We’ve been keen on Toshimaru Nakamura’s music for at least 15 years now, ever since the wonderful Japanorama events organised
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Shiny Moments
Haven’t been able to learn much about the mysterious Sugai Ken, who isn’t exactly a prolific musician and whose ToKiShiNe
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Nice to receive a double-CD album The Night Before (PATAPHYSIQUE RECORDS DD-012 / CAPTAIN TRIP RECORDS CTCD-686) of heavy Japanese
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Bedecked in a stylish sleeve fit for the patterned robes of the wife of the 19th-century Russian ambassador – her
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The Belgian label Meeuw Muzak has been home to enjoyable and unusual examples of far-out electropop, vocal, and novelty records
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Sumptuous and unusual vinyl package from Ryo Takematsu; his Six-O-Seven Blues (EM RECORDS 1117TEP) has been pressed as three seven-inch
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My teeth are singing after only a few bars of the saccharine buzz that is Hyperion Suites (NOBLE NBL-214), a
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Eric Kinny sent a nice parcel from Nambsheim in France. He seems to be acquainted with Ogrob in some way.
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Splendid record of avant-rock trickiness, intelligent noodling and wistful brooding sounds from Japanese guitar-bass-drums trio Melt on their debut album
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And I Am Here (STAALTAPE) by Midori Hirano is the latest cassette tape to arrive from Rinus van Alebeek’s Staaltape
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