not sure if this is really the right thread, but man that new Vanity Records box set is a thing of wonder and beauty― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Thursday, January 23, 2020 4:11 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
Been listening to the first Tolerance album on repeat for a couple of weeks. It's so good that I still haven't heard the rest of the set. I have no idea what genre this is, it defies categorization.
― Deflatormouse, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
^^ exactly what I love about it, Tom
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
damn autocorrect, that was supposed to be OTM
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
not sure where to put this?
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7377-somewhere-between-mutant-pop-electronic-minimalism-shadow-sounds-of-japan-1980-1988
― the late great, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
only song I recognize is the Dip in the Pool one which is quite good
don't know the rest but I might take a chance anyway, LTiA rarely disappoints
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
Light The In Attic
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
i have the sonoko album - produced by colin newman iirc, has some good stuff on it
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
some choice cuts from the Vanity label on that comp
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
i only know the mkwaju tracks. that's midori takada's first project before her solo debut, "through the looking glass".
i have both of the mkwaju albums and they're super good! not quite as reich-ian as "through the looking glass", more funky and percussive. the use of african drumming and percussion gives it a very "fourth world" feel.
not sure i'd call it either pop or new wave though, definitely seems like the odd track out
― the late great, Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
oh man, I love chakra and mishio ogawa's solo records. the track on that comp is kind of an anomaly tho. it's a hosono production and you can tell, nothing else on that album or in her catalog sounds much like it. sorta prefer her lush 90s anime ballad stuff that came afterwards myself tho.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Friday, 18 December 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
maybe one for the listening thread and i'm sure a lot of you have all those songs somewhere anyway, but i've just been enjoying this v old UK comp. still copies out there for cheap (i found mine for a fiver somewhere a few years back):
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1884/1683/products/IMG_6961_grande.jpg
tracklist:
Hikashu - New TribeAkiko Yano - Rose GardenEarthling - You Go On NaturalYukihiro Takahashi - MirrormanicShoukichi Kina - Mimichiri BozuLizard - Sa Ka NaHikashu - The ModelSalon Music - Hunting On ParisAkiko Yano - Canton Boy
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
this is what the blurb on the red light records website says about it:
"Killer compilation of Japanese wave and experimental pop with a few exclusive versions of tracks that only appear on this LP. David Claridge who complied the record traveled around Tokyo with a hand-held Sony cassette recorder ( as featured on the front of the album ) and inserted snippets of ambient city sounds and overheard conversations between the cuts of the album. Fullest recommendations!"
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
All good so far yes? So the whole punchline for this and what tickled me is that the guy who made the compilation will be extremely familiar to any who grew up in the UK.
It's a guy called David Claridge, just check out who his alias is on Discogs:
https://www.discogs.com/artist/741684-David-Claridge
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link
any 'Hunting On Paris' is my new favourite song, so thank you Mr RRSS for bringing it into my life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txW08c5-Mbo
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
'anyway'
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 13:57 (three years ago) link
Great comp! I think I may have come across it on the Mutant Sound blog. I had that exact same walkman when I was a kid, it was really small, lasted for years and years, and had two headphone jacks. Amazing detail about Claridge tho', I had no idea!
― The Goodies font (Maresn3st), Sunday, 14 February 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
It blew my mind! Turns out he was the guy that ran the Mobile Suit Corporation label, who put out not just that comp, but all the Monsoon records and also had a massive hit when they released Trio's 'Da Da Da' in the UK. Never going to think of RR the same way again!
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Weird, I was sure that I'd been on this thread to post about Portray Heads before. Their album was reissued last year and it is fucking fantastic stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5A4NaFaIgw
― emil.y, Sunday, 14 February 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
neat stuff!
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT1st0QZPNE
― xzanfar, Monday, 15 February 2021 00:38 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YkHJJi-tc
― xzanfar, Monday, 15 February 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMMA4Da0qRo
― MaresNest, Friday, 14 July 2023 21:36 (nine months ago) link
This is amazing. Apart from Mariah, I can't find most of this on streaming.
https://www.mixcloud.com/andy_browntown/japanese-80s-post-punk-underground/
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Friday, 19 January 2024 20:38 (three months ago) link