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Tag: Japan

11/04/2019 nausika

Made in Japan: occasional bursts of guitar and vocal fire not enough to warm up a tepid album

Flower Travellin’ Band, Made in Japan, Atlantic Records, vinyl P-8187A (1972) Pedantic TSP readers may say the album should really

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09/04/2019 nausika

New Japanese Noise: noisy improv jazz meets flippy electronics but the result is surprisingly minimalist

Paal Nilssen-Love, New Japanese Noise, Norway, PNL Records, CD / digital PNL042 (2019) Celebrating US Independence Day at the Roskilde

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25/03/2019 nausika

Anywhere: legendary ronin samurai rockers starting down the highway with four cover songs

The Flower Travellin’ Band, Anywhere, The Netherlands, Philips, LP FX-8507 (1970) While these guys’ first original album “Satori” is the

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18/03/2019 nausika

Kirikyogen: early doom metal collaboration with a surprising amount of variety and flexibility

Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travellin’ Band, Kirikyogen, United Kingdom, London Records, vinyl LP SKK(L) 3003 (1970) For a band that

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12/03/2019 nausika

Iijanaika: a patchy effort from a pioneer Japanese ’60s psychedelic rock band

The Mops, Iijanaika, Toshiba Liberty, vinyl LP LTP-9025 (1970) Founded in 1966 by high-school students, Japan’s The Mops originally were

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05/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

Magick Memos from Japan

Got a snootful of items from Michel Henritzi, the French improviser who still holds a torch for Japanese improvisation in

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12/02/2019 nausika

Lady Maid: early 1980s blast of experimental electronic pop creativity combining mischief, playfulness and surprising darkness

Normal Brain, Lady Maid, We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want, WRWTFWW029 LP / CD (to be reissued March 2019)

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09/01/2019 Ed Pinsent

The Moon’s Celestial Highness

Delighted to get a solo record by Mayuko Hino. This Japanese goddess was a founding member of C.C.C.C., one of

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25/10/2018 Ed Pinsent

Design By Structure

Latest collection of records from the Kyou label sent to us from Kazuya Ishigami in Osaka. We first noted this

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28/03/2018 Ed Pinsent

Memory Cards (3 of 4)

Two more from the Kyou Records label. No. 5 in the series. Takashi Miyamoto has been active since 1985, performing

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