Dendö Marionette

At the dawn of the 1980s, Osaka’s Dendo Marionette stood at the forefront of Japan’s first great Synth-Wave explosion - an underground movement where icy electronics collided with the raw urgency of Post-Punk. Their sound was both futuristic and deeply atmospheric, channeling a restless creative energy that mirrored the global wave of experimentation while remaining distinctly Japanese.  

This definitive double LP brings together the band’s complete studio legacy, finally giving shape to a story that was until now scattered across rare singles, demos, and unreleased tapes. The collection includes their sole 7-inch from 1981, a cult artifact of the Kansai underground scene, a previously unreleased EP recorded in 1982, capturing the band at their most innovative and ambitious, an array of demo recordings, offering an intimate glimpse into their evolving sonic identity.  

The result is a body of work that feels both timeless and strikingly of its era: mechanical rhythms infused with raw human emotion, shimmering synth textures cut through with jagged guitar lines, and melodies that oscillate between haunting and exhilarating. For fans of early Japanese wave, Post-Punk explorers, and collectors of uncompromising underground sounds, Dendo Marionette is nothing less than essential - a rediscovered voice from a scene whose echoes continue to resonate today.