Music from Japan

Les Rallizes Dénudés with Fujio Yamaguchi as a member, burst into a historic live performance at Shibuya Attic in October 1980, and this is finally officially released!

Although humans possess language as a means of communication, we sometimes hurt each other simply by intending to. In war, bullets kill people. If we consider words to be like bullets, they can be violent and cause mental suffering. However, when communication causes problems, the only way to solve them is through more communication. I thought: wouldn't it be wonderful if those bullets could turn into flowers instead? In everyday life, when we talk, laugh and share moments with friends and famil…

“Variable,” an album by Hybrid Leisureland－the project of Hidetoshi Koizumi, who has been active as an electronica and ambient composer and arranger since his debut in Paris, France, in 2010－is now available on CD.

Shingetsu's later studio record: songs the Japanese symphonic rock band wrote before splitting in 1981, recorded long after the fact and released by Belle Antique in 2016, with the 1979 demo of a key piece.

A Bi Kyo Ran concert recorded at the Bourbon House in Osaka on 22 March 1983 by the trio of Kunio Suma, Masahide Shiratori and Masaaki Nagasawa: four long pieces including the suite Ran and the sixteen-minute Double.

Merzbow at pocket size: two two-minute parts of harsh noise recorded at Munemihouse in March 2026, cut into a 5" lathe disc in a folded cover sealed with a hand-numbered sticker. Fifty copies, a goat on the sleeve.

Somewhere between 1967 and 1968, at the very nerve of the psychedelic era, Japanese singer and composer Harumi recorded in New York an album that today sounds like a lost manifesto of cosmopolitan psychedelic pop. Harumi is a rare example of delicate, almost fragile psychedelia - where Eastern melodic sensibility meets soft American folk-rock and the studio imagination of the late 1960s. Recorded with New York musicians, the album moves between dream-pop long before the term existed, baroque pop…

2004 collaboration between the two Kings of Noise released as a 10"LP on Hypnagogia in an edition of 400 copies.

1992 compilation of European and Japanese noise bands released by Freudwerk/Artware in and edition of 300 hand-numbered copies with hand-painted cover. With booklet.

With confident touch, a solid sense of swing, and emotion seeping through its dynamism, Ryo Fukui lands in New York and approaches the essence of bebop alongside the rhythm section of his mentor, Barry Harris. Ryo Fukui, who passed away in 2016 after releasing only five albums, recorded this fourth work in 1999. Featuring bassist Lyle Atkinson and drummer Leroy Williams—the longtime rhythm section of Barry Harris this New York‑recorded album captures the full appeal of Fukui as a bebop pianist. …

Seychelles is the debut solo album by Japanese guitarist and composer Masayoshi Takanaka, released on Kitty Records in July 1976. Named after the Indian Ocean archipelago, it introduced the bright, melodic fusion sound that would become his signature. Across eight tracks, Takanaka blends jazz fusion, funk, Latin rhythms, reggae textures, and early Japanese city-pop sensibility. His guitar leads are fluid and sunny, moving from the playful groove of “Oh! Tengo Suerte” and “Tokyo Reggie” to the ex…

An Insatiable High is the third studio album by Japanese jazz-fusion guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka, originally released by Kitty Records in 1977 and reissued in 2024. The album blends polished jazz fusion, disco, city pop, and sun-soaked West Coast funk, showcasing Takanaka’s fluid guitar work and effortlessly breezy production. This edition was released on August 23, 2024, pressed on clear yellow vinyl as a Japanese import. It features contributions from major Los Angeles session musicians of th…

Yuki Nakagawa’s musical roots lie in the improvisation and noise scenes of the Kansai region in Japan. After performing with electric bass and effects, he transitioned to the cello as a self-taught musician, developing a unique sonic language over more than 15 years. His practice spans composition, performance, and direction, as well as collaborations with dance, theater, and contemporary visual art. As one half of the duo project Kakuhan(with Koshiro Hino), he has performed at festivals in Japa…

Masahiko Togashi's 1976 Denon Jazz album: six 'Expressions' for a percussion-led ensemble with Sabu Toyozumi, Tatsuji Yokoyama, Masahiko Satoh and three woodwind players, recorded in Tokyo with early PCM digital technology. LP reissue.

The first-ever official reissue of the pioneering 1986 ambient work, produced in full cooperation with Hiroshi Yoshimura’s estate!

The 1987 image album for Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro, composed and produced by Joe Hisaishi before the film's score: eleven songs sung by Azumi Inoue, Kumiko Mori, Taku Kitahara and the Suginami Children's Choir. Studio Ghibli Records LP, tip-on jacket with obi.

Akira Ishikawa, the drummer behind Electrum and African Rock, recasts ten classical warhorses from Beethoven to Sarasate around the drum kit. Crown, 1971; limited remastered CD reissue on Bridge, 2007.

First vinyl reissue of the 1985 Pariah Tapes triple cassette by Toshiji Mikawa's Incapacitants: seven long tracks of pure electronic distortion, remastered by Andrea Marutti. Second pressing, 99 hand-numbered copies in a wooden box.

Number 4 in Fat Cat's "Split Series" with a 1998 live piece for the seminal free-improvisation group backed with a harsh studio piece by the Japanese king of noise. Edition with plain white cover.

With Yours Sincerely, Haruomi Hosono turns a lifetime of musical wandering toward compassion, memory and the unknown. Tender psych-folk and bubbling avant-pop frame his first new collection in seven years, while female voices open fresh emotional territory. Rather than settling into legacy, he makes curiosity the engine of a quietly adventurous renewal.