece of early city pop illusion that has been attracting attention in recent years Kazushi Inamura’s debut work is reissued with an original special jacket specification The delicate vocals that spin groovy rhythms and beautiful melodies...
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Exciting! Exciting! refreshing! Deep modal jazz and warm calypso jazz are all gracefully shaken off The true value of Ryota Kosawa is here From the 1970s to the 2010s, Ryojiro Furusawa was a drummer who was active not only in jazz but also in the Japanese music scene Music with unparalleled personality and overwhelming power is...
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Includes printed inner sleeve, obi, and download code Japanese indie-pop duo Tenniscoats recorded Papa's Ear in 2012 (MORR 184CD/LP) and Tan-Tan Therapy in 2007, two albums made with musical and production help from Swedish post-rock/folk trio Tape Originally released on Häpna, they are beautiful documents of the exploratory...
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Elastic groove Beautiful tune Hard bop, jazz rock, fusion No label can capture the essence of this work Pure crystals are now shining againThe popular work “Leeward” is popular among fans as “Mabumi’s fan” This is the second album recorded in 1978 by Mabumi Yamaguchi, a saxophonist who was active in the George Otsuka...
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This pleasure that the whole body is paralyzed by a single drum Akira Ishikawa, a transcendental funky drummer born in Japan, runs around the wonderland of the groove! Akira Ishikawa, a transcendental funky drummer born in Japan His ability to run around and fuse jazz, rock and African music in a row and a row to create her own...
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A masterpiece in the history of Japanese rock with a soothing sound and personal appearance created by Haruomi Hosono’s most trusted singer, Chu Kosaka’s blissful singing voice and members around Tin Pan Array A masterpiece filled with the blissful singing voice of Chu Kosaka, the singer most trusted by Tin Pan Array...
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Domestic Balearic Masterpiece (’93) is repressed on Clear Blue Vinyl! Hiroshi Fujiwara and Hiroshi Kawanabe (Tokyo NO1 SOUL SET) unit “HIROSHI II HIROSHI” At that time, their chill-out ~ Balearic classic work (EP) was distributed as a picture disc with a vinyl jacket, and now it is a popular board that is traded at a high...
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Reissue of the second album released in 1997 on coloured vinyl Produced and arranged by Toshihiro Kirigaya, the album features a variety of approaches such as R&B, funk and bossa nova, intertwined with gentle and transparent vocals The album includes their most popular song “Tell me oh mama” and the bossa nova song...
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Released in 1996 this is Naoko Gushima’s major debut album Pressed on colored vinyl the release includes 10 songs that you can thoroughly enjoy the ultimate AOR sound Produced and arranged by Toshihiro Kirigaya, including her representative song...
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“The latest reissue from chOOn!! is Shinichi Omata’s Boku・Neko・Platanus (Expanded Edition), the seventh release from the label that specializes in obscure, archival and forgotten releasesA Japanese synth curio A lost techno-pop classic So might run the standard view of the electronic album Boku・Neko・Platanus, recorded...
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A reprint of the original work released in 1984, in which Akiko Mizuhara, who is also known for being in charge of the theme song for the movie “Space Runaway Ideon”, fully demonstrated her talent as a singer /...
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A reprint of the 3rd album released in 1981, which was also arranged by an orthodox female singer Jun Aoyama, Akihiro Tanaka, Shigeru Suzuki, and other urban grooves with the strongest musicians are...
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First reissue of the ’83 album by Pedro & Capricious, the new music band that had a string of hits including “Message to Johnny” The album features Sawa Katsuragi, the fourth generation of the band’s singer, and covers Latin music and samba classics with Japanese lyrics As indicated by the artwork by Hiroshi Nagai,...
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Japanese BOOGIE – The first analog reissue of the urban city pop classic! The first analog reissue of the debut album released in 1985 by the talented singer Mizuki Koyama, who also played in the inimitable lounge band SAFARI, with the specifications as close as possible to those of the time! The album was designed by...
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Takeo Moriyama, Japan’s leading jazz drummer, loved by many new and old fans Since the late 1960s, he has swept the free jazz world with the Yosuke Yamashita trio After leaving the group, the radiating heat was condensed into an ensemble, evolving and deepening the musicality in a more melodic and rhythmic direction And that...
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The debut work of TAN TAN, a phantom piece is reissued in analog! She also participated in the works of sadistics and Itsuro Shimoda, and Taeko Morino, who later played an active part in the name of “Tan Tan”, made her debut under the name of “TAN TAN” (‘73), which is the first analog reprint Tokairin focuses on...
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Percussionist who created the first orchestra del solsa band in Japan Percussionist, Pecker Power, the first dub made in Japan by Pecker in 1980, originally released at 10 inches, Ryojiro Furusawa’s “Moonlight Slumber” featuring Minako Yoshida was added to “Instant Raster” on the record, and this time it is released...
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The 3rd album released in 1977 by jazz singer Yasuda Minami, whose original with obi is very difficult to obtain as a popular wamono album, is the first LP reprint! It is a masterpiece in the history of Japanese music, backed by Naoya Matsuoka (Key), Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (Key), Kenji Omura (G), Kazumasa Akiyama (G), Ray Ohara (B),...
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Originally formed in 1968 under the name The Silencer, Nagoya, Japan progressive rock band Cosmos Factory didn't change their name until their 1983 debut on Nippon Columbia with "An Old Castle Of Transylvania" Loaded with heavy psychedelia and prog rock guitar moments, experimentally blended with the use of Hammond and... -
Trailblazing instrumental synth pop experiments created to soundtrack Japan’s booming 1980s cartoon and comic industries The brightly futuristic instrumentals on this collection reflect the mindset of composers and musicians who believed in a technological future where everything was possible In the late 1980s Japan...
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On behalf of re:discovery records, it is with great excitement that we announce the release of 'Ambient7 - Excepts from 1995-2000' compilation Ambient7 was a threesome out of Japan that included Chica Asamoto, Masayuki Momo and Shuichi Ikebuchi Chica Asamoto, an accomplished saxophone player while Masayuki Momo and Shuichi...
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The desire to discover and delve into new and unexplored areas of music has turned attention on the Japanese jazz scene of the 1970s, often regarded as its gilded age The recent ground-breaking sell-out BBE compilation J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984 threw much needed light on this fascinating era and presented a...
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