New Arrivals / Today

Memphis funk band Ebonee Webb turn Japanese folk songs into disco in 1979, arranged by Chikara Ueda: Soran Bushi, Hanagasa Ondo and Tanko Bushi with heavy grooves and vocals in Japanese. First vinyl reissue, newly cut from the master tapes.

Bassist Isao Suzuki and tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa together in 1981, with Motohiko Hino on drums: Suzuki's first digitally recorded album, long a hidden gem of Japanese jazz. First vinyl reissue, newly cut from the original master tapes.

Saxophonist Takeru Muraoka's 1978 session for Seven Seas: crossover and fusion with sharp ensemble playing, with Shin Kazuhara on trumpet and Masanori Sasaji on keyboards. First colour vinyl edition, newly cut from the original master tapes.

Drummer Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalo's 1976 concept album on Okinawa: funk, Afro and disco over standards, Western pop covers and Okinawan folk songs, some arranged by Koichi Sugiyama. First colour vinyl, newly cut from the master tapes.

The only album by guitarist Fujimaru Yoshino's Fujimaru Band, from 1977: a Japanese rare groove record known to few for decades, rediscovered abroad, here on uncoloured virgin vinyl, newly cut from the original master tapes.

The Italian band's 2005 debut mini-album, issued on CDr and never reprinted, now on vinyl for the first time with two tracks recorded in 2021. Neofolk, neoclassical and ritual music. Numbered, Steinklang.

Neofolk from Todd Paulson of the Minnesota black metal duo Canis Dirus: acoustic guitars, wyrd folk and dark ambient shading. Grey vinyl with insert, 100 hand-numbered copies, Steinklang Industries.

Debut full-length by the Manila duo, folding noise, power electronics, dark ambient and chant into one industrial album. Black vinyl, 100 hand-numbered copies, Steinklang Industries, 2022.

Unreleased studio recordings for Acid Mothers Temple's 30th anniversary: two pieces by The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. from 2018-19, one by The Cosmic Inferno from 2008. Produced by Kawabata Makoto. Max Hazard Records, 2025.

Ryan Weinstein's follow-up to Laughing as Coffin Prick, recorded at home in Northeast Los Angeles: skewed new wave, warped pop and electronics, with Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon among the guests. Temporal Drift, 2025.

Four players from Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina, improvising live: one long piece recorded at Mangum Street Grocery on the date in the title, five shorter ones at King's and Haw River Ballroom. Silkscreened jacket, Three Lobed.

Flower Travellin' Band's 1973 double album, the last of their first run: studio songs next to live pieces, Hiroshima and Satori Pt. 2 among them. Warner Music Japan 2024 reissue on black vinyl with obi.

Recorded in New York in 1978 with Steve Gadd, Anthony Jackson, Richard Tee, Michael Brecker and David Sanborn, the session that helped start Japan's crossover boom. Great Tracks reissue with obi and insert.

Himiko Kikuchi's 1982 album, cut with John Robinson on drums and Masatsugu Matsumoto on guitar: keyboard-led fusion with a West Coast polish. Continental reissue for City Pop on Vinyl 2026, with obi.

Himiko Kikuchi's 1983 album follows a woman's day in fusion, from Make Up In The Morning to Fat Ma Cooking, built on a spoken hamburger recipe. Self-produced. Reissued by Continental for City Pop on Vinyl 2026, with obi.

Himiko Kikuchi's 1980 debut, a bright fusion record built on her Rhodes, Minimoog and clavinet, with Ernie Watts on saxophone. Reissued by Continental for City Pop on Vinyl 2026, Japanese pressing with obi.

Chicago sound artist Kikù Hibino built the frameworks, Masami Akita poured noise into them, and Hibino cut the result apart with abrupt edits. Voices by Alexandra Cupsa, saxophone by Patrick Shiroishi. Superpang, 2026.

Tanz Mein Herz's new double LP, recorded in Cherbourg in August 2025: guitars, bagpipes, bass, drums and electronics, from the nineteen-minute climb of Depuis Longtemps to long tones and dense drone.

Solo double LP by Guilhem Lacroux of Tanz Mein Herz for Gretsch Duo Jet and Korg Volca: fifteen pieces on four named sides, from plucked figures and fast repeated strumming to bell-like tones and organ-like chords. 300 copies, black vinyl.

A sound piece in two parts, composed in 2021 by the late Peruvian musician José Javier Castro as a tribute to the Italian artist Gianni Toti. 7-inch, limited to 250 copies on Buh Records.

Chicago guitarist Eli Winter's 2022 album, made with a loose group that includes Cameron Knowler, Yasmin Williams, David Grubbs, Ryley Walker and jaimie branch, and often steps back to let them lead.