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Sekiri LP

Sekiri LP “Push push Baby – Love star” – P-Vine

赤痢 (Sekiri; literally “Dysentery”) is a Japanese female punk band (with Aya Onishi whol later joined the Nihilist Spasm Band), formed by four 13~14-year old pervy punk girls in Kyoto in 1983 and disbanded in 1995.

Reissue of this 1987 album, this one  incorporates elements from hardcore to pop tunes and even ethnic music.

$35

Sekiri 7′ single”Sekiri” – P-Vine

Released in 1985 from BEAT CRAZY RECORDS, the debut EP “Shigetsu” is a 7-inch EP with a special jacket just like the original, and a valuable lyric card is also attached!

One of the best girl punk bands formed in Kyoto in 1983. The lyrics of “Yumemiru Omanko” recorded in the first 7-inch EP “Dysentery” released in 1985 caused ripples and left a strong impact. Since then, he has continued to work as an independent artist without making major debuts, constantly releasing works. Until 1995, they were active mainly in the Kansai region, and of course they had a great influence on girl bands at that time and later.

$18

Angel’in Heavy Syrup LP

Angel’in Heavy Syrup LP Angel’in Heavy Syrup – P-Vine

Legendary girls’ psychedelic & progressive rock band, “Angelin Heavy Syrup”, which is still highly acclaimed worldwide, first of all 4 out-of-print titles. Kansai underground scene solitary female psychedelic band! A single, richly colored flower that bloomed in the Kansai Underground in the early 90’s. A psychedelic/progressive female band unparalleled in the world, too early “Yoka no Kirameki”. Firstly release on Alchemy Records

$35

Angel’in Heavy Syrup 7″ 僕と観光バスに乗ってみませんか / 春爛漫 – P-Vine / Alchemy record

2 covers of Doji Morita !

$18

Phew LP

Phew LP Phew – P-Vine

●Why did cutting-edge musicians around the world want to create “sounds” under Conny Plank at that time? Kraftwerk and Neu! The album “Phew” (1981 release) was produced at the legendary Connie’s Studio, which produced masterpieces by , DAF, and Eno, with former Arnt Sally’s Phew.

●Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit, ex-members of the German rock band Can, which has a great influence on techno and post-rock.

●Connie Plank’s outstanding engineering and Holger Czukay’s unique editing skills make this novel sound world sound solitary and unfading even today.

●Complete edition by German original editing including unreleased song “Kodomo”.

$34 SOLD OUT

Tetuzi Akiyama – Ayami Suzuki CD

Tetuzi Akiyama – Ayami Suzuki CD Allelopathy – Ftarri

Ayami Suzuki, a musician based in the Tokyo area, performs a unique kind of ambient drone using electronics and voice. Since 2020 she has been performing at Ftarri in Tokyo, both as a soloist and with other musicians. Acclaimed guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama is active on the international improvised music scene. In 2021 Akiyama gave many outstanding performances at Ftarri; recordings of a number of these concerts were subsequently released as CDs. “Allelopathy” is one of these recordings.

Akiyama and Suzuki performed together at Ftarri on October 10, 2021. This CD contains two of the pieces they played in that concert. In alignment with Suzuki’s characteristic ambient drones and carried along on her electronics and Akiyama’s electric guitar playing, a voice performance incorporating Suzuki’s cryptic word-like sounds unfolds calmly and spaciously throughout. This superb work abounds in entrancing charm.

Tetuzi Akiyama: electric guitar
Ayami Suzuki: voice, electronics

We only have a very few copies – $18

Sanhedrin – Keiji Haino CDs

Sanhedrin ( Keiji Haino + Mituru Nasuno + Tatsuya Yoshida) CD 「好」の5W1H – Trailights records 2013

$38 only a very few copies

Sanhedrin CD 密度を変えろ 義務の海から這い上がるように – Trailights records 2019

$35 only a very few copies

Obi CD On Chitou Jichi

Taika CD On Chitou Jichi -Taika Fasciation

Obi, a two-piece rock band based in Tokyo. The sound image that crosses psychedelic, post-punk, industrial, folk, Thai pop, and Japanese folk songs is eaten up by all kinds of environmental sounds recorded in the field in life, but in the style of “rock band”. catch the light. The hi-hat is removed from the drum set, and the drum pattern, which is built around the toms, detours to an industrial sound by hitting iron plates instead of cymbals, gradually becoming like a festival music. The restrained two-piece style leaves room for electric drills, tinkling bells, and all manner of metal percussion, while the muffled guitars and kobushi songs tie them all together as kayo. After losing its privileged position in youth culture, this work by the duo Kawaramono, who are trying to expand the possibilities of “rock bands”, “Miiketo Jichi”. What dwells in it is the erroneous translation of Western culture, the “rock band,” the movement to localize it, and at the same time, extremely orthodox cultural forces.

$28

https://taikafasciation.bandcamp.com/album/3rd-album-2

Les Rallizes Denudes CDs

Mizutani / Les Rallizes Denudes CD – Tuff Beats

gatefold with obi and exclusive Disk Union 80mm badge

$38

Les Rallizes Denudes CD ’67-’69 Studio Et Live – Tuff Beats

gatefold with obi and exclusive Disk Union 80mm badge

$38

Les Rallizes Denudes 2CD ’77 live – Tuff Beats

gatefold with obi and exclusive Disk Union 80mm badge (over level)

$52

Masahiko Togashi & Mototeru Takagi LP Isolation

Masahiko Togashi & Mototeru Takagi LP Isolation – Columbia 2022

gatefold jacket with obi, originally released in 1971

A most welcomed reissue, we only have a very few !

$52

Suzuki Junzo & Tetuzi Akiyama LP

Suzuki Junzo & Tetuzi Akiyama LP Evaporation of Holy Water – Utech

Evaporation of Holy Water is Utech Records’ first release from the duo of Suzuki Junzo and Tetuzi Akiyama. The full-length album sees the guitarists in full attack mode, laying down sheets of noise and psychedelic guitar lines inside a wild tsunami of feedback and overdrive. Twin electric guitar insanity.

Recorded by Makoto Oshiro in Tokyo, April 25, 2019.
Mixed by Toshimaru Nakamura.
Mastered by Lasse Marhaug.

Neon Pink LP edition of 150.

Art and design by Stefan Thanneur

$34

SUBLIMINAL SKULL PALACE CD

SUBLIMINAL SKULL PALACE CD – Utech

In the spirit of the Tokyo Flashback and Alchemism compilations, Utech Records presents Subliminal Skull Palace, a lengthy excursion into guitar music from Japan. From meditative to explosive, the CD contains seven tracks of exclusive music from Mitsuru Tabata (Boredoms, Zeni Geva, Acid Mothers Temple), Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), Changchang (Hibushibire), Aoki Tomoyuki (Up-Tight), Aural Fit, Ikuma Kawabe (Dhidalah) & Rollo, and Tetuzi Akiyama.

Packaged in a heavy replica LP sleeve with obi. Illustration by Thomas Hooper. Typography by Kevin Gan Yuen.

Mastered by Lasse Marhaug.

$16

Zyklon B Zombies

Zyklon B Zombies LP”Skull” – Minimum Stable Stacks

First ever vinyl reissue of this ultra-obscure Japanese post-punk noise unit’s sole cassette from 1993. I’ll leave the rest up to Mr. Tom Lax:
“Zyklon B Zombies ‘Skull’ has been floating around the sub underground for years. Originally released as a cassette on the Japanese tape label, Vanilla in 1993, ZBZ was the musical brainchild of sadly deceased noise legend Hirohito Taneguchi (Seed Mouth) & the equally legendary Junko Hiroshige (Hijokaidan, Genbakukaidan) & if you don’t know it, fear not. It’s now been formated & remastered to vinyl, courtesy of the Minimum Table Stacks label. Much like Michio Kadotani’s Rotting Telepathies recordings, ‘Skull’ possesses great tremors of blurred clamber that comes directly at you, sometimes sideways. It’s hard to know how much is premeditated or just what’s driven by organic impulse, which is what makes it such a great attestation of its era. In an instant, ‘Skull’ can move from a psychotic whoosh not unlike ‘Twin Infinitives’, to an eerie gait similar to that of Dadamah. Plus, there’s everything in between. A true blue-blood of disparate vision, ‘Skull’ ranks right up there in the masterpiece department with un’s S/T lp, New Zealand’s Ziggy Stardust Band & those two solo albums from Eric Hysteric. It’s not for everyone, but for those who embrace the underground’s one percent like a long lost tree, it’s the only way to fly.”—Tom Lax, Siltbreeze Records.

Edition of 300 copies

$25

SUBLIMINAL SKULL PALACE, VOL. 2 CD

SUBLIMINAL SKULL PALACE, VOL. 2 CD – Utech

Utech Records is happy to present Subliminal Skull Palace Vol. 2, a second lengthy excursion into guitar music from Japan. This CD release contains seven tracks of exclusive music from several returning artists and several artists new to the series. A special unreleased Suzuki Junzo recording is included on the compilation as well as tracks from Tatsuya Goto (Joseph of Kirezi), Ikuma Kawabe (Dhidalah) & Rollo, Daoud Akira (Kikagaku Moyo), Masahiko Ohno (Solmania), Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple) and Mitsuru Tabata (Boredoms, Zeni Geva, Acid Mothers Temple).

Packaged in a heavy replica LP sleeve with obi. Illustration by Stefan Thanneur. Typography by Kevin Gan Yuen.

$16 only a few

Nikolaus Utermöhlen LP

Nikolaus Utermöhlen LP Karslbad La Scie Dorée

Edition of 500 with 8 page booklet

Reissue of Nikolaus Utermöhlen’s ‘Karlsbad’ album, originally released in 1989. Utermöhlen was a founding member of Die Tödliche Doris and this is his sole solo release. A collection of 23 witty oddball compositions for clarinet, accordion, percussion, recorder, violin, guitar, organ. It definitely has a Doris dose but even more so it shines for its totally singular mélange of tribal dada chamber folk, dilettante dissonant poetry, hard to compare with anything else. A slice of flamboyant wellness.  The recordings of this album were made for the ‘Georgette Meunier’ film by Tania Stöcklin and Cyrille Rey-Coquais.
Issued from the original master tapes and includes the 8 page booklet with engravings from the Karlsbad spa era.

$26