Tomoyuki Aoki & Harutaka Mochizuki LP “Tomoyuki Aoki & Harutaka Mochizuki LP” Nashazphone
Vinyl LP pressing. Reissue of the now long sold-out debut album (2014) by the guitar and saxophone duo of Aoki Tomoyuki (Up-Tight) and Harutaka Mochizuki. Initially limited to 200 CD copies only, this record features nine, reverb drenched, mourning pieces characterized by this duo’s specific melancholic language via guitar and alto saxophone. Immediately evoking the Velvet Underground inspired electric and echo filled ballads of Les Rallizes Dénudés, it is also augmented with haunting horn improvisations simultaneously reminiscent of Anthony Braxton and Kaoru Abe.
This is one of my favorite album recorded in the last decade !
$23
Les Rallizes Denudes 2LP – green obi – “The Oz Tapes” Temporal Drift / Oz Records
Craft board sleeve. Includes liner notes, booklet and obi, recorded at OZ, Kichijoji, Tokyo 1973.
* First-ever official worldwide LP release by Les Rallizes Dénudés
* Fully authorized by The Last One Musique
* Notes by Yosuke Kitazawa with an intro from OZ manager Minoru Tezuka
* Remastered from the original analog tapes by Makoto Kubota
Tuff Beats Online Store limited Green Obi Version
We only have a very few – $70
Chie Mukai & Yonju Miyaoka CD “Songs of Trees” Tall Grass records
Comes in jewel case, with 8 page booklet and English translation kraft sheet.
artwork by Yonju Miyaoka
Lyrics translation by Alan Cummings
Long notes by Takuya Sakaguchi, Short notes by Alan Cummings and Yu Hirayama.
“Chie Mukai (Ché-SHIZU), an erhu player with a cult following in Japan and abroad, has been performing her unique style for over 40 years. And the newcomer Yonju Miyaoka, who has been quietly attracting attention both at home and abroad with his work on “Bunsuirei,” “Shuko No Omit,” and “Sayozoku”. These two artists of different generations, who naturally gravitate toward each other based on their aesthetics and sensibilities that they can somehow communicate without saying it out loud, have a chance encounter that transcends generations in their gentle, song-filled performances and mysterious songs. At times sharp and gentle, at other times fresh and simple, this is a journey into daydreams.”
Text by Tsunaki Kadowaki (Meditations). If there’s only one thing I can add is how I’d have loved to have it released on An’archives….
$15
Sayozoku CD “星 Studio” Tall Grass records
Sayaka Tenjin – vocal, percussion, instruments
Yonju Miyaoka – vocal, guitar
Yasuo Kikuchi – Bass
$12
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