MUSIC

Formed in 1978 and still active, Yin Hunting Rotten is a heretic presence in Japanese indie games with its overwhelming name and works. They are an "impossible" group who were in the Tokyo / Yokohama underground scene in the early 80's but were not influenced by punk-post-punk itself.
Members Naoyuki Masuda (g), Masamichi Oyama (key), and Atsushi Harada (dr) met through a surrealist research douujinshi, and based on the idea of converting to the sound of "automatic writing", improvisation was the main axis. Started activities. He released various works in 1980-84, but his name was difficult to read, his songs were like symbols, and his titles and works with pure white bindings that didn't even have a sword were all crushed, but his unique personality was unparalleled. Since then, it has been a mysterious existence and has received strong support until now.
 This "Houaku" was recorded in 1985, but after many twists and turns, it will be submitted here as a "new work" and a second album. The recorded music was recorded by improvisational performance based on the image recalled from the video by projecting a photograph taken by Masuda in Spain into the studio, and it was edited and completed later.
Using an electrified / synthesized instrument, the amorphous music that sometimes looks like Sun Ra (unintentional) is timeless, and it's hard to tell when and where it works. The unknownness is a word of "cool !!" "I learned for the first time at this time that the time difference of" several decades "in improvisation does not mean much. I think there is no such thing as" evolution of rising shoulders "in music," (Atsushi Harada, commentary. Than)
 Following this work, "Initial Works" will be released to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the band's formation! First, the unreleased original complete version, a remaster of the sound quality dramatically improved, presented in 2014 Japan Indie's hottest work !!

80s Heavy Metal Dub Phantom Edition "Ten Dubs That Loosen the World" Sheriff Lind's new album for the first time in 25 years! Its name is "Aftershock Dub"! !! Two bonus songs added to the CD!

What have you been doing for 25 years! Don't rush in. Sheriff Lind has been devoting himself to reggae with the Southern Hemisphere soundmen, but in the last 20 years, only a few songs have been released on the compilation CD. The whole picture was sealed in the hall and mysterious, but the sheriff was on the lookout all the time!

This surprising new 2nd album can be called a "special collection" (Note 2) compiled from the numerous dubs (Note 1) that Sheriff Lind has played with sound so far. This fully field-specific massive bass sound source was selected for the album by West Japan's proud sound system "Touch the Sky" crew, High-C, and an elite track maker / engineer pursuing reggae dub. Ruv Bytes, our Takuto Kuratani. In addition, M's first genuine dance hall specification that Mr. Kuratani will master! A heavyweight special album with a single dub rhythm that appeals to the stubborn roots lovers from the original generation to the digital / nu roots generation!

In the previous work "Isted Serenade", the amplification was modest and the emphasis was on the deep acoustic sound, but in this work, his new frontier is heard with the electro sound that has been synthesized (synthesized). On the surface, that's the case, but his philosophy "isophonic" is still pierced in the core, and what is expressed through Young's unique conprovisation (composition and improvisational compound word) is "isophonic. His world that continues from "Bugiugi". Therefore, the degree of discipline of the sound is different from that of the electro guys there, and the density is able to withstand deep listening. Also, the sound pressure and facial expression of the sound was a problem until the end of completion, and his realism still living in Brooklyn is reflected in the tension of this aggressive and tingling sound.

The current three artists will challenge the difficult song "Gun Ho 1,2,3D", which is a masterpiece of New Zealand's legendary performance group From Scratch. This is a cover performance collection in which each person explores how to play with percussion as the common denominator (* not a remix collection). Everyone made it very hard. I look forward to working with you!

From Scratch is a development of a performance group organized by Phil Dudson, who learned from the far-left musician Cornelius Cardew, as the New Zealand branch of the Scratch Orchestra in the 1970s. They are known around the world for their combative custom instruments, and Ryuichi Sakamoto became a percussion instrument unit at a glance, and he visited Japan twice.

The work that can be said to be their true value is this difficult song "Gung Ho 1,2,3D", which features hocking in which the performers beat different beats individually, and the ultimate polyrhythm with accurate repetitive rhythm is a masterpiece. The sound is mechanical and inorganic in terms of characters, but the overtone-covered mundane sounds generated from the vinyl chloride tube and the slight error caused by human performance become organic components and create a mysterious ecstasy.

In this work, the original recording of 1981, which was performed in the most complicated 8,9,10 and 9,10,11 time signatures of "Gung Ho 1,2,3D", is the first, and the current three artists in Japan and abroad: Goat (M2) led by YPY Koshiro Hino / Don't DJ (M3), a German genius / Utena Kobayashi (M4), who is currently active in DAN, Tokumaru Shugo, etc. Contains a total of 4 works. All the performances are based on the score, but the interpretations of the four are completely different, and despite the fairly advanced performance, it has a pop appearance due to the repetitive rhythm.

+ CD version: Japanese / English commentary / normal jewel case / booklet included

Woman, liquor, agriculture, poverty ... The world's first debut of Dao Bandon, the "buffalo rider" who continued to sing the life of the northeastern part of Thailand while calling himself a countryman and performing indigenously! A unique view of the Luk Thung world cultivated in the harsh land of Isan is condensed into this one piece! World music !? Rare groove !? Frontier !? Kayo!? ……. Here is the roots of the great (Thai) popular music created by a man made up of poor people!

The best compilation album of Dao Bandon, a Luk Thung singer from Isan (Northeastern Thailand) who was most wanted to be released by world music fans and frontier rare groove DJs! Thai music is now attracting the attention of collectors all over the world as dance music. Dao Bandung's music, which is characterized by thick beats, killer breaks, and unique voices and tunes, had the appeal of being addicted to the ears once heard. But what was sung in Isan in the 70's? Why did Dao Bandung hit? Its charm remained a mystery. This time, we interviewed Dr. Dao Bandon directly and translated all the songs in Isan and Thai into parallel, and the astonishing facts are under the sun! The laughing and crying original scenery of the idyllic Isan is revealed, such as a song about the set from reggae-like Ga * ja tune, a love song in the world of blues, and so on.

In the 1980s, Mr. Dao produced singers familiar with world music such as Honey Sri-Isan and Jintara Poonlarp. This album is full of roots up to the present in the genre of Luk Thung, which is still extremely popular. There can be no Thai song without listening to this!

In this work, all lyrics are posted in three languages, Thai, Japanese and English. The commentary is posted in Japanese and English, and the annotations of Thai proper nouns are complete! A spirited specification that will be an indicator of future world releases!

From beginning to end, sometimes chanting Hindu mantras, attack with heavy percussion frenzy Indian funk with a mix of Western, Latin and Arabic music. According to the credit notation, there are a total of 16 musicians. Western electric instruments such as electric guitars and electric basses, Indian percussion instruments, whistle, organ, electronic musical instruments like Moog (!), Men's and women's chorus and yelling, the song bursts with high tension. Trips to Kathmanz, Calcutta hymns, let's go dancing with me, etc. are included in the songs, and all songs are short, thick and thick like Ramones. The more I listen to it, the more my head feels numb, but I don't know what I played for. The youthfulness of Indian people, all eight songs recorded in 1978! !!

The second Thai music release of EM Records! !! This time, Isan's Mor lam in northeastern Thailand has become familiar with the release of numerous compilations! !! This time, with a different selection, with the cooperation of Maft Sai and Chris Menist, who ignited the Thai music boom also known as Bangkok's underground party "Paradise Bangkok", Tonfado, a master player of a two-string violin called "Saw". Reissue the extremely rare sound source of Fighted! Thor's stunning performance will catch your ears, but of course the release from EM shouldn't end there, and there are many funky tracks that introduce gadgets, noisy percussion instruments, groovy basslines, and more! An exquisite piece that combines the earthy performances of country music with modern sounds using electric instruments at an elegant and high level! Not only for DJs, but also for those who like folk music and those who want to feel relaxed and ethnic at home, this is a highly recommended piece! !! !! !!

This time, one of the diva who caused the boom of Mor lam new generation idols in the 70's, Hong Thong Da Oudong, is the best selection for the first appearance outside Thailand. The definitive edition with sound source recording, commentary and translated poems that have not been made into a CD even in Thailand!

Beloved for her petite, baby-faced, and pretty personality, Hong Thong has been active in the middle of the two major genres of Morlam (* 1) and Luk Thung (* 2), and has become a model for next-generation singers since the 1980s. On the other hand, it is a mysterious diva who suddenly retired at the height of popularity.

Her music was known to fans as an early masterpiece of big-name producer Doi Inthanon, and she presented a challenging work in this combination. In this album, her true (really sweaty) wide repertoire with Morlam / Luk Thung on her crotch is extracted by the reliable Soi48 song selection, and its charm is conveyed in an easy-to-understand manner.

From upper tunes such as the bizarre blockbuster "Bump Lam Phloen" that incorporates disco into mor lam, her representative song "Hongthong Khanong Lam", Luk Thung disco, a phantom self-produced single (the best content), and that "apple" Also includes a beautiful cover of "Oiwake". Another highlight is Soi48's commentary, which is based on a direct interview with Hong Tone, revealing an unknown story. Come and experience what Hontone was the new wave of Thai music!

Extradition's parent band Tully, who is familiar as the highest peak of Aussie Spiritual Acid Folk! !! !! !! It was recorded as a soundtrack to Paul Witzig's surf movie "Sea Of Joy" in 1972, but it's almost an Extradition rather than a soundtrack! Extradition's nickname band, which uses psychedelic and meditative sounds with a mixture of electro / acoustic sounds and experimental methods, is a masterpiece that nods. It is a superb surf sound that exists with the magnificent sea that makes you recognize the connection between surfing and spirituality. Especially, the warm and slightly nostalgic sound like the sea at dusk is a masterpiece that makes you feel wrinkled and impressed. Female vocalist Shayna Karlin (now Stewart) who decided the Extradition also participated. The best acid folk that you should definitely listen to this summer. The liner by the band members and the director is also very polite and wonderful. MUST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A hard and killer Morlam / Luk Thung barrage of secret weapons. Surin Paksiri's treasured child, , Son Taya Karasin's best selection of men's days has appeared in M's Thai Music Archive.

Son Taya is a singer who was hand-salted by Surin Pakshiri, a famous producer of Isan in the northeastern part of Thailand who made "Isan Lam Phloon" (1972) by Ankanan Kunchai, and is a female mor lam singer Payrin Pawn Phibun (already mentioned by Em). He is a "boy" singer who played an active part in pairs with. Based on the belief of the patterner of Isan music (developed and developed in Thai), Paksiri who always tried new things was the hottest recording of 70s-80s, and this Sontaya sound source is a strange and heavy mor lam that can not be heard anywhere else. A treasure trove of Luk Thung. From the Isan girls at that time to the hearts of the current Japanese, European and American dance floor DJs, this 's dangerous world is put together in one piece. The combination of Sonyata-san and Paksiri's unique songs before coming out, which was extremely popular with women but had a maiden spirit, gives off a hard charm that enthusiasts (what?) Can't beat. There is a mass!

In Thai music, which tends to focus only on the appearance and voice of the singer, as with the producer / arranger work in Japan, the United States and Europe, there are works that should be talked about in their contents. Soi48 and M are proud to send you unique Thai music that is neither funk, jazz nor rock, and the more you know about it, the more you will understand its speciality.

A treasure of Thai music! The best selection of the orthodox Morlam (*) diva, Pailin Pawn Phibun. Thai essential edition and the world's first CD!

Pailin Pawn Phibun is a treasured child of Isan music tycoon Surin Pakshiri and an orthodox Morlam singer who followed Ankanan Kunchai. In the world's first best compilation album, a collection of famous performances from the latter half of the 70s to the beginning of the 80s during the heyday by the name combination with Paksiri. Although his ability and popularity were also popular, there were not many recordings (→ Paksiri hated crude overproduction), and most of them were released as singles, so the sound source value of this work is quite high. Almost all songs will be reissued on CD for the first time in the world.

The title song "Lamb Chrome Tun (Phantom White Bird)" is the theme song of the oversized hit movie "Monrack Menam Mu" (1978), which features Isaan music, and is her representative song. It is a masterpiece with the saying that the Thai song giant Waiphot Phetsuphant, who was impressed by this, begged Paksiri to make a cover.

Surin Paksiri, who has always brought a new twist to Isan music, is a super-experimental work because Pailin is a singer of the time when he was the sharpest. Lamb Prune, Lamb Tanwai, Luke Tung Isaan, etc. are all quirky recordings, and are full of deep and heavy works such as polyrhythmic songs reminiscent of African music and songs of tribal dance music itself. In Thai music, which tends to be spotlighted only on the singer's song and appearance, there are famous songs that should be talked about in terms of sound as well as the famous producer / arranger work in Japan, the United States and Europe. A unique music mor lam that is neither funk, jazz, rock nor club music! The more you know about Thai music, the more you will understand its brilliant speciality. Soi48 and M are proud to send you this special piece!

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* Note "Mor lam": Mo is a master, and ram is a performing art that speaks with intonation in the tone. In other words, it is a "master of narrative" and is a name that refers to both the singer and the performing arts. Mor lam is not a "song". Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is the home.

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+ Song selection / commentary / binding: Soi48 (with English translation)
+ Japanese / English translation
+ CD version: Normal jewel case, 24-page booklet
+ LP version: Liner included

Around 1967, mysterious music began to play in my head, and I heard that I began to listen to it naturally. The beautiful music that emerges from within him uplifted, healed and exhilarated his spirit. He called it "paradise music", referring to this type of music that he had never heard before. (From the commentary) -Yassos, who was born in Greece and raised in the United States, began to feel the light called Vista (the existence of light near the forehead), and from the records of communication and telepathy with them, human beings. I created a musical piece to help lead to the next stage. This album, which is the 1st album of 1975, makes you feel free, profound, spiritual, and even beyond the galaxy, so that the image of the word New Age (80's etc.) changes 180 degrees. It's a magnificent and very visual album. A truly true spiritual mix of electronically modulated flutes and steel guitars, spacey electric pianos, and natural sounds such as waves and animal calls, taking you to an unmeasurable world.・ The monumental tower of cosmic music. Close your eyes and keep listening deeply. You will have access to new visions and locations.

"TEN DUBS THAT SHOCK THE WORLD", a dub album from Australia by Anthony Mayher, also known as Sheriff Lind, who was pressed only 250 sheets in 1988, is reissued from EM! !! A first-class dubwise that combines the sound creation that makes heavy use of drum machines, which can be influenced by industrial music such as UK dub and cabs, and the acoustic feeling obtained from electronic music / experimental music! The acoustic work that uses multiple delays, reverbs, pitch shifts, etc. is really interesting.

A pure Australian reggae enthusiast who doesn't feel like a jar. Echo and bass are the most important factors in the bedroom dub wise of Home Record Rockers. It's really cool. I love.
‥‥ Masaya Hayashi (Rock-A-Shacka / Pirates Choice)

King Tubby and Mad Professor's favorite reggae enthusiast, Sheriff Lind, anthony Meiher, infused deep and hot roots reggae dub love into a heavy metal dub masterpiece, "Ten dubs that rocked the world." Is repressed for the first time in 8 years.
This album was produced with the support of the experimental music group of Australia, Loop Orchestra and Severed Heads, which was recorded and experimented from the beginning to the middle of the 1980s. Not only roots reggae but also post-punk / industrial. Presenting a world that is deeply linked to the field of electronic music (listeners can understand it).
The original is a phantom album that only sold 250 copies at the time of its release.
A really popping astringent electric bass and a mixing style that even psychedelic, heavy metal dub wise that promotes a deep inner trip that is different from Jamaican and UK.

The CD version bonus is totally replaced with the 2005 version. Includes unreleased songs and a phantom cassette tape work by Sheriff Lind's early unit.

Without using any expensive equipment, we regard the portable radio as "the cheapest and most powerful synthesizer in the world", connect it to a sampler with unique settings and a digital delay, and develop the performance while forming a loop. Then, the sound revolts and runs away as if the equipment was broken! (* For the secret and the core of this equipment set, refer to the explanation of the main part.) The hip-hop sampling technique is prominently shown in the rhythm side, and in terms of sound output, it is the founder of the turntablist, or It also has the rhythm of "(Steve) Reich meets (Philip) Glass who is exhausted" (writer's talk). It can be said that it is the original that seems to provoke blockbuster-oriented writers and popular music, but this is what the 1985 recording was! * In 2001, Philip Sherburn called "Devil's Music" "an early mold for techno." This work is based on the original LP of "Devil's Music", "Real Landscape" (1987), which is said to be a "remix" version, and "The Spark Heard'Round The World" (unreleased song), which is an advanced version. 2-disc deluxe version with the addition of. The CD version also includes the latest software version (Mac / Win compatible) that allows you to experiment with "Devil's Music" as an extra program, and a valuable 1987 live performance video. The LP version is a 2-disc set with a double-page spread jacket. Nicolas Collins is an experimental music writer who has been active since the early 1980s, and has the title of professor of music at Chicago University of the Arts and editor of the journal "Leonard Music Journal" for experimental music, while being a beginner. He has a sense of balance that is different from the pedigree-attached contemporary music Puritan, which is to publish the how-to book "Handmade Electronic Music" (not yet released in Japan) for electronic musical instrument production. He has co-starred and co-produced with such faces as David Tudor, John Zorn, Christian Marclay, Elliott Sharp, and David Sea.

Osharaku is a traditional Japanese form of musical entertainment, featuring mainly voice, shamisen and percussion, with a repertoire of folk and popular songs, performed by farmers and fishermen for local audiences. This compilation, 28 tracks compiled by Riyo Mountains, is the fourth release in the EM Records/Riyo Mountains Japanese folk series. These recordings feature legendary osharaku masters, recorded in their homes, brilliantly capturing the casual warmth of vitality characteristic of the style. Osharaku is unique in its use of shamisen, originally an “uptown” urban instrument, in a “downtown” non-urban setting. These joyous tracks, all recorded in the 1960s and 70s, are available as a 2-CD set or a single 12” vinyl LP, with English translations and rare photos.

Phumphuang Duanchan is a legendary diva who has produced many fans in Japan, and is too famous for the cover of Kenichi Maekawa's "Clinging Thai Music". However, since he was a superstar who passed away early, there were a lot of memorial and editing albums, so what was the original album that came out in the best era? ?? Unless you're a big fan, it's hard to tell the difference, but this time around, the original album produced under the direction of the master Doi Inthanon in the mid-1980s, during the heyday of his career, was totally produced. Has a special presence and value.

After dying at the age of 30 in 1992, Pumpuang, who is worshiped as a "song sacred" in Thailand, has a lot of gossip in his life where success and misery are extremely mixed, but in terms of music, why he could become the queen of Luk Thung, etc. In fact, there are few opportunities to be introduced from the front. This time, based on the information we interviewed from multiple parties, we will cut into the wonderfulness and reality of Pun's music.

Whether you've been listening to Thai music-world music for a long time, or you're interested in Thai music but don't know what to listen to, it's one of the big daffodils. The Japanese translation of the poem is posted this time as well, so you can understand the world of Pumpuang Duangjan's songs perfectly! Binding: Shinsuke Takagi (Soi48).

The "genuine" is finally here!
The face of "Rampane" that swept Thailand in the cassette era, the bad tune of Quanter Farsawan is the best compilation album in the world's first CD. Here is the naked appearance of Street Morlam, a dance scene specification that is far from tradition!

In Morlam (* 1), which was a performing art that inherited the traditional "mold", it was rare to make a new mold, but "Lamb Pane", which appeared in the early 1980s, was a great producer, Doi Inthanon. A new type of lam created by Inthanon to meet the needs of the times, its appearance was literally an unconventional event. It is said that this Lamb Pane was specialized in the dance hall scene from the beginning and promoted the appearance of Lamb Singh, who is currently at the forefront, and is an important lamb type that has become the ancestor of Thai bass music since the 90's. In this commentary, Soi48 reveals the secret story behind its birth.

Quanter is the representative of Ram Pane, who made his debut by Doi Inthanon, who was selected from among 1,000 singers. With a strong appearance, he is a powerful singer who rams the life scenery of Thai people (Isan people) at the bottom, incites dance, and burns thick and short. Enjoy heavy street mor lam with translations, including the Thai-style biker song masterpiece "Lam Phaen Motorsai Tham Saeb" that incorporates the engine sound of one of the representative songs, Motorsai (* 2). that!

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* 1: Mo is a master, and Lamb is a performing art that speaks with intonation in the tone. In other words, it is a "master of narrative" and is a name that refers to both the singer and the performing arts. Mor lam is not a "song". Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is the home.

* 2: A motorcycle in Thailand.

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+ Song selection / commentary / binding: Soi48 (with English translation)
+ Japanese / English translation
+ CD version: Normal jewel case, 24-page booklet
+ LP version: Liner included

The original was released on Folkways in 1983, and the phantom board, which was highly acclaimed by the world's experimental music enthusiasts, has recurred from M! A Fluxus-like work that "plays" a bicycle by attaching a voltage-type self-made pickup microphone developed with advice from David Tudor to the bicycle to generate a gamelan-like sound. Disc 1 contains the contents of the original record and the performance scenery as extras. Disc 2 contains works by Richard Rahman from 1964 to 1986. Both are the world's first CDs. It ’s a historic achievement.

CHINZADOPENESS, Stillichimiya (Young-G, MMM, Dengaryu, Mr. Maru, Big Ben) participated!

Here is the latest version of HIPHOP that America doesn't know yet. Juu, a Thai talent who represents Asia and locals from the opposite direction of 88rising, and therefore creates completely fresh music that can be used globally. Captain Beefheart with Autotune? Is it a drake on a buffalo? The 1st full album "New Luk Thung" is finally dropping!

Who is Juu? Thai HIPHOP scene where attractive acts appear one after another. Among them, Juu is respected as an OG, but it is extremely difficult to catch its existence from outside Thailand. Singing in Thai, there is no physical, OMK (One Mekong) traces the trace that existed only on Youtube and succeeded in contact. In 2017, he was finally invited to perform his first live concert in Japan, revealing his unusual musicality and character. The groove of the hi-hat that is too thick and finely carved is that of TRAP or later, but the flow that expands and contracts freely, the linguistic sense that mixes English, Thai, Japanese, Koshu valve, and the rich Thai music classic All of them (and their funny personalities) showed that they were in a completely different dimension from the world-famous TRAP copycats.

This is Juu's first full-length album, which was completed in about two years after the talents and OMK members collaborated with each other and started co-production with the lead of Stillichimiya / OMK's Young-G. Most of the tracks are in Young-G's hands, and the sound is also full of ambitions that reflect OMK's attitude. Thai instruments such as chin, cowbell, cane and pin are used everywhere, but never used for exotic seasoning. In order to inject the original beats and grooves in Thailand, they are inevitably incorporated. And what oozes out in the mellow song is the flow (singing heart) that is similar to Luk Thung and Japanese enka. They create an indescribable "new song feeling" through Juu's background HIPHOP and reggae.

As the title "New Luk Thung" shows, this work is a Pattaner (* 2) of the dying Thai song genre Luk Thung (* 1) with cutting-edge HIPHOP. Like HIPHOP, this music called Luk Thung cites (samples) and revives past classical music many times. And like HIPHOP, the lyrics (lyrics) are also very important music. The feature of this work is that the manners common to Luk Thung and HIPHOP have been completely digested without contradiction. The title of this work comes from Juu telling Young-G that "this is New Luk Thung" in the process of production, but this is an inevitable name. This work is both "latest HIP HOP" and "latest Luk Thung". In the world of Juu's poetry, which is respected as the best "master poet" in the Thai HIPHOP world, please check out the complete translation, which was extremely difficult to translate.

The first and last physical version of the popular signboard series of Ano (t) raks, a label that shows a new trend in Japanese indie pop. City music BREEZE created by up-and-coming musicians passes through the heart.

Anotoracs was established in 2012 "to introduce domestic indie pop artists buried in the net". Mainly for distribution, today's city music was launched, and the talents of the new generation of 2010s such as Shin Rizumu, Miho Tsujibayashi, Navel Suke, and Sodapop were introduced and attracted a lot of attention, so keep an eye on future trends. There are many fans in the UK, US and Europe, and we cannot take our eyes off the future trends, such as the establishment of a new label under the umbrella of a large CD shop and the launch of another label.

This time around the 3rd year since its inauguration, Dai Ogasawara, who sponsored the elite track of the 2014 signboard series "Light Wave", re-selected the song and summarized it as "Light Wave: Today & Tomorrow". This is presented as a current record of what's next, from which anyone can experience what Annotrax calls Indie Pop / City Music tomorrow. The CD version and the LP version have different album appearances due to different song selection and jackets. 2010s Japanese indie pop must-listen!

Also pay attention to the sound that has been greatly reborn by thorough mastering of all songs (including some remixes)!


+ Japanese / English notation with lyrics and commentary
+ Commentary: Ryohei Matsunaga

Captain Ganja + Haruomi Hosono + A. Russell !? This is the rumored Pure Land Dub New Age Base! A natural talent who fell in love with that Tapes, a new album of all 7FO songs has been completed !!!! A fluffy daydream experience with Nirvana BGM with a faint grassy scent. Offers from leading labels such as RVNG and Bokeh Versions are coming in, and the attention is rising overseas overseas, but Japan is left behind? I hear a voice saying, but wait! We kept waiting for this talent to stone and explode, and finally it was time to awaken !!!!!! The decisive difference between 7FO and conventional electronic music writers is that it treats ambient-new age synth electronics with natural ethnicity like dub-reggae, with a feeling that Westerners do not have. That's the point. That sense is the reason why it produces the sound that the times demand, and is supported by RVNG-like new age-electronic music, new roots revival to extreme bass music, and La Monte Young to Equiknoxx fans. In a metaphorical way, what would happen if Haruomi Hosono from the YEN-Monad period appeared in the 2010s base scene? That is, it still has a mysterious potential. If you tell someone who doesn't know anything about the charm of "Ryu no Nukegara", you can get the true value straight away! ?? Natural high additive-free chill-out decision board that will be a landmark of 7FO that told that Tapes "There is no reason for me to make music ..." (The binding by Hiroto Higuchi is this sound Successful visualization.)

Finis Africae, a group without fixed members organized in Spain in the early 1980s by Huang Alberto Arteshe Guell, is a studio project that emphasizes work, especially "Amazonia" (1990) in the far north. It is a standing masterpiece. Inspired by Conan Doyle's adventure novel that he once read, Huang Alberto develops a soundscape that depicts the fantasy unexplored Amazon that circulates in his brain. In the late 80's, Arteshe upgraded his studio equipment to 16 tracks, and the technique he had tried on his two albums was complete. Manipulating many European and African instruments, overdubbing most of them alone, and combining the natural sounds of wind and rain, birds, insects and creatures, this "Amazonia" has a mysterious atmosphere and a mysterious sign. Expression. His unique organic groove feeling is also very comfortable, and it became a masterpiece worthy of its name (* note).

* "Africae" is an old name for "Africa" in Europe based on Latin, and adding "finis" creates nuances such as the farthest land and unknown places.

+ Japanese / English publication
+ CD version: Paper jacket, liner included
+ LP version: Liner included

Every year, Levon has captivated the audience with his enthusiastic Philleco work, but he is also enthusiastic about this work !!! This work is an Amazon expedition record by Finis Africae, a classic of Balear Relic, "Amazonia" (1990) ) Is used as a sound material to create a new Amazon. Strongly inspired by Toru Takemitsu, Joji Yuasa, Charles Ives, Juan Alberto and others, this work has strong elements as classical and contemporary music, but it makes full use of analog and digital instruments and recording techniques, collage and sound art, We will cook shredded materials from various perspectives such as electronic music and folk music. The finest natural beauty and psychedelia, in the endless inner universe that spreads in front of the listener, the electronic sound that shimmers like a heat haze leads, and the magnificent nature and the earth beat on the leaves of the sound, a pleasant ambience Cosmicche soundscape that wanders into the unexplored interior with the wind. This emotional melody is truly unique. Undoubtedly one of the most important masterpieces in the second half of the year.

Alex Ice & Drink (real name Alex Eisenling), who has been active since the 1970s when young people saw blood just by playing music, became a synth in the early 1980s during the Mexican currency crisis. It was Sintoma who released her passion and anger at the drum machine. Sintoma is a trio of Alex, his wife Cynthia Napalm, and friend Bernard Gonzalez. An underground-smelling electro with an overdose sensation and vocals with a Latin accent melody that Cynthia is angry with are released with a dry Mexican that follows a step toward worsening public order. Inspired by this band, a self-produced indie and underground scene will appear in Mexico. This work is compiled from their album / single / unreleased song. The CD version has 2 bonus songs. Fortunately, high-quality sound is guaranteed by mastering based on the existing master tape sound source.