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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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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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"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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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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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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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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Once again frequent Ghibli-collaborator Joe Hisaishi is at the helm, crafting captivating pieces that perfectly capture Sheeta and Pazu's world of magic and wonder. The entire 14 track suite is presented here in its entirety on this first ever vinyl reissue, just like the original 1986 pressing. This is the...
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"Brass Fantasia", a brass quintet featuring popular songs from "Studio Ghibli". Two of his CDs released in 1994 are newly added to the Studio Ghibli Records analog board series! "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" "My Neighbor Totoro" "Kiki's Delivery Service" "Porco Rosso". Ueno...
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Studio Ghibli’s ‘’The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya’’ gets its first vinyl release, as part of the best-selling vinyl series featuring legendary composer Joe Hisaishi. Including the beautiful theme ‘When I Remember This Life’ sung by Kazumi Nikaido, this is the complete soundtrack to Studio Ghibli’s 2013 anime ‘The Tale...
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This is the second release of the popular album "Brass Fantasia." Director Hayao Miyazaki and composer Joe Hisaishi's popular Studio Ghibli soundtrack songs will be released on vinyl for the first time in a brass quintet piece performance by Ueno No Mori Brass....
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Audiopile Review: Here’s another to file under ‘how did they only just get around to reissuing this one?’ Yeah, our filing system gets a bit specific sometimes, we’ll admit. Anyway, we were shocked to learn that the reissue industrial complex had not yet addressed the issue of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s excellent...
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Audiopile Review: Sublime Records, the boundary pushing Japanese electronic imprint, celebrates 30 years by reissuing a pair of their classics, released at the start of their three decade run. First up is Ken Ishii’s Reference To Difference, which makes its vinyl debut here. Reference lands in the middle of a...
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Audiopile Review: Also joining the 30th Anniversary celebration of Sublime records is perhaps the label’s best known release, Susumu Yokota’s Acid Mt. Fuji, which was actually issued the same day as Ken Ishii’s Reference To Difference! Acid Mt. Fuji would mark a sizeable jump in style for Yokota, whose 1993...
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Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita returns with Migratory, his masterful new solo album, where his sonic explorations into the unknown continue. In 2020, after 13 years of living in Berlin, Fujita returned to his native Japan with his wife and their three children, fulfilling his life-long dream of...
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After many years working as a buyer for several record stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed...
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A recording of a passionate live performance held in the northern land of Nemuro, which continues to be loved along with the first album "Tact." The title song is literally epic, like ice floes colliding in the ocean....
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Discover the deeply personal work of Japanese saxophonist Hidefumi Toki through his 1975 masterpiece, "Toki". Accompanied by a quartet featuring Kazumi Watanabe on guitar, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, and Steve Jackson on drums, Toki's expressive alto and soprano saxophone fill the space with gentle, raspy tones. The album's laidback and...
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Mari Nakamoto's third Three Blind Mice (TBM) release showcases her tender vocal style, complemented by the masterful accompaniment of Isao Suzuki on bass and Kazumi Watanabe on guitar....
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Enjoy the soulful melodies of Isao Suzuki, Art Blakey's esteemed bassist, as he, along with his fellow musicians Kunihiko Kanno and George Otsuka, brings his distinctive musical vision to life on this captivating album....
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Drummer Kinichi Motegi, currently with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, curated a selection of tracks for this album based on the concept of "Kuchu (Aerial)" and "Uchu (Universe)," featuring music from two labels in 2005. The album has been highly requested by Fishmans fans for an analog version and is...
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In 1972, at the age of 19, Tatsuro Yamashita embarked on his musical journey by self-producing a limited edition of 100 copies of his album 'ADD SOME MUSIC TO YOUR DAY,' alongside his friends. Now, this cherished piece of musical history is available as an analog LP! Side A treats...
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Limited edition 180-gram double LP Since his stunning debut in 1974 on the Three Blind Mice label, Japanese pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto has built a career that now spans four decades. Yamamoto's bluesy and sometimes funky piano style is buoyed by the strong, swinging support of bassist Hiroshi Kagawa and drummer...
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Since his stunning debut in 1974 on the Three Blind Mice label, Japanese pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto has built a career that now spans four decades. His 2013 trio album What a Wonderful World follows his previous release Gentle Blues, his first recording for Venus Records in 14 years. In fact,...
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Gatefold packaging. Nobuo "Hara," whose real name is Nobuo Tsukahara, is a Japanese saxophonist who became known in 1951 with his big band, the Sharp & Flats. Together they recorded more than a hundred album during their career. Hozan Yamamoto is, for his part, a Shakuhachi player, a traditional Japanese...
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Audiopile Review: H TO O is the Tokyo based environmental ambient project of H. Takahashi and Kohei Oyamada, creating lush pastoral ambiance that seamlessly blends organic sounds with rich synthesized swirls. Keen eyed readers of our newsletter may recognize H. Takahashi from his standout 2023 release Flow or more recently...
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Audiople Review: A few weeks back, we referred to Michel Banabila’s ‘Unspeakable Visions’ as a classic sampling keyboard record. We described how easy it was to imagine the Dutch composer hunched over an Ensoniq workstation. Amazingly, Banabila responded to this on Instagram by posting an old picture of himself doing...
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Pedro Vian and Merzbow present their first joint work, an unbounded expression of creativity and experimentation. Over the album's forty-minute duration, listeners can experience a blend of field recordings made by Pedro Vian at the DIA Bacon Foundation in NYC, specifically inside Richard Serra's sculptures. These recordings are interwoven with...
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With each release and performance over the last ten years, saxophonist Makoto Kawashima has continued to stake his claim as one of today's most captivating improvisers. Zoe is Kawashima's first ever studio album and his second with Black Editions. Recorded at Tokyo's storied GOK Sound, the album is one of...
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From the outset this ad hoc quartet hit the gas, launching into a frenzied, high-octane set with alto saxophonist Rasmussen engaging in a furious tightrope-walk of upper register screams while O'Rourke unspools some of the most gnarly guitar noise. The entire recording is a testament to refined listening. Even at...
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A Colourful Storm presents the first vinyl edition of Yahho no Potori, a treasured recording by one of the most cherished contemporary Japanese folk outfits, Eddie Marcon. Comprised of the core duo of Eddie Corman and Jules Marcon, Eddie Marcon was formed in Himeji in 2001, following Corman's involvement in...
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Audiopile Review: Fishmans seemingly exist outside of time; while they garnered a cult following during their initial run of releases from 1991 until frontman Shinji Sato’s tragic and sudden passing in 1999, it wasn’t until decades later that the band fully began to receive the widespread appreciation they deserved. Thanks...
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Hakushi Hasegawa (They/Them pronouns) is a musician/singer-songwriter based in Tokyo, Japan, and the first Japanese artist signed to the Brainfeeder label. Their debut release in July 2023 was the single – “Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi)” – featuring bass by the super-talented Sam Wilkes (Leaving Records). A few days later Hakushi blew...
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The reissue of "JATAKA," a pioneering album by synthesizer virtuoso Osamu Shoji (also known as Osamu Tokairin), is finally here! "JATAKA" stands as an ambient to experimental synthesizer masterpiece from the late 70s, showcasing Osamu Shoji's prowess as a composer, arranger, and synthesizer player. The album features a total of...
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The long-awaited reissue of Kaze Chorus Dan's cherished Japanese soft rock album, "Aiiro no Kisetsu" (The Season of The Color of Love), is finally here, now available in analog LP format. Originally released in July 1975, this album, produced and arranged by Haruomi Hosono, is a testament to his multifaceted...
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Spacy, originally released in 1977, boasts an impressive lineup of Japanese legends including Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Minako Yoshida, Kenji Ohmura, and Hiroshi Sato. The album features all the usual Yamashita elements, such as euphoric vocals, innovative string arrangements, glistening keyboards, and funky guitar riffs, but the rhythms on this...
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Yukako Hayase released her debut album on Sixty Records in 1986. Yasushi Akimoto handled the lyrics and production for all but one of her songs. With her laid-back voice, worldly-wise attitude, and European-inspired sound, this album has gained renewed appreciation in recent years for its ahead-of-its-time vibe....
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The 2024 reissue of FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND's final album of the 70s, "MAKE UP," is finally here! Recognized as one of the most influential new rock bands of their era, Flower Travelin' Band (FTB) presents their last offering of the decade, brimming with a raw, live energy that epitomizes their...
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The third album by Japanese rock band Flower Travellin' Band, Made In Japan, originally released in 1972. After meeting Lighthouse at the Expo '70 festival in Osaka, Flower Travellin' Band were invited to visit Canada. While there, the group recorded Made In Japan with Lighthouse keyboardist Paul Hoffert helping produce....
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This extremely rare psychedelic album contains two long tracks, which provide an interesting forty-seven minutes long surreal experience for willing listeners. Led by Japanese guru Karuna Khyal, the band literally shows a narcotic and hypnotic groovy feel heading to massive bluesy tribal section. A cult in its own....
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Gatefold packaging. Terumasa Hino is undoubtedly one of the most famous Japanese jazzmen. Learning the trumpet at the age of nine, he began his career as a professional musician by playing in the orchestra of an US Army base, before joining Hideo Shiraki's Quintet and then forming his own band...
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Audiopile Review: Japanese trio Unknown Me follow-up their 2021 album Bishintai for the Not Not Fun imprint with Bitokagaku, another slip into ethereal bliss, besting their albums preceding it. While the trio’s lineup includes P-RUFF and Yakenohara, both busy with various other projects, the notable third member, H. Takahashi, has...
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BBE Music is thrilled to present J Jazz: Free and Modern Jazz From Japan 1954-1988, a remarkable large-format book covering some of the deepest, rarest, and most innovative jazz music released anywhere in the post-war era. Compiled by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden, co-curators of BBE Music's acclaimed J Jazz...
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Kata No Wadachi is the latest album by Banetoriko, the solo noise project of Tamaki Ueda. Her first release both on An’archives and on vinyl, it follows several albums for the Neurec imprint – 2017’s Beside the Sluice and 2022’s Yorioto Hogiokuri – and several other cassettes and CD-Rs. With...
