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Four years separate the release of Stateless and we will be wherever the fires are lit. In the interim, Tashi Dorji has seldom stood still, playing and touring almost constantly, continuing to record both as a solo and in collaboration with artists including Susie Ibarra, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Bill Orcutt,...
$79.99
A heretical masterpiece with an overwhelming presence in the history of Japanese jazz. Jiro Inagaki was one of the central figures in the development of jazz rock in Japan. Inagaki, who had doubts about the existing jazz music, turned the helm to jazz-rock at once with this album recorded in...
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Safari was a jazz-fusion unit led by keyboardist Toshiyuki Daitoku, who had recorded with the likes of George Otsuka and Mukai Shigeru, and Gregg Lee, a Californian who had previously played in fusion bands such as Caldera and Native Son. Their eponymous debut album ended up being the band’s...
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Since the late 1960s, jazz drummer Takeo Moriyama has been a dominant force in the free jazz scene, initially with the Yosuke Yamashita Trio, and more recently, collaborating with the KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET, earning respect from past to present. Recorded in 1980 with his quartet featuring Fumio Itabashi, this album...
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The first vinyl reissue of a jazz-rock album by Jiro Inagaki, an outlier in the Japanese jazz world, featuring vocals by Sammy and Yasushi Sawada for the first time. Backed by Masahiko Sato, Kimio Mizutani, Hiro Yanagida, and others, this is a heavy and mysterious rock groove....
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Composer and arranger of Hiroshi Suzuki's "Romance" and Jiro Inagaki's "Breeze," Hiromasa Suzuki is a musician who had worked extensively in the Japanese entertainment industry, not only in jazz, but also in pops, cinema, television, and animation music production. This album is a pre-fusion/crossover masterpiece produced by Jiro Inagaki and...
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Linda Carriere's fantastic debut album produced by Haruomi Hosono in 1977. All lyrics were written by James Ragan. Composed by Haruomi Hosono (4 songs), Tatsuro Yamashita (2 songs), Minako Yoshida (2 songs), Akiko Yano (1 song), and Hiroshi Sato (1 song). 10 songs in total were newly written by a...
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Venus Masterpiece Collection Limited Edition 180-gram 2LP! Since his stunning debut in 1974 with the now world-famous audiophile recordings for the Three Blind Mice label, Japanese pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto has built a career that now spans four decades. This live set by the Yamamato Trio, recorded at Jazz Is in...
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Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the release of one of Japan's most coveted albums of the 70s, "Mangekyou" by singer-songwriter Yoshiko Sai. Produced in 1975 by Master musician Yuji Ohno, the album features Yoshiko Sai's superbly crafted songs and crystal clear voice over Ohno's lush, funky sound and breezy arrangements....
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Haruomi Hosono is the legendary artist best known for his tenure in the seminal band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Hosono House Revisited is compilation of reworks of Haruomi Hosono’s iconic solo debut, Hosono House, celebrating 50 years since its release. This compilation sees musicians from the Stones Throw roster and beyond...
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Audiopile Review: The Japanese underground is often portrayed as a place of extremes. On the one hand, you have the mind melting Japanoise of Merzbow and Aube. On the other, the ramshackle indie pop of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and Nagisa Ni Te. But there seems to be a spot...
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Japan & Funky-Disco in the most explosive blend. Maestro Jiro Inagaki, in a particularly inspired year in which he also released the album “Funky Stuff” also on Nippon Columbia, flawlessly manipulates the rare-groove by covering songs of Quincy Jones, Commodores, Graham Central Station, B.T. Express, Kool & The Gang, Stevie...
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Hiroshi Sato's masterpiece "Awakening" has been reissued for the fourth time in a new "Pastel Blue Vinyl" edition. The album was mastered by the world-renowned engineer Bernie Grundman, using high-spec sound data digitally converted to 96KHz/24bit from the original master tapes. Pressing was done at Sony Music's factory in Japan....
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The only officially released live recordings of Doji Morita have been "Tokyo Cathedral Saint Mary Live" and "FM Tokyo Pioneer Sound Approach Live Recording", both recorded in 1978. This album contains live recordings from 1980, and this is the first time ever that recordings from this period have been released....
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Yoichi Takizawa's revered album "Leonids No Kanata Ni," celebrated as a mystical masterpiece, is now hitting the shelves in a fresh vinyl reissue! This album, hailed as a pinnacle of city pop music, showcases the genius of Hiroshi Sato's arrangements and Yoichi Takizawa's melodic prowess. The roster of participating musicians...
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Katsumi Horii PROJECT's debut album, "HOT IS COOL," which first hit the shelves in 1987, is now making a comeback in a stunning reissue on clear blue vinyl! Katsumi Horii, renowned as a composer, arranger, and professor at Tokyo College of Music, has left an indelible mark with his...
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Asami Kado made her debut on September 5, 1979. She rarely appeared in the media, but her sophisticated music image was highly appreciated in the music scene at that time. In 1987, she released two albums produced by Yukihiro Takahashi. Her delicate voice is quietly fragrant under his production. This...
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Asami Kado made her debut on September 5, 1979. She rarely appeared in the media, but her sophisticated music image was highly appreciated in the music scene at that time. In 1987, she released two albums produced by Yukihiro Takahashi. Her delicate voice is quietly fragrant under his production. The...
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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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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...
$59.99
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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