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The long-awaited LP reissue of the avant-garde pop band "Noizunzuri," acclaimed as the Japanese Neu!, is here. This first album, originally released in 1985 through Telegraph, features the enigmatic participation of Jun Togawa on vocals. It's a bizarre re

Yoshiko Sai’s Entire Discography to Be Released on Long-Awaited Colored Vinyl!

Yoshiko Sai, one of Japan’s most iconic singers of the 1970s, is set to have her entire catalog reissued on limited-edition colored vinyl! Following the sold-out 2021 reissu

Jun Miyake and Ichiko Aoba's live sessions held in Tokyo in November 2016 and the following February 2017, valuable recordings that had only been released in high-resolution format for distribution, will finally be released in vinyl format as well.The fir

If being the founder and chairman of Third World Press Organisation – the largest independent black-owned publishers – wasn’t enough for activist and poet Haki R Madhubuti, he is also credited with a lesser-known yet remarkable music career. As the bandle

In 1969, Sahib Shihab and five leading members of the Clarke-Boland Big Band, including Francy Boland, Jimmy Woode, Kenny Clarke, and Fats Sadi, recorded this album for West Germany's Vogue label. The album features the exquisite Latin jazz track "Seeds,"

After K Records founder Calvin Johnson found a copy of their official debut from Zero Records ‘Burning Farm’, in a record crate, he would release it in the United States, where it found its way to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The resulting tour (and some

Yoshiko Sai’s Entire Discography to Be Released on Long-Awaited Colored Vinyl!

Yoshiko Sai, one of Japan’s most iconic singers of the 1970s, is set to have her entire catalog reissued on limited-edition colored vinyl! Following the sold-out 2021 reissu

Yoshiko Sai’s Entire Discography to Be Released on Long-Awaited Colored Vinyl! Yoshiko Sai, one of Japan’s most legendary singers of the 1970s, is set to have her entire catalog reissued on limited-edition colored vinyl! Following the sold-out 2021 reissu

The much-anticipated analog release of the standout Japanese mellow fusion album, Ka Ri Bu No Yu Me: Light Fusion Fantasy, is finally here! The album features standout City Pop tracks like "Ka Ri Bu No Yu Me," a Balearic-infused tune with an oceanic vibe,

Yoshiko Sai’s Entire Discography to Be Released on Long-Awaited Colored Vinyl!

Yoshiko Sai, one of Japan’s most iconic singers of the 1970s, is set to have her entire catalog reissued on limited-edition colored vinyl! Following the sold-out 2021 reissu

From Tsugaru, the birthplace of Tomokawa Kazuki and Mikami Kan, comes Osorezan, Itako, Nebuta, Kesho Jizo... A super intense work left behind in 1978 by Kogawa Mibu, the Orpheus (mind) of Mutsu, who sings of the magical machinery that connects this world

Masahiro Sugaya, his name is now known worldwide as one of the leading artists of Japanese ambient, which has been re-evaluated worldwide in recent years. The Long Living Things, the album was released in 1988 by Japanese musician/composer Masahiro Sugaya

"Watarase" is one of jazz pianist Fumio Itabashi's most famous compositions from the 1980s. This compilation is a collection of previously unreleased versions of the song and takes that were released only as independent recordings and were not widely know

In an active internet age that has collectively dug up a wealth of lost and hidden classics in recent times, it’s easy to become cynical about the possibility of valuable discoveries still to be made. Illusions Of The Maintenance Man by Virgin Insanity, h

If being the founder and chairman of Third World Press Organisation – the largest independent black-owned publishers – wasn’t enough for activist and poet Haki R Madhubuti, he is also credited with a lesser-known yet remarkable music career. As the bandle

“The Sojourner” was released on Strata-East in 1974 and is well known as one of the label’s rarest recordings. Most tracks are focused on a soaring, spiritual groove, and some of them expressed their soulfulness. The last track “Peace (Salaam)” could be t