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Suikyō documents a first time meeting between three Japanese improvisers Takashi Masubuchi on guitar and harmonica Ayami Suzuki on voice and electronics and Tomo on hurdy gurdy Recorded at Permian on the 29th of January 2023 it s a stunning forty minute long improvisation of rare artistic sympathy Notably it...
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je prie pour que la goutte ne tombe pas je prie pour que la goutte ne tombe pas I pray that the drop does not fall is the first international release by Japanese trio Chi To Shizuku While they have released five albums and a 7 in Japan their spectral...
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Since forming in 1999 Suishou No Fune A Ship Of Crystal the vehicle for long term musical collaborators Pirako Kurenai guitar voice and Kageo guitar have been one of the most compelling groups in the Japanese underground Their long languorous songs are devastating in their simplicity as though the gently...
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Outside of the world the second album by Japanese trio Usurabi is a rare pleasure a guitar pop album that s deep with spirit bristling with energy melodically rich and precious full of life It s even more thrilling than its predecessor 2021 s Remains of the Light also released...
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Kusōzu Death Nine Stages is the second album by the Tokyo trio Archeus which consists of Keiko Higuchi voice percussion trombone shamisen Shizuo Uchida bass strings and TOMO hurdy gurdy voice It follows their debut self titled and self released CD and cassette from 2021 and is further proof if...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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With the release of Sweet Inspirations At Muon the first appearance on vinyl of Tori Kudo s mythical early 80s primitive rock gang Sweet Inspirations another piece of the seemingly endless puzzle of the Japanese underground has fallen into place Recorded some time in 1982 at Yokohama venue Muon precise...
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Shizuka first came to wider attention at roughly the same time as their peers in the Japanese underground in the nineties really when people started to get wise to the surprisingly wide ranging post psychedelic sounds emanating from the PSF label predominantly and a few other similar creative cells During...
