Music from Japan

Great and beautifully packaged second uncompromising album of electronically-processed solo violin improvisations by Hideaki Shimada, self-released on Pico in a limited edition of 300 copies in 1989 and never re-issued on either LP or CD.

First edition of the CD-only third album of uncompromising electronically-processed violin tracks by Hideaki Shimada, self-released on Pico in 1991.

Make Up, the fourth album from pioneering Japanese rock outfit Flower Travellin’ Band, captures the group at a point of bold experimentation and artistic growth. Released in 1973, the record was conceived as a deliberate hybrid of live performance in…

*200 copies limited edition* Originally released in 2009, Capri is a concept album composed of fragmented vignettes, lost minutes and scenes from an idyllic imagining. A collection of brief moments, suspended shimmers, and frail settings, Capri was n…

Very rare lathe-cut 7", with the addition of a 7" anti-record, in an edition of only 5 numbered copies in metal sculpure sleeve by Ichiro Tsuji's extreme noise/industrial/experimental project, self-released on UPD Organization in 2012.

Very rare lathe-cut 7" in an edition of only 5 numbered copies in metal sculpure sleeve by Ichiro Tsuji's extreme noise/industrial/experimental project, self-released on UPD Organization in 2012. This is the 5th copy released without the addition of …

Very rare art edition of 100 copies with hand-made metal foil covers of sound installation artist Koji Tano's self-released first album from 1992 of powerful experimental noise.

A set of 9 original color photo prints made by sound artist Koji Tano in the early 90s, documenting one of his very early multi-media installations.

1990 US re-issue on Forced Exporusre of the first LP from 1985 by Japanese noise giant and early collaborator of Merzbow, and member of Zeni Geva, YBO² and Absolut Null Punkt. With insert.

At a time when the Japanese jazz scene was rapidly maturing and one accomplished musician after  another was emerging, another saxophonist worthy of new attention joined the scene: Masafumi  Yamaguchi. This work, his memorable first album as a leader…

A refined jazz work by Hiromasa Suzuki. Featuring Nobuyoshi Ino on bass and the accomplished Steve Jackson on drums, this album unfolds through interplay that is tightly knit yet relaxed throughout, and now makes its long-awaited first appearance as …

Following the great response to the previous release "Flash Up," a live recording from Shinjuku Pit Inn in March 1977, this new work composed by Takeo Moriyama was recorded about a year later. The second release left by the Takeo Moriyama Group on Te…

A pinnacle of City Pop beloved around the world returns in a limited clear yellow vinyl edition. Featuring Makoto Matsushita’s refined arrangements and Mai Yamane’s commanding vocal performance, Tasogare stands as a legendary album that has also shak…

Beloved by fans under the nickname “Colgen”, jazz pianist Hiromasa Suzuki released this jazz-funk album in 1977 as part of the high-fidelity Toshiba Pro-Use Series. Now, this sought-after title is being pressed on transparent red vinyl for the first …

*100 copies limited edition* Japanese musician Yutaka Tanaka released his works under the name S-Core. Early works are all cassette albums he put out on his own cassette label Afflict Records, many of those were recorded via mail collaboration with m…

*2026 stock* 2 years after their debut album on Utech Records, P/O Massacre goes deeper in their immersive noise experimentation in this collaboration album with Alex Buess, and Merzbow (Masami Akita). An architecture of distortion, Moog processors, …

*2026 stock* Anton Ponomarev: saxophone, electronicsRyoko Ono: saxophone, mixing, mastering This record was originally released by Fort Evil Fruit (Ireland), July 15, 2022.

Laputa, a title taken from the fantastical floating island of Gulliver's Travels is aptly named as 'The album that never landed' for, apart from a limited touchdown in Japan, Laputa was never released. This mystical world is a summation of Yokota's j…

Tip! A pivotal force in the foundations of Noise music in Japan, Fumio Kosakai is half of The Incapacitants, and has recorded with other acts such as Hijokaidan, CCCC, and Club Skull. Originally released on cassette in an edition of fifty copies in 1…

K2 is the project of Kimihide Kusafuka, born in Shizuoka, who began his musical activity in 1981 devoting himself entirely to recording noise and experimental music — before the term "noise music" as a genre had even been established. Over the follow…