Guo Yongzhang LP Zhuizi Selections
Born in 1945, Guo Yongzhang is a true maestro of Henan Zhuizi, a traditional Chinese talking-singing art that has a history of over 100 years. Almost blind, he plays Zhuihu and Zhuibang to accompany his own singing. His vocal style is peculiar, resounding yet smooth, adopting various types of arias from traditional local operas such as Shandong Bangzi and Shandong Zaobang, and he always sings with deep feelings and great verve.
Originated in Henan, Zhuizi is included in the national intangible cultural heritage list and has been popular in Henan and its nearby regions. Its main accompaniment musical instrument is Zhuihu, a two-stringed bowed instrument made of wood, and secondly the Zhuibang, a wooden percussion played with foot tapping. Since Zhuihu has a wide diapason with a soft sound and relatively high volume, the performer can use it to imitate the voice of human and animals.
$49
Otomo Yoshihide CD+DVD Live in Shenzen – Old Heaven Books
recorded in 2014, with “Song for Che”, “Lonely Woman”…
$28
BBB & BBB, Dan Lao, Li Daiguo CD+DVD Hu nian An Yu – Old Heaven Books 2020
老丹 Lao Dan – 笛子 Dizi / 萨克斯 Alto Saxophone / 杜杜克笛 Duduk / 鸭哨 Duck whistle / 人声 Voice
李带菓 Li Daiguo – 琵琶 Pipa / 预制钢琴 Prepared Piano / 塔布拉鼓 Tabla / 地鼓 Bass Drum / 人声 Voice
Fantastic and beautiful music from the Chinese scene and nifty packaging;
$20
Keiji Haino 2CD The Meaning Of Blackness (More Decorous Than Duty Having Become Faster Than Everything A Smile That Was Never Birthed Into The Light) – Old Heaven Books – 2019
Back in stock, Recorded live at the 3rd Tomorrow Festival 2016.
$28
Majutsu No Niwa 2LP Frontera – New Vague records 2012
Gatefold sleeve, 180g vinyl with Fukuoka Rinji (Overhang Party), Morohashi Shigeki (Usurabi, Bromm Dusters…), Kageyama Hiroyuki
$15
Keiji Haino + Sumac 2LP/CD Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never – Thrill Jokey
2LP clear color $26
CD $15
Maher Shalal Hash Baz CD “It’s all over now, Baby blue – Archeion books
live at Shinjuku loft, Tokyo, 2001.03.09
Came with 8P booklet.
The jewel case is spray-colored.
It has my one of my favorite song : “What’s your business here, Elijah”
$24
Maher Shalal Hash Baz CD 1986.2.23 -M.S.B.H direct sales
New limited archival CD just released in Japan, comes in a handmade jacket
SOLD OUT
Masahiko Togashi & Masayuki Takayanagi LP Pulsation – Holy Basil
“On May 27th 1983, drummer Masahiko Togashi and guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi, two pivotal figures in the Japanese free jazz scene that had been working together since the 1960’s, performed and record this unique set at Zojoji Hall in Tokyo. At the time, Japanese jazz musicians were trying to find their own voice, welcoming creative elements coming in from the USA and Europe. The two musicians were at the fore-front of this generation, with Takayanagi developing his own guitar style through influences of mainstream and more extreme jazz, and drummer Togashi had developed a unique approach to drums and percussions, using silence as an integral part of music making, also due to an accident that forced him on a wheelchair after 1970. The record is divided in two tracks (“Inner Pulsation” and “Outer Pulsation”), each one about 22 minutes in length, mirroring the original LP sides. The performance can be regarded as a single piece though, with a clearly symmetrical structure, even if the musicians cover much musical ground over the course of the album. The extreme abstractness of the music guarantees many possibilities, but the main themes here are pure sound and space, investigated through a massive use of silence, ever-changing dynamics and slow structural developments unfolding with a mysterious musical logic. Originally released on iconic Japanese label Paddle Wheel and out of a print for a very long time, the album has become a very sought after collector’s item and we are glad to bring this back on vinyl in collaboration with King Record Co.”
$28
Andrew Chalk cs “Dreams” Faraway Press
$12
Andrew Chalk cs “Light of the World” Faraway Press
wraparound cover, 3 tracks.
$13
Andrew Chalk cs The circle of days 5- Faraway Press
$12
Elodie cs ” Le nid doré : musique ne scène IV” Faraway Press
Andrew Chalk & Timo Van Luijk recorded in Kulta Saha 2017, wraparound cover
$13
Aburadako LP “Aburadako (Fune ban) – P-Vine
Aburadako There are only Aburadako bands like this. The 7th work (commonly known as “Funeban”) released in 2008, which is a concept album that tells the story from departure to arrival on a boat that dies in the light blue fog. Recorded and mixed by Soichiro Nakamura (PEACE MUSIC).
A large psychedelic picture scroll in which the performance dislocated to the limit is projected under the listener’s consciousness through the sea of words that slide through metaphysics. Hirotomo Hasagewa (Hasegawa- Shizuo , Kito Mizukumi Rouber) has a very special and nasal voice, considered as one of the first band in Japan, it’s more pure “punk” music, it’s a mix of psychedelism, hardcore, surf..That’s Aburadako and really recommend it !
$35
Aburadako 2LP (LP+ one sided LP) “Aburadako (Hole Board) – P-Vine
Since its formation in 1983, Aburadako, a rare band that has traversed the territory with no predecessors or followers, and the 6th album (commonly known as “Human”) released in 2004 have been made into LPs. All 10 songs, about 60 minutes.
There are a lot of masterpieces such as “Miyako Dust Pore”, “Summer Cold to Fish School”, “Ginen”, “From the Window of a Bicycle”, and “Triple Rainbow” that sprain your legs and shake your brain. I want you to drown in the pleasure of this hit-pop sound that goes around and undulates in the complex and mysterious music that pursues the fluctuation of the rhythm just before the hair, with philosophy and ghost stories becoming modern poetry. The one and only psychedelic punk album.
$45
Keiji Haino & The Hardy Rocks CD/LP You’re Either Standing Facing Me Or Next To Me – P-Vine
Keiji Haino is an internationally acclaimed musician who made his debut in 1970 as vocalist for the avant-garde rock band Lost Arraf, formed Non-Lost in 1978 and since then has worked in a variety of forms, including with and without blotting, Aisu Kyou, Vajra and Sanhedrin, in addition to his solo career.
The long-awaited studio album by the rock band HAINO KEIJI & THE HARDY ROCKS, formed in 2016 by Haino, who has always pursued the ‘now’, together with young talented musicians including Masami Kawaguchi (Kawaguchi Masami’s New Rock Syndicate).
The recording was done at GOK SOUND, a well-known analogue recording studio, with Yoshiaki Kondo, the band’s highly trusted engineer.
Haino has developed a clear concept of being a vocalist and singing his own origins in rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, soul, jazz and even Japanese songs in English, and has been actively performing live, and in 2021 a live recording was released by a UK label for distribution to good acclaim.
The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Who and other classic songs are thoroughly deconstructed and reconstructed to expose the “true nature” of the songs for the ultimate in real rock.
Its impact will appeal to a wide range of rock fans of all generations.
CD $26
LP with obi $36
Masahiko Togashi + Masayuki Takayanagi CD “Duo Live 1984” Studio songs
Only a few copies $29
非常階段 × 戸川純 = 戸川階段
Hijokaidan x Jun Togawa = Togawa Kaidan LP Alegori
Translucent red 180g Hi-Res audiophile record made in Japan
△Includes a 78x42cm fold-out poster + full English lyrics (revised by Jun Togawa herself) + Download code (FLAC + MP3) with bonus tracks / Limited to 500 copies worldwide.
$20
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