Government Alpha
Impregnable Storm
2009 release ** Limited to 250 hand-numbered copies. A2-sized heavy stock poster folded to form an A5-sized sleeve housed in a plastic wrapper. "Utterly ferocious and unforgiving, Impregnable Storm may be the pinnacle of all that is Yasutoshi Yoshida. Great foldout poster cover, amazing noise. Highly recommended."
Das Methadonprogramm
2005 release ** Limited to 444 hand-numbered copies.
Bloody Slumber Party
CD reissue of material that was released on cassette in 1998 and suspended in decades of obscurity, which is a shame because this is arguably some of the most underrated and brutal material ever produced by the project...a true deep cut and essential release for fans of not just Government Alpha but Harsh Noise in general.
Entropic trash apotheosis
"Back in 2009 I had a small exhibition and a collaboration show with Yasutoshi Yoshida (one of my favorite noise artists ever, by the way) at Flying Teapot in Tokyo. I was also supposed to go to his place and record something but I got drunk and lost like an asshole. 13 years later our collaboration mayhem is out." Mastered by Ivan Fu for extra damage. Manuel's (Narcolepsia) words: "Yasutoshi Yoshida and Nicola Vinciguerra have both carved their own corner in underground, being consistent throug…
Xerxes
*350 copies limited edition. In process of stocking* Retrospective boxset feat early Xerxes tape releases. Remastered by the artist himself. Harsh Noise at its finest! Deluxe boxset with 16 page booklet.
The Maternity Music
*300 copies limited edition. In process of stocking. 2022 stock* Produced and mixed at Xerxes Studio during October-November 1996. Reissue of tape originally released on Mother Savage Noise Productions in 1997. Brutal and crushing Harsh Noise.
Defective Politics
*300 copies limited edition. In process of stocking. 2022 stock* Originally released on cassette on Self Abuse Records in 1997.
Dead Light Miasma
*100 copies limited edition* Government Alpha is the long-running and incredibly prolific solo project of Japanese artist Yasutoshi Yoshida. Having released dozens of albums since the mid 1990s (on his own Xerxes label as well as countless others), Government Alpha has solidified a place as one of the seminal acts of the Japanoise sound and scene. "Mobility" recorded at Xerxes Studio in 2021 Coalminer is the malevolent brainchild of Chester Masangya and Robert Glen Dilanco based in Rizal, the Ph…
Resolution Of Remembrance 1992-1999
Edition of 500 copies 4xCD box from Lasse Marhaug’s Pica Disk label that works as a career retrospective for Mr Yasutoshi Yoshida’s Government Alpha project. Spanning the years 1992-1999, the box gathers previously unreleased early material alongside limited edition cassettes, lathes and CD-Rs. In the booklet that accompanies the set (which also includes full-colour reproductions of Yoshida’s amazing collages) Yoshida cites Nurse With Wound and Accept (!?) as his formative influences and the ear…
Sporadic spectra
"Yep, this is Series III all right. It’s the work of Yasutoshi Yoshida (his address is on the CD if you feel like sending him the address of a good Ear Nose and Throat specialist), and apart from a few seconds of light relief at the beginning of Cryptic Cave, it’s a non-stop 57 minute barrage of EXTREMELY LOUD noise. Even at normal listening volume (though exactly how you’d define that is up to you, I guess), Pale Eyed Lemming sounds like a jackhammer trying in vain to punch its way through a te…