Michio Kadotani CD  ’87 KAD 3:4:5:6 – Wine and Dine

New and unbelievable album with archives from Michio Kadotani who was the leader Leader of the group Rotting Telepathies and had only one Cd released by PSF records in 1991. Some other stuff were released with and by Najo Asahito on his label Ma Musica records. Between punk, post punk and psychedelic / schizophrenic music, born in 1959 Kadotani died too soon in 1990 . Bonus tracks include a rare session featuring Nakajima Ramo and Suzuki Soshi.

Incredible, probably one of the the archives of the year.

22€ SOLD OUT

Release date : June 20th, 2025

Jyuriaano LP Dreaming Glass

LP ltd to 300, black vinyl, 3 color (gold, purple & black) silkscreened jacket with obi (black, red or salmon), inserts and a postcard, liner notes by Jon Dale, printed by Alan Sherry

DL available on Bandcamp

An’archives are thrilled to present the debut album by Tokyo avant-pop duo Jyuriaano, Dreaming Glass.

Consisting of Morimoto Ariomi and Cobalt, the two members of Jyuriaano have long histories in Japanese underground music. Morimoto’s history traces back to the late nineties; his nascent interests in noise collage and solo acoustic performance slowly transmuted to group endeavours, and more recently he’s performed with the likes of Akiko Toshimitsu (Usurabi), Maki Miura (Shizuka) and Doronco (Los Doroncos).

Cobalt has released a string of excellent singer-songwriter albums, many on his Poet Portraits label, which has also released material by the likes of Kazumi Nikaido, Place Called Space, Cuthberts, and moools, the latter of which he also performs with on occasion. While Morimoto and Cobalt have known each other for decades, they decided to form Jyuriaano in 2016, and since then have performed at live houses and small bars in Japan, all while slowly working together on their gentle, spirited songs.

The group’s formation story is typically playful – “It all started when we brought an acoustic guitar into the car on a rainy afternoon and started writing songs while eating Japanese sweets,” Cobalt recalls. That sense of play is important to the songs on Dreaming Glass, which vary wildly, from bright, infectious pop songs with a sixties lilt (“Dreaming Baby”, “How Close”), through slinky jazz-pop numbers (“Drawing A Nude”) to melancholy folk laments (“Erica”, “Night Window”). There’s something in Jyuriaano’s collaborative dynamic that gifts Morimoto and Cobalt a particularly open field, when it comes to their creative endeavours.

Some of this might also be down to their listening habits. When asked about their interest in Japanese folk precursors, legendary groups like Folk Crusaders and Itsutsu-no-Akai-Fusen, Cobalt agrees that they have a place in the duo’s listening pantheon, but that’s not where the story ends. “We’ve also listened to commercial folk music outside of those core genres,” he reflects, “We don’t just listen to one genre, but [also] rock and roll, noise industrial, punk, new wave, jazz, chanson, and more.”

You might also hear touches of groups like the forementioned Usurabi, or Maher Shalal Hash Baz, or songwriters like Kazumi Nikaido and Shintaro Sakamoto. But Jyuriaano’s songs, somehow, feel quite sui generis in the way they magic up alternative visions for pop’s possibilities. Dreaming Glass is, quite simply, a lovely, unpretentious joy of an album.

25€

Taeko Tomioka LP Monogatarinoyounifurusatohatooi – P-Vine

Japanese poet, novelist and literary critic, this album orginally released in 1977 was pruced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Avant Gard with a psychedelic touch, if you are in Phew.

$45 we only have a very few

Shoji Hano & Li Jianhong CD The Melancholy Of Spring 春愁 – UFO Creations

Ltd to 100

Shoji Hano 羽野昌二 ( ex. High Rise, ex. Peter Brötzmann / Shoji Hano Duo, Dare Devil Band, Breath Percussion Band, 兇悪のインテンション, ex. Shoji Hano / Keiji Haino Duo, ex. Shoji Hano / Derek Bailey Duo…) – Drums
Li Jianhong 李剑鸿 (ex. D!O!D!O!D! , Vagus Nerve, Mind Fiber) – Guitar

23€ SOLD OUT

Li Jianhong CS When Mud And Stone Tumbling Down, Echoes Linger Far – UFO creations

This album is dedicated to the memory of Hideo Ikeezumi and Yuji Itsumi in a noisy mood on one side and second is more contemplotive and elegiac

15€

Shoji Hano + Eiichi Hayashi + Dai Nakamura CD Cloud Surge – UFO Creations

ltd to 100 !

Drums by – Shoji Hano 羽野昌二
Alto Sax by – Eiichi Hayashi 林栄一
Bass by – Dai Nakamura 中村大

Recorded live at Yokohama Airegin on 2nd march 2017, even if they play together for years, that’s their first release

23€ SOLD OUT

Locus Solus cs Fuyuichigo 2023-12-10 – Ufo Creations

高田 清博 Kiyohiro Takada(ex. Les Rallizes Dénudés, Los Doroncos, Doronco Gumo) – vocals, guitars
田畑 満 Mitsuru Tabata (ex. Acid Mothers Temple, ex. Zeni Geva, ex. Boredoms) – guitars
亀川 千代 Chiyo Kamekawa (R.I.P.) (ex. Yura Yura Teikoku, ex. Fujitsusha) – bass
長谷川 真子 Mako Hasegawa (Mahar Shalal Hash Baz) – drums

What a line up ! In memory of the fantastic Chiyo Kamekawa, ltd to 70 copies

16€

RQRQ cs Cat’s Jazz Fantasy World – UFO creations

Yuka Ijichi： Vocals, Percussions
Kiyohiro“doronco”Takada(ex. Les Rallizes Dénudés, ex. Oz band, Los Doroncos, Doronco Gumo)： Bass
Mitsuru Tabata(ex. Acid Mothers Temples, ex. Zeni Geva, ex. Boredoms)： Guitars

Some nice covers such Tennesees waltz, My funny Valentine , some min’yo and Okinawan tracks ltd to 60 copies, witth a few cats as models. The one shown here is one of our regular visitor !

16€