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Satomimagae LP “Hanazono” Rvng Intl

Satomimagae’s Hanazono is an invitation to revel in your immediate and imagined surroundings, to make time and space for guileless curiosity and garden variety enchantment. A tribute to everyday mysticism, Hanazono is an ecology of simple, cyclical refrains and elegiac entreaties cross-pollinating with ludic and layered folk vibrations.

QRP pressing on black vinyl, with English / Japanese lyric sheet insert and download card.

On behalf of Satomimagae, a portion of the proceeds from this release will benefit the International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit, educational organization behind Sesame Street, who together give displaced children in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.

Only a few $28

Phew / John Duncan / Kondo Tatsuo LP “Backfire of Joy” Black Truffle

Black Truffle is thrilled to announce Backfire of Joy, a previously unheard recording from Phew, John Duncan and Kondo Tatsuo, documenting a concert at Tokyo’s Hosei University in 1982. Though the fertile exchange of ‘zines, tapes and records between the Japanese underground and the Los Angeles Free Music Society meant the artists were familiar with each other’s work, this performance (occurring on Duncan’s first visit to Japan) was their first meeting and only performance as a trio.

Duncan is heard on his signature shortwave radio set-up, while Kondo performs on synth, tape loops and echo-drenched piano, providing a spacious backdrop for Phew’s astonishing performance of spontaneous, free-associative song moving between Japanese and English. A testament to the unhinged exploration of the 1980s experimental underground, the trio careen wildly between crashing percussive tape loops, deluges of shortwave noise, insistent piano figures and playful synth melodies. On the B side, we are treated to a remarkable ten minute sequence moving organically from spaced-out synth and radio textures to a stunning finale of improvised balladry centred on piano and voice, unexpectedly broken up by electronic interjections. Beautifully recorded in crunchy vintage fidelity, Backfire of Joy arrives accompanied by archival photographs and newly authored liner notes from all three participants.

$23

Michel Henritzi Livre Micro Japon Lenka Lente

15 x 19,5 cm – 400 pages

Venu à la musique du Japon à la fin des années 1980, par l’écoute d’Hijokaidan, Michel Henritzi n’a depuis cessé d’en explorer les nombreux et divers territoires. Après sa rencontre avec Taku Sugimoto, il fait un premier voyage au Japon : « Je suis tombé littéralement amoureux de ce pays et de ses musiques, celles de la vie et du quotidien, ses bruits exotiques, ses musiques multiples qui se jouent dans des clubs minuscules, des galeries d’art, des live houses apocalyptiques. C’était comme tirer un fil d’une pelote de laine, se déroulant à l’infini des rencontres, des concerts. L’underground nippon se révélait d’une richesse insoupçonnée, plurielle, innovante. » C’est cette richesse que met au jour la quarantaine d’interviews – inédites ou publiées au fil des années dans Revue & Corrigée, Peace Warriors & Blow Up – de Micro Japon.

Aussi, nous sommes d’autant plus heureux de la sortie de ce livre car certains auront remarqué que Michel non seulement collabore au label An’archives mais il apporte son aide, ses conseils, son enthoisiasme et ce depuis le début de cette aventure. Sans lui, il fuat bien l’avouer les premières références n’auraient probablement pasvu le jour. Depuis des années M. Henritzi est un des passeurs principaux mais aussi un musicien attachant qui au gré des années imprime discrètement sa marque.

Dans le présent ouvrage, on y trouve Merzbow, Keiji Haino, Tetuzi Akiyama, Taku Sugimoto, Masayoshi Urabe et tant d’autres…Hallelujah !

27€

Sayozoku mCD / 3′ CD-R “the birth of Zaozoku” Tall Grass

New project with Yonju Miyaoka and Sayaka Tenjin with Harutaka Mochizuki on one track

Between pastoral free form and birth of a song…20 floating minutes with toy instruments flutes and mysteries. Ltd to 100

$10

Homei Yanagawa is a japanese alot saxophonist who’s active for more than 3 decades, maybe his most well known project is Dislocation as one of their first CD was released on P.S.F records and later they had an album on Fusetron. He’s a discreet player, recording a lot and sadly hus music is not really popular to western ears. He’s really someone to discover. All CDrs are nicely made with great attention and we only have a very few of each

Moon Like Lapis CD Untitled – 1998

What a find it is as this is the only recording and hard to find for years of this trio with Homei Yanagawa, Wataru Hayakawa (guitar and voice-cry out), Tadanaki Miura (guitar tape and voice-cry out)

Comes with a 36 pages booklet…Free, avant rock, noise, that’s a thing

$35

Yanagawa Yoshinori (Homei) & Hayakawa Wataru CD “Jashin-Fushi’ Gonkuonsya

Great classic that was released in 1997

SOLD OUT

Moqu & Homei Yanagawa CDR” Unreleased tracks of Grind the Air” Gonkuonsya

Outtakes of the 2004 sessions Moqu = もQ , remastered in 2021

$16

Homei Yanagawa CDR “Dream of Butterfly” Gonkuonsya

New solo recorded in 2021

$16

Homei Yanagawa & Meg Mazaki CDR “tiny souls of self sacrifice” Gonkuonsya

alto sax + drums & percussions, poetry reading by Chieko Hiramatsu

$16

Homei Yanagawa & Meg Mazaki CDR “Yotsuya Kwaidan” Gonkuonsya

sold out

Homei Yanagawa & Meg Mazaki CDR “After it’s gone” Gonkuonsya

$16

Homei Yanagawa & Meg Mazaki CDR “Botan Dourou” Gonkuonsya

sold out

Heal Roughly + Take-Bow CDR “We’ll heal you in a rough and fierce way” Dual Burst

Heal Roughly are : Homei Yanagawa + Meg Mazaki – Take Bow is the guest and he’s a versatile guitarist from Kyoto

$16

Yanagawa Homei + Nomichi Kouji CDR “Ban-Tan”

alto and tenor duo recorded in 2020

$15

Homei Yanagawa 2CDR “Musaishoku-no-jubaku / Koushin no yoru “Gonkuonsya

beautiful homage to Hayakawa Wataru (1974-2005), calligrapher.
Disk 1 recorded on October 25, 1998 at Kuku (Sakae, Nagoya). Originally released as GO-06.
Disk 2 recorded on January 9, 2006 at K.D. Japon (Tsurumai, Nagoya). Originally releaased as GO-08.

$25

Homei Yanagawa CDR “2016” Gonkuonsya

With Niida Bungo, Fujita Ryo, Yoda Takumi, Sato Shigeru, Ishii Masanori

$16

Ochibonoame CD “Ochibonoame” – Homo Sacer

Ochibonoame is trio with Makoto Kawashima, Louis Inage & Naoto Yamagishi

Fantastic first meeting, free and it leaves me breathless !

$19

Makoto Kawashima CDR”Circle/ Curve” Homo Sacer

Second edition and new design. Originally released in 2016 this one one of the very first self release that brought some light on Kawashima. If there’s someone in the tradition Kaoru Abe, that’s probably him. Almost a classic Kawashima is a name who’s been growing since and he deserves a wider audience as he’s a poignant player.

$10

Shuko Mizuno & Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd plus all star guests CD “Shuko Mizuno’s Jazz Orchestra ’73’ Craftman

With Hideto Kanai, Takayanagi Masayuki…

$22