Music from Japan

*199 copies limited edition* KontaktAudio presents the first-ever official release of the ultra rare and sought after B-Semi Live 24/5/1984 cassette, a rare and explosive document capturing a crucial moment in Japan’s underground noise and industrial…

*2025 repress!!* Made In Japan is the third album by Japanese rock band Flower Travellin' Band, released in 1972. After meeting Lighthouse at the Expo '70 festival in Osaka, Flower Travellin' Band were invited to visit Canada. While there, the group …

Nobody feels the sound fracturing as Masami Akita, nobody understands noise better than Merzbow. This Japanese artist is for more than forty years the maximum exponent of a style that has been catalogued and denominated with perhaps, the most descrip…

*300 copies limited edition* Masonna is one of the early peeoners of Japanoise. This CD is the combined re-release of two classic first-era Masonna albums: Masonna Vs. Bananamara - very first vinyl release originally produced by Vanilla Records / Jap…

Chihei Hatakeyama, who has become a leading figure in the ambient/drone music scene in Japan, has now announced his second collaboration with jazz drummer Shun Ishiwaka. The two had been sharing the stage together in live performances since meeting o…

It all started here... “Eternal Paralysis” and “Peony Crackers” is two fantastic works produced by T. Mikawa's Pariah Tapes label in 1981 and 1983, which were not sold publicly and only friends could receive them. The red and green paper is used as i…

It all started here... “Eternal Paralysis” and “Peony Crackers” is two fantastic works produced by T. Mikawa's Pariah Tapes label in 1981 and 1983, which were not sold publicly and only friends could receive them. The red and green paper is used as i…

2009 release ** "Japan-for-U.S. CD reissue of Varèse Sarabande LP configuration (VX 81060), featuring contemporary, avant-garde classical performances, recorded live at Tokyo's Nissei Theatre in 1966 by the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, conducte…

A real brain ripping free jazzing blast from the past. Togashi Masahiko may be a name you have already encountered if you are a bit acquainted with Japanese free hardcore blowing jazz. He was the man responsible for churning out Japan's first free ja…

Wewantsounds' major reissue program of Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood) continues with the first-ever reissue of her 1973 album "Yadokari" with a bonus 7" single Shura No Hana (featured in Kill Bill). with original artwork, newly remastered audio and new …

One of the most electrifying records we've ever encountered from the power of the Nobuo Tsukahara's Sharps & Flats – a collection that infuses fantastic keyboards into the group's signature horn-heavy sound! The set features an incredible mix of Fend…

First Terrace are thrilled to present the new album Lucid Dreams from the prolific Japanese artist Chihei Hatakeyama on January 24th 2025. Renowned ambient composer Chihei Hatakeyama is set to release his latest album, Lucid Dreams, an evocative soni…

2025 Repress. Meitei (冥丁) is a Japanese artist from Hiroshima, who started out as a freelance composer, making various kinds of music across genres. Having done it for eight years, his goal was to eventually release his own original music as an artis…

Matte laminate and embossed sleeve, with insert card and fold out poster + vinyl sticker (20cm long). Recorded in 1996, Merzbow's The Prosperity Of Vice, The Misfortune Of Virtue is one of a series of unique editions from his vast catalogue that reve…

Hiroshi Yoshimura was commissioned in 1984 by Japanese multi-national personal care company Shiseido to create something that might be entirely out of his own wheelhouse: music that could complement a fragrance. Mixing bird song and sea sound with en…

Self-released on cassette in 1983, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Pier & Loft is a contemporary ambient holy grail, gaining a cult status decade after decade. On this album he brought his environmental music in different areas. Yoshimura had a class on its own,…

2008 release ** Limited edition of 300 hand numbered copies.

2005 release ** Limited to 444 hand-numbered copies.

* White Vinyl * Meitei / 冥丁 is the moniker of Japanese producer, composer, and musician Daisuke Fujita. The project stemmed from a preoccupation with the customs and rituals of his country’s past, and a desire to cast light on an era and aesthetic th…

*2024 stock. 300 copies limited edition* Music Collection from 80's Japanese Hero Sci-Fi TV anime serie Kotetsu Jeeg . All music composed by Chumei Watanabe.