Stephen Barber - Film’s Ghosts – Tatsumi Hijikata’s Butoh and the Transmutation of 1960s Japan
Tokyo during the 1960s was in a state of uproar, full of protests, riots, and insurrection. Tatsumi Hijikata, initiator of the ‘Butoh’ performance a..(read more)
Publisher: Diaphanes / ISBN : 978-3-0358-0147-7
Author: Stephen Barber
Medium: Book
Categories: Books & Magazines, Films.
Tags: '60s, Butoh, Film Theory, Japan, Performance Art.
Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda - Ke I Te Ki
Aki Onda and Akio Suzuki have frequently performed together and here is their second duo album since Ma Ta Ta Bi in 2014. The performance was recorded in 2015 i..(read more)
Label: Room40 / RM499
Artist: Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Japan, Sonic Experiments, Sound Art, Spatiality.
Miki Yui - Mills
Delicately crafted from field recordings, synthesizer, solar oscillator and sampler, Japanese artist Miki Yui recorded 6 pieces for this album. She is known for..(read more)
Label: Cusp Editions / Cusp 006
Artist: Miki Yui
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Analog Synth, Electronic, Field Recordings, Japan, Vinyl.
Miki Yui - Oscilla
Hand stamped unique cover! Fifth full length solo album from 2015 of Japanese artist Miki Yui who has a background in fine arts, drawing, installations, and, ev..(read more)
Label: MY / MY 01
Artist: Miki Yui
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Ambient, Field Recordings, Japan, Tape Experiments, Vinyl.
YPY - Zurhyrethm
From the Osaka avant-garde music scene comes Koshiro Hino, also known as a member of the wonderful band Goat. These tracks tread the finest line between challen..(read more)
Label: EM Records / 1153
Artist: YPY
Medium: 2 x 12"
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Japan, Rhythmic Experiments, Vinyl.
Sugai Ken - UkabazUmorezU
The mysterious scenery that Sugai Ken imagines from his home of Kanagawa, Japan takes unusual shape and form in the shadow of UkabazUmorezU’s moon. Sugai̵..(read more)
Label: Rvng Intl. / RVNG CD 040
Artist: Sugai Ken
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electro-Acoustic, Electronic, Japan.
Asuna and Fumihito Taguchi - 100 Keyboards and 100 Record Players
Amazing project that these two Japanese sound artists presented in a space in Carrot Tower, Setagaya, Tokyo in 2016. Asuna placed the 100 (mainly toy) keyboards..(read more)
Label: Own
Artist: Asuna and Fumihito Taguchi
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Installation Art, Japan, Minimal Music, Sound Art.
Ueno Masaaki - Vortices
Japan’s Ueno Masaaki debut. “In four concise pieces, Masaaki articulates a unique style of techno apparently taking ‘his musical cue from natu..(read more)
Label: Raster Noton / R-N 117
Artist: Ueno Masaaki
Medium: 12"
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Japan, Techno, Vinyl.
DJ Sniff - Incredulous Cuts
This guy (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) takes turntablism to a next level.
Exclusively sourcing sounds from the Doubt Music catalogue – an independent Japanese label ..(read more)
Label: Doubt Music / dmv-301
Artist: DJ Sniff
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Japan, Turntablism.
