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Faust-This Heat's krautrock \/ post-punk, free rock \/ industrial such as Smegma and Z'ev, and the sound of emptiness turns into a violent passion. Highly recommended.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJapan Indie's hottest work !!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe initial collection of works has finally arrived !!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe improvisational trio of Yokohama, Inryofen, which was formed in 1978 and released the new work \"Hugging\" [EM1125CD] for the first time in 29 years, is far left and heretical even in the Japanese underground music scene. , The reason is thoroughly disclosed in this collection. Is there any other band like this at that time and now?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir starting point was the idea of \"converting surrealism to the sound of\" automatic writing \"\", and they were active in the Tokyo \/ Yokohama underground scene, recording vigorously from 1980 to 1982, and three works. announced. This \"early work collection\" is the definitive edition that remastered all of these works from the master tape, expanded and recorded the unrecorded parts that were edited and cut, and remastered with high sound quality. In addition, for this release, the five works other than \"Uncompromising\" were given \"song titles\" for the first time (see the work description for the reason).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e= Work description =\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-\"Uncompromising\" at the beginning is a mysterious work that made known the shadow hunting rottenness, and it was also the first release of the prestigious indie, Cragale Records, known to those in the know. According to them, \"Cover of Tony Conrad \u0026 Faust\", but perhaps during the recording of this performance, a student activist broke into the stage and started a horse mackerel speech. The band that keeps playing silently, the activist who incites, the PA who tries to prevent the speech, the ending of the three-way! ?? !! This version is a complete version that contains all the patterns of this \"legend\".\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-The \"hammer clock\" and \"aiming cat\" (included only in the CD version), in which the crazy electronic percussion instrument pulse is delivered, are forcibly called \"articles\" from the symbol with three squares on the jacket. A work recorded in the popular 7-inch EP.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-The band's true essence, the 23-minute automatic descriptive performance \"Grand Rock\", the masterpiece \"The one that came down from the sky\" where heavy percussion with a sense of mass trembles and cuts through the space, and the suspicious \"Forest record\" \"(CD version only) is a 1st album recording work in which the band name, song name, and kata number are not written in a pure white jacket, and the agency company has declared that it cannot be distributed.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCD version:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e＋ CD bonus 2 songs\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e＋ Normal jewel case \/ liner included\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e＋ Commentary: Atsushi Harada\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e＋ Japanese \/ English notation \/ Rare photos posted\u003ciframe width=\"50%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/158380106\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_artwork=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"50%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/158380142\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_artwork=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"50%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/158380144\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_artwork=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Em Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39824597778589,"sku":"EM1127CD","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/1694\/1956\/products\/EM1127.jpg?v=1619854477"},{"product_id":"岩本清顕-sougi-cd","title":"Kiyoaki Iwamoto - SOUGI + (CD)","description":"The originally minimalist song, combined with the rhythm box that keeps ringing lightly and the lyrics that have been scraped to the limit, repeats in the brain, and finally hums \"Love my misfortune\". Dangerously addictive music. Handle with care. -Moppy (Soi48)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLove generously robs us, and love tears us apart ... all the crystals of loss that were once launched beyond post-punk are now regaining glare! A collection of phantom sound sources by the late Kiyoaki Iwamoto, finally lifted after about 40 years !!!-Tamotsu Mochida (factory worker and real industrial writer)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere used to be a musician who buried his past and disappeared. Its name is Kiyoaki Iwamoto. I don't know the reason. What we know is that we have left behind a \"super-translation\" cover of Joy Division's \"Love Will Tear Us Apart,\" which surprised even the minimum original songs and ECD.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIwamoto appeared in the post-Tokyo rockers era scene and participated in that \"Urban News\" as a post-punk band \u003cBeauty Rei\u003e. After the dissolution of Birei, he formed Guys Doll with Fuyusato Kudo and released \"Hard Rock Album\" (1984) under the joint name with Kudo. After that, the news disappears.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis work is the only solo work \"SOUGI\" (1983) that Iwamoto independently produced by Kojima recording, a rework of \"Love Will Tear Us Apart\" by Chisako and Junta, and NOISE \"Emperor\" by Tori Kudo and Reiko somewhere. It is the addition of an unreleased song by Rei Mi, which is reminiscent of. Iwamoto's four original songs, including the song \"In the Sad Town\" from the beautiful era, have a rhythm box, several chords played on guitar and bass, and short poems that look like they have been cut down. It is a characteristic of Japanese punk \/ new wave that frustrating emotions hit the inside of oneself, but Iwamoto's humorous vocals seem to amplify the frustration even more, and Joy Division's \"super translation\" has a nihilistic climax of loss.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWas \"SOUGI\" a \"funeral\"? ?? Michio Kakutani would have responded. 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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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  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 !!\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/213081178\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_artwork=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Em Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39830721364125,"sku":"EM1125CD","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/1694\/1956\/products\/72229939.jpg?v=1619927886"},{"product_id":"bank-true-tempo-lp","title":"Bank - True Tempo (LP)","description":"What is the true tempo in your heart?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing \"Light Wave\", M's J-Indie pop is a new album by Bank, a 5-member group that pursues HYPE pop that has nothing to do with the atmosphere of the times. Mixing \/ mastering is that Tomoki Kanda!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBank is an angler scene in the early 90's: Tokyo Neo Acoustic-Early Club Music-Crue-L (presided by Kenji Takimi) who has been active around the very \"Shibuya-kei\" parties, Bridge, Love Tambourines, Arch. Formed in 2006 by musicians who have worked in a legendary band. The core is Dai Nakamura (gtr, voc) and Nozomi Suzuki (drums). The motto is \"good music with good performance\" without any strangeness, but Nakamura's helplessness is new wave-post-punk-neo acoustic, fake jazz-funkaratina, which are their indelible foundations. 80s lovers naturally come out, and the sound is indistinguishable between old and new (for some reason, everyone likes Duran Duran).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSupporting the inorganic songwriting of Nakamura is Suzuki, who has the characteristics of Fumio Hirami (ex. 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Faust-This Heat's krautrock \/ post-punk, free rock \/ industrial such as Smegma and Z'ev, and the sound of emptiness turns into a violent passion. Highly recommended.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJapan Indie's hottest work !!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe initial collection of works has finally arrived !!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe improvisational trio of Yokohama, Inryofen, which was formed in 1978 and released the new work \"Hugging\" [EM1125CD] for the first time in 29 years, is far left and heretical even in the Japanese underground music scene. , The reason is thoroughly disclosed in this collection. 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Heavy and cute reggae crossover such as \"Naffi Take Away\" and \"Krazee Music\", de deep and dark roots reggae-style instrument \"Spring Thing- Hippy Dread\", \"Walatta\" popular song \"Starlight\" original song ( !) \"Moon beams\", Young Marble Giants-style \"Everyday Just Another Dream\", unreleased original long version, etc. Finally, a demo of \"D'Ya Hear Me!\" That she \"excavated\" this time is recorded. 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When combined with the unique musical culture of Japan, where local traditions are frequently fused with Western styles to create timeless, off-kilter aural fusions, this embrace of locally pioneered music technology had spectacular, often unusual results.\n\nEight years in the making, Polyphonic Cosmos provides an endlessly entertaining musical snapshot of Japanese music of the early-to-mid ‘80s with all of the open-minded eclecticism and sonic twists that you would expect from the Glasgow-based DJ.\n\nCompare and contrast, for example, the gently breezy, morning-fresh folk-plus-electronics bliss of ‘ばら二曲 Baranikyoku (Fellini\u0026Rota)’ by World Standard – the most familiar alias of long-serving musician\/producer Sohichiro Suzuki – and the hallucinatory, slow-motion tribal rhythms, post-punk rhythms and tape delay-laden electronics of Imitation’s ‘Exotic Dance’. Or, for that matter, the tipsy mid-‘80s electronic reggae of Pecker’s ‘Sha La La’, the grungy but melodic post-punk strut of ‘You Go On Natural’ by Earthling (a track Twitch accurately describes as “sheer unrelenting groove”), and the unearthly, swirling sonics, new age instrumentation and flotation tank vocals of prolific (and seemingly mysterious) act Geinoh Yamashirogumi’s ‘Rimme Kohkyogaku Meiki’.\n\nIt’s a credit to JD Twitch’s curatorial skills that the quality never dips, and sonic surprises lurk around every corner. Consider for a moment the hard to describe, far-sighted audio immersion of D-Day’s ‘Ki-Ra’ – all languid post-pop guitar, enveloping chords, spoken word vocals, shuffling 808 beats and marimba melodies – and the two contributions from video games soundtrack specialist (and driving instrumental synth-pop specialist) Hiroyuki Namba.\n\nThe collection naturally includes some selections that have long been favourites in Twitch’s DJ sets – see Masumi Hara’s ‘Your Dream’ – as well as a handful of tracks from artists who may be more recognisable to those with only rudimentary knowledge of Japanese musical culture. 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