Hiroshi Na LP Turkey Necklace – AROE pro / SHIMITTER RECORDS
Ltd to 400 with insert and card
This album composed of tracks that Hiroshi Na (aka: Narazaki Yuji/Kumo Yuri) especially liked from the 8cm CD-R series released in the early 2000s under the official authorization of “Hello Good-Bye Studio” and which are now difficult to obtain. It starts with home recordings made during his junior high and high school days (1965-70), multi-track recordings made with a radio cassette player while he was in the band Zuno Keisatsu (1974), studio demos made during his break after leaving the band Les Rallizes Denudes (1978), tracks provided for a compilation CD on the German label Dom (1992), and tracks provided for a Jon (the dog) tribute CD (2004).
$35
Hiroshi Na LP An Orphan’s Dream – MUSICA JAPONICA RECORDS
Ltd to 400, with insert and a card
This album includes a series of 8cm CD-Rs released by Hello Good-Bye Studio in the early 2000s with the official approval of Hiroshi Na (aka Hiroshi Narazaki/Yuri Kun), which are now difficult to obtain. This album includes recordings of Koi no Karakuri (1977), recorded while he was still in Les Rallizes Denudes , which showed the direction that led Hiroshi to start his own creative endeavors, as well as important live recordings that indirectly complement his solo works under the name Yuri Kun and his work with Niplets, etc.
$35
Mibu Kogawa (Furakawa) LP 壬生／津軽の風と土へ Gousarashi – P-Vine
Originally released in 1978, this issue comes with the booklet, if y u are in Kazuki Tomokawa, Kan Mikami, and “freak-folk”, this album is mix of prayers and screams (dedicated to his lost brother), sometimes with some additionnal environmental sounds, that’s just stunning and it has been keeping me thrilled to the bone for decades. Intense, highly recommended, ltd reissue and we only have a very few
$45
Morio Agata (with Takehisa Kosugi) 7′ Akashiano Amega Yamutoki/Hanayome Ningyou / アカシアの雨がやむとき
– Super Fuji
Morio Agata’s 1979 self-produced single “When the Acacia Rain Stops” and dedicated to Kaoru Abe is reissued on 7-inch for the first time in 46 years, with Takehisa Kosugi, Masaru Watanabe…
Promo copy with a postcard, very limited
$22
Rumors of Noize : Hijokaidan and the Round to 2nd Damascus by Kato David Hopkins – Public Bath
21 x 15 cm, 220 pages
$30 SOLD OUT
Free Jazz In Japan – Soejima Teruto translated by David Kato Hopkins – Public Bath
21 x 14 cm, 365 pages
Yamashita Yosuke, Togashi Masahiko, Abe Kaoru, Kondo Toshinori, and today’s Otomo Yoshihide and Shibusa Shirazu. Japanese free jazz emerged as a flag-bearer of the era in the late 1960s, and produced expressions that were ahead of the rest of the world. This is a documentary/avant-garde trajectory testified to by Teruhito Soejima, who has pioneered the scene as a producer from its infancy to the present day.
The original book was published in 2002. The English version has been significantly revised and updated with new photos. The preface was written by Yoshihide Otomo, and the recommendation on the back cover was written by John Zorn, who is said to rarely praise this type of publication. It is said to have had the most initial orders of any book published by Public Bath Press, and it is certain to become a good guide to Japanese free jazz for overseas enthusiasts in the future.
$40
Release date : May, 23rd
Makoto Kawashima CD Arteria – Relative Pitch
Over the past decade, saxophonist Makoto Kawashima has consistently established himself as one of the most compelling improvisers in contemporary music. His unique approach to solo performance aligns him with the tradition of groundbreaking Japanese saxophonists like Kaoru Abe, Tamio Shiraishi, and Masayoshi Urabe. Operating at the fringes of improvised music, Kawashima’s artistry unveils a delicate essence, placing equal focus on silence and minute detail alongside intense expressions of tone and texture.
$15
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