K2
Herzmuskelgewebe 2
*199 copies limited edition* Early Japan TechNoise at its best, recorded in 1984. For fans of early Esplendor Geometrico and alike.
Multiple Density
Kimihide Kusafuka and John Wiese capitalize on their common language of concrète cut-up sounds for their first ever duo album, following many collaborations with Sissy Spacek. In a roaring daytime session, the pair performed two sets, approximately 20 minutes each, of finely detailed fast paced electronics. Recorded November 2023 at Technology Hour Extra Volume 3 at Freaky Show, Shizuoka, Japan. Digipak CD presented by Helicopter and Troniks. Art and design by John Wiese.
K2 / Yingfan Split
*2023 stock. 100 copies limited edition* This Split is a cooperation of Taiwan Artist Yingfan (a.k.a. black wolf, Yingfan-Psalmanazar) and K2 (草深公秀, Kusafuka Kimihide). Handmade in high quality, with download link included. Cassette is wrapped in a O-card and put in a plastic medicine bag. Side A recorded at Oncosonik Laboratory, Mar-Apr 2018. Mixed on Apr. 01 2018. Side B recorded in Taipei, Taiwan between Jan and Mar 2018.
Kyomu-No-Ne
*249 copies limited edition. 2023 stock* These 2 heavyweights and veterans of the harsh noise genre come together once again to deliver 3 tracks of junk noise nihilism. Titled “Kyomu-No-Ne” in Japanese, it loosely translates to the philosophical phrase “The Sound of Nihilism”.The complex mosaic of harsh frequencies stack and pile on each other relentlessly, detailing the richness of sound through crazed electronics and effects device manipulation. Organic sound elements get deconstructed and reg…
Steel Desert Around Tokyo
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* Re-edition of the cult tape out on OEC in 1996 and long time sold out. Best and historical Japanoise with the use of junk metal scraping for which Kimihide is well known. An alternative and perfect sound-track to "Tetsuo - The Iron Man". The sensation of a real steel desert around Tokyo....
Hybrid Dub Metal Musik
*200 copies limited edition* "Hybrid Dub Metal Musik" is K2's cataclastic worship ceremony of corroded metal, rotted electronics, and decayed tape-loops. Bursts of feedback resonate and swell under vicious maelstroms of delay, screeching and howling in awe of their own malevolent frequencies, collapsing in a relentless low-end ambush of analogue ruins.
Originally sourced from "The Rust" and "Metal Dysplasia" sessions.
Burst After Burst: Early Recordings 1990-1996 wooden Box
An absolutely necessary survey of one of Japanese Noise originators and elder statesmen during the 1990s, "Burst After Burst" returns the ear to the fascinatingly singular, and endlessly evolving world of K2. It's like nothing else.
Hepatopolitika
**199 copies** Japanese sound artist Kimihide Kusafuka, better known as K2, originally came onto the scene in 1981, in order to explore the possibility of noise. The activities at that time were only the creation of cassette works and actions in the world of mail-art with no live performance. A few years later, he suspended his music activities to concentrate on his studies and returned in 1993 after having just graduated as a Pathologist.K2 perceives no alteration between the act of making nois…