Japan – Page 5 – The Sound Projector

31/12/2015 Ed Pinsent

The Philadelphia Experiment

We’ve been keen on Toshimaru Nakamura’s music for at least 15 years now, ever since the wonderful Japanorama events organised

30/12/2015 Ed Pinsent

Shiny Moments

Haven’t been able to learn much about the mysterious Sugai Ken, who isn’t exactly a prolific musician and whose ToKiShiNe

28/12/2015 Ed Pinsent

Melting Maitreya

Nice to receive a double-CD album The Night Before (PATAPHYSIQUE RECORDS DD-012 / CAPTAIN TRIP RECORDS CTCD-686) of heavy Japanese

27/12/2015 Ed Pinsent

Screaming Flowers

Bedecked in a stylish sleeve fit for the patterned robes of the wife of the 19th-century Russian ambassador – her

22/12/2015 Ed Pinsent

Blank Screen

The Belgian label Meeuw Muzak has been home to enjoyable and unusual examples of far-out electropop, vocal, and novelty records

11/11/2015 Ed Pinsent

Days Have Gone By

Sumptuous and unusual vinyl package from Ryo Takematsu; his Six-O-Seven Blues (EM RECORDS 1117TEP) has been pressed as three seven-inch

10/11/2015 Ed Pinsent

Happy Turner

My teeth are singing after only a few bars of the saccharine buzz that is Hyperion Suites (NOBLE NBL-214), a

07/11/2015 Ed Pinsent

Read All About It

Eric Kinny sent a nice parcel from Nambsheim in France. He seems to be acquainted with Ogrob in some way.

01/11/2015 Ed Pinsent

Transmission on a Live Wire

Splendid record of avant-rock trickiness, intelligent noodling and wistful brooding sounds from Japanese guitar-bass-drums trio Melt on their debut album

06/09/2015 Ed Pinsent

Ere I Am, JH

And I Am Here (STAALTAPE) by Midori Hirano is the latest cassette tape to arrive from Rinus van Alebeek’s Staaltape