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VORTEX, a creative pioneer of French avant-garde jazz rock, who endlessly disassembled and reconstructed the genres, created their own unique style by blending various musical elements; such as the aggressive heaviness of Zeuhl, the complex yet elegant ensembles of chamber rock, the polytempic and polyrhythmic structures of... -
80’s Tokyo City Pop! At that time, this press was astonishingly reminiscent of Sugar Babe Now, this miraculous private record has finally been rediscovered after 42 years! Childhood friends from Nakano to Nerima gathered together and quietly recorded this work as a graduation project In 2022, this “Feeling Like A Child”,...
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Adopted remastered sound sources for all songs, double-page spread lyric cards that reproduce the original specifications, reprinted with belt specifications The 1st album released in 1984 with an impressive artwork floating in the ennui sea 80’s J-POP, such as the 80’s funk number “Blind Curve”, which was...
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Remastered sound sources for all songs, double-page spread lyric cards that reproduce the original specifications, reprinted with belt specifications An urban mellow 4th album, swayed by the cutting-edge brocon sound at the time In addition to Tetsuji Hayashi’s consistent production work since his debut, Joe Hisaishi...
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Remastered sound sources for all songs, double-page spread lyric cards that reproduce the original specifications, reprinted with belt specifications The 2nd album released in 1985, which was produced by further expanding the idol route after the big hit of the 1st At the time of its release, the biggest hit song...
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Kikagaku Moyo’s debut album exerts an elemental power Enlivening their sound with sitars, percussive drums, theremins, wind instruments and ethereal vocals, the band manages to sound powerfully spacious and lazily serene all at once Their songs can be light as air, or heavy as earth Many evolve out of intense experiences of...
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Kikagaku Moyo is the musical union between five free spirits Go Kurosawa (drums, Vocals) and Tomo Katsurada (Guitar, Vocals) formed the band in 2012 as a free artist’s collective They met Kotsuguy (Bass) while he was recording noise from vending machines and Akira (Guitar) through their university Ryu Kurosawa had been...
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Kikagaku Moyo started in the summer of 2012 busking on the streets of Tokyo Though the band started as a free music collective, it quickly evolved into a tight group of multi-instrumentalists Kikagaku Moyo call their sound psychedelic because it encompasses a broad spectrum of influence Their music incorporates elements of...
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Barely known to the international public, the Electone pioneer and virtuoso Shigeo Sekito is the man behind four LP volumes titled “Special Sound Series” published by Nippon Columbia between 1975 and 1977 One of his masterpieces from “Vol 2” titled “The Word II” gained great popularity after inspiring Mac DeMarco to...
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HUH are the wild, freeform duo of Kyosuke Terada and Takuma Mori Based in Tokyo, and playing together since 2007, HUH have released a clutch of cassettes, CD-Rs, and digital albums; they’ve toured Europe (in 2017) and Australia (2019); and they count amongst their collaborators the likes of T Mikawa of Incapacitants, ASTRO, and...
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More unearthed demo recordings by the Japanese psychedelic noise legends Les Rallizes Dénudés Recorded in Azabu, Tokyo...
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More unearthed demo recordings by the Japanese psychedelic noise legends Les Rallizes Dénudés Recorded in Azabu, Tokyo...
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Originally released from “Crescent”, the label of Sound Process Design Inc, founded by Satoshi Ashikawa, a pioneer of Japanese environmental music First analog LP reissue of a collection of film music works by Takashi Sekiguchi, who is linked to Hiroshi Yoshimura, Inoyama Land, and other renowned catalogs! “Bamboo...
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All songs composed by Kyohei Tsutsumi, 80’s New Wave ~ Disco Kayo reissued as analog for the first time Yuki Nakayamate, who was also enrolled in Motoharu Sano’s backing chorus “Pretty Flamingos”, her 2nd album released in 1983 is a long-awaited LP reissue! This record includes the sensual stepper dub song...
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This is a valuable live recording of the dawn of Japanese jazz-rock It is a live recording of the concert <Midsummer Night’s Jazz & Rock> held on July 21, 1970 at Hibiya’s open-air concert hall It was recorded at about the same time as the masterpiece “Head Rock” by Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media, but...
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Drummer Akira Ishikawa played an immense role in the development of jazz rock in Japan He created many works, but among them, his record “Bakimba-His African Memories”, recorded in 1970, has a special presence due to its content and rarity Accompanied by up-and-coming musicians such as Hiromasa Suzuki, Norio Maeda, Ken...
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Soul Media is led by Jiro Inagaki, who played a part in the development of jazz rock in Japan This album “Memory Lane” was recorded in 1980 Regarding this work, Inagaki said, “We made this work while anticipating the fate of fusion music” This album contains the mellow and emotional track “Memory Lane”, the...
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Beauty is the eighth solo studio album by Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto First released in 1989, this album incorporates influences from funk, rock, flamenco, African, Japanese traditional and classical, techno, R&B and dance music, to create a collage of styles, rather than a seamless whole Ryuichi Sakamoto ·...
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The first reissue of Tomoko Aran’s 2nd album “Shikisaikankaku” backed by Mariah is now available! “Shikisaikankkau” is the album released right before Tomoko Aran’s 3rd album “Fuyu kukan”, which is famous both in Japan and abroad as a masterpiece of city pop Released in 1982, this work was produced by...
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Japan’s leading super guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka’s memorable solo debut album is now being reprinted on LP! A masterpiece of Japanese music with tropical grooves unfolding throughout First released in 1976 Contributing artists include: Hiroshi Imai, Tsugutoshi Goto, Tatsuo Hayashi, Shigetoya Hamaguchi, Nobu Saito,...
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Junko Tange’s second and final album - a minimalistic, phantasmagoric masterpiece of distant, dreamlike voices woven through pulsating, dubbed-out drum machines, synths and static, originally issued by Osaka’s Vanity Records in 1981 Did this unassuming dental student (who vanished from the music world following this release)...
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Singer-songwriter Syoichi Miyazawa’s tale is a confounding one He grew up in a small town in Yamagata Prefecture (in northern Japan), loved Dylan and The Beatles, and had very little exposure to, or interest in, underground music And yet, shortly after 24-year-old Miyazawa arrived in Tokyo in 1978, he began performing solo...
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Legendary debut album by Junko Tange, originally issued by Osaka’s Vanity Records in 1979 Dadaesque recitations and sparse guitar, piano and electronic meanderings combine for a beguiling, hypnotic dreamworld Officially licensed from the custodians of Yuzuru Agi's Vanity Records archives, this edition has been fully remastered...
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WRWTFWW Records present the first official worldwide reissue of the debut album from fabled Japanese folk singer-songwriter/actress/writer Hako Yamasaki, Tobimasu Originally released in 1975 on legendary independent label Elec Records, Tobimasu is a masterpiece of melancholy carried by one of the most beautiful, moving, melodic,...
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WRWTFWW Records present the first official worldwide reissue of the sophomore album from fabled Japanese folk singer-songwriter/actress/writer Hako Yamasaki, Tsunawatari Recorded right after her outstanding debut Tobimasu (WRWTFWW 079CD/LP), Tsunawatari was released in 1976 on Elec Records, one of the first independent labels in...
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Japanese experimental group Les Rallizes Denudes are the ultimate rock 'n' roll enigma Sometimes referred to as Hadaka no Rallizes or even as Hadaka no Rarizu, each appellation a variant of the name "Fucked Up and Naked", which equates to being high on hard drugs, they are seen as noise-rock pioneers, yet sifting fact from fiction...
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This work was the beginning of a series of minyo crossover series created in the 1970s by Nobuo Hara and Kiyoshi Yamaya, a composer and arranger from Sharps & Flats, and Kifu Mitsuhashi, one of Japan’s leading shakuhachi players This record is the first release of a trilogy including, ‘Shakuhachi Yama no Uta’ and...
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"Mastered by Tohru Kotetsu and pressed at RTI, this 45rpm LP will live up to and surpass your most demanding judgments Misty is one of the most sought-after titles from the acclaimed Three Blind Mice catalog Touring with the Micky Curtis Band, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto had the chance to explore several international experiences that he...
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The loss of a place to return to Where is home One's identity becomes amorphous, and as though floating in an ocean, one's legs no longer touch ground In our current global society, nationality, culture, and identity are becoming more and more fluid In a new environment, what does one's history connected to a certain place come...
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A cool wind blows over a lake surrounded by a deep green In the afternoon sun the sounds of the birds and the insects mix, a warm quiet pervailing Is my body floating in that lake Perhaps I will sink to the dark depths of past memories Is this the experience of living on Focus on the sunlight, and face the lake surface How...
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Loneliness, isolation, alienation Even though most people have experienced these feelings, it is challenging to put them into words Even thinking about them deeply, it is difficult to find their cause Not limited to simply whether one has comrades or not, it is a phenomenon connected with one's own feelings, the surrounding...
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Humans are creatures of fantasy Everyday things become seeds planted in one's heart, turning into complex existences This is where magic is born This is where hope is born But perhaps this is also where despair is born as well In human relationships perhaps fantasy plays an even more central role The lives of strangers, the...
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What was supposed to be a soundcheck for this session became the session itself: a haunting 50-minute séance of intense avantgarde improvisation using a large instrumentation and live processing (tape echo, ring modulation, phasing) A trident travelogue of the momentum masterfully controlled by the ensemble spirit, transcending...
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"On September 6th, 1993, I felt a stranger's presence flow through me 'The end of material civilization is near Man will soon transcend the physical realm But when this day comes, many souls will be lost forever,' she announced and then swiftly disappeared She has since visited me occasionally, and with her help I've witnessed...
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The second collection album ‘’2nd Collection’’ of the ‘’Hydeout Productions’’ label is released on 2LP Aside from the trend of the modern music industry as a whole, this is the 2nd collection album of the rare independent label ‘’Hydeout Productions’’, which has gained great support from...
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Reissue, originally released in 1975 During the late 1960s, Japanese band Blues Creation was formed from the ashes of an earlier group, the Bickles Beginning as a covers act and then switching to original material, they had several line-up changes before calling it quits, only to be born again as Creation in 1973, touring the US...
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Orginally released in 2021, Shinichiro Yokota's album 'Tokonoma Style' comes on a 2x12" from Soichi Terada's Far East Recordings Over a diverse set of songs, the veteran Tokyo producer makes full use of his collection of vintage synthesizers such as AKAI's sampler S1100, KORG M1 and PROPHET-5 (his trusted machines that hes used...
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For the good part of the past decade, Japanese composer-musician Masahiro Takahashi has been crafting gently spellbinding pieces that simultaneously embrace electronic abstraction and a palpable, even brittle, humanity His delicate and evocative landscapes always seem to be illuminated in vibrant magic hour tones as golden synth...
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BBE Music’s highly-acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series continues with an album that unites three J Jazz legends with a young musician beginning their professional career Recorded and released in 1986, ‘Approach’ is both sophisticated and experimental in equal measure, balancing serene ambient moments with thunderous and...
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Renoir Of The Toys is a deep dive into the world of Youri Kun, the nom de plume of Japanese guitarist, singer and songwriter Hiroshi Nar It follows a similar compilation, Unheld Ball, released in 2022 on Japanese label Inundow; like that album, Renoir Of The Toys draws from the rich catalogue of outsider psych-garage and rock...
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This 2-LP set and CD from EM Records chronicles the legacy of underground Japanese techno legends Cycheouts – pronounced ‘psyche outs’ in English Originally formed in 1994, the group quickly became a centerpiece of Osaka’s underground electronic scene Led by main producer Akira Ohashi, Cycheouts melded influences from...
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Following a CD-only release in Japan in 2021, legendary downtempo producer Calm finally releases his Before album on vinyl and digital courtesy of Hell Yeah The 10-track record is a slow-burning Balearic beauty Calm aka Kiyotaka Fukagawa has never been to the White Isle, but he sure knows how to capture its musical essence He...
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From small beginnings in 1974 as a local cinema and university event, Film Fest Gent has grown yearly in stature and is now recognised as one of the major destinations for the film industry A vital component is the celebration of film music in the shape of the World Soundtrack Awards which honours the very best composers at work...
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Remixes of tracks from Soichi's 'Asakusa Light' by Alex Attias and Byron The Aquarius on Rush Hour Asakusa Light Remixes (Byron The Aquarius & Alex Attias) by Soichi...
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Temporal Drift presents the first-ever officially sanctioned reissue of celebrated Japanese cult band Les Rallizes Dénudés’ three albums, originally compiled and released in limited quantities on CD in 1991 These reissues follow the label’s release of The OZ Tapes in 2022, as part of the label’s ongoing series of Les...
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Temporal Drift presents the first-ever officially sanctioned reissue of celebrated Japanese cult band Les Rallizes Dénudés’ three albums, originally compiled and released in limited quantities on CD in 1991 These reissues follow the label’s release of The OZ Tapes in 2022, as part of the label’s ongoing series of Les...
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Temporal Drift presents the first-ever officially sanctioned reissue of celebrated Japanese cult band Les Rallizes Dénudés’ three albums, originally compiled and released in limited quantities on CD in 1991 These reissues follow the label’s release of The OZ Tapes in 2022, as part of the label’s ongoing series of Les...
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Light in the Attic’s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world’s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings—the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the ‘70s-’80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk,...
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