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	Kostyrko, Sergey / Tim Olive: Rasputitsa Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 30488 Catalog Code: 845-18 Country: Japan		Price: $11.95 In Stock
"Recorded in Olive's home base of Kobe, Japan on March 24, 2019, marking the first meeting of Olive and Sergey Kostyrko, from St. Petersburg. He plays the synthesizer (I assume of the modular variety) and electronics, and Olive magnetic...
	Clement, Joda / Tim Olive / Mathieu Ruhlmann: Eidolon Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 30487 Catalog Code: 845-17 Country: Japan		Price: $11.95 In Stock
"A three-way collaboration from two different sessions in Vancouver, September 2018 and June 2019, with Joda Clement (Korg MS-20, harmonium, glockenspiel, feedback), Mathieu Ruhlmann (ukelin, cymbal, tapes, objects) and Olive (magnetic ...
	TtD (Nasuno Mitsuru / Tatsuya Yoshida): Teneleven the Duo Label: Fourth Hand Record Product Code: 30460 Catalog Code: TEN-0001 Country: Japan		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Concentrating the Teneleven quintet to a duo in the core of drummer Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei, Korekyojinn) and bassist & electronic device guru Mitsuru Nasuno (Altered States, Fushitsusha, Ground Zero), for eleven tracks of energetic interactive rock improvisations, alternating between "TdD" pieces of burning improvisations and introspective "Afterglows".
	Fujii, Satoko Tokyo Trio: Moon on the Lake Label: Libra Product Code: 30327 Catalog Code: 203-065 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
Pianist Satoko Fujii introduces a new trio with two younger and very active musicians on the Japanese jazz scene--bassist Takashi Sugawa and drummer Ittetsu Takemura--recording in 2020 at Pit Inn in Tokyo for their 3rd live date together, performing five lyrical Fujii original compositions, including "Aspirations" from her album with Leo Smith & Ikue Mori.
	Machida, Yoshio / Cal Lyall: Premeditation [VINYL 2 10-inch records] Label: By the Bluest of Seas Product Code: 30257 Catalog Code: #1 Country: Japan		Price: $19.95 In Stock
"In the early 2000s, Tokyo's SuperDeluxe was a meeting point for many experimental musicians, both international and Japanese. This duo sprung from a live collaboration at the venue in 2006, where Machida was experimenting with processe...
	Nutters, Koen: Intervals, time and space between [2 CDs] Label: Meenna Product Code: 30201 Catalog Code: meenna-965 Country: Japan		Price: $20.95 In Stock
Three versions of composer Koen Nutters piece "Intervals, time and space between," performed in Berlin, Switzerland and The Netherlands in 2019 by Ensemble Post-music and DNK Ensemble with special guests Stefan Thut, Luke Martin, Thea Mesirow and Aaron Foster Breilyn, the work open to interpretation as a construction kit for each player to build their own version.
	Johansen, Per Oddvar / Seijiro Murayama: Dented Time Label: Ftarri Product Code: 30200 Catalog Code: ftarri-885 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Bringing together two masterful percussionists -- Norwegian drummer Per Oddvar Johansen and Paris-based Japanese drummer Seijiro Murayama -- for a distinctive drum duo, each musician using a minimal set that combines a snare drum with small objects and cymbals, for an album of six improvisations and two composed pieces, all showing restraint in rhythmic interaction.
	Hirose, Junji: SSI-7 Label: Hitorri Product Code: 30199 Catalog Code: hitorri-979 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Known mostly as a saxophonist on the Japanese improvised music scene, Junji Hirose has also released a series of albums using self-made analog noise instruments, here using a device where balls and small objects are placed on a large, shallow, round metal plate and moved by a compressor, here in four tracks with different objects and one with no objects at all.
	Frasch, Heather / Ryoko Akama: Linking Label: Ftarri / Meenna Product Code: 30198 Catalog Code: meenna-972 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
US sound artists Heather Frasch and UK Ryoko Akama, who together run the mumei journal exploring the relationship between text and sound, in works commissioned by Bruno Duplant based on written texts, each interpreted, recorded and edited by the other using objects, field recordings, electronics, cello & voice, with one piece from Frasch and two versions from Akama.
	suzueri (Elico Suzuki): Fata Morgana Label: Ftarri / Hitorri Product Code: 30197 Catalog Code: hitorri-982 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Tokyo sound artist Elico Suzuki attached or arranged "gadgets" including a small electric fan, a motor and a radio, to an upright piano whose upper and lower panels were removed and insides exposed, using their inherent sounds and those created by touching them to the piano strings to generate overlapping and evolving sound, ending each piece with force through the keyboard.
	Murayama, Seijiro: Mi-Tai Label: Ftarri / Hitorri Product Code: 30196 Catalog Code: hitorri-980 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Eight improvised performances on percussion from Paris-based drummer/percussionist Seijiro Murayama recorded in 2019 using acoustic sources from snare drums, mallets, brushes, voice, steel tables, gong and voice, captured in four locations around France and in Mishima City, Japan, each exploring new compositional methods and ways to improvise within them.
	Onda, Aki / Nao Nishihara: Kouya-e-to Label: Ftarri Product Code: 30195 Catalog Code: ftarri-975 Country: Japan		Price: $15.95 In Stock
NYC performer Aki Onda and Yokohama sound artist Nao Nishihara began collaborating in 2015 while Nishihara was residing in NY on an Asian Cultural Council grant, returning in 2016 for this live performance exploring the architecture and acoustics of ISSUE's 22 Boerum Place theater, installing handmade instruments and analog equipment within a visually arranged set-up.
	Hirose, Junji / mizutama / Kayu Nakada / Toshimaru Nakamura / Daysuke Takaoka / Yuma Takeshita / Tadashi Yonago: See You at Ftarri Label: Ftarri / Meenna Product Code: 30194 Catalog Code: meenna-874 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Three days of improvisations from the the 2019 meeting of Osaka-based musicians mizutama, Tadashi Yonago and Kayu Nakada, plus Tokyo residents Junji Hirose, Toshimaru Nakamura, Daysuke Takaoka and Yuma Takeshita in duos and trios, all using original sound-producing devices or creating sound by repurposing instruments or electronic devices in unique ways.
	Granberg, Magnus w/ Miki Maruta, Ko Ishikawa, Toshimaru Nakamura: Come Down to Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth Label: Meenna Product Code: 30193 Catalog Code: meenna-970 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Stockholm composer Magnus Granberg's first visit to Japan was to perform at the 2019 Ftarri Festival, adapting his extended and subtle work "Come Down to Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth", originally composed for the Boston ensemble Ordinary Affects, here reworked for sho, koto, prepared piano and electronics performed by Ko Ishikawa, Miki Maruta and Toshimaru Nakamura.
	Jun, Yan / Jean-Luc Guionnet / Matija Schellander / Seijiro Murayama: Blue Mistake, Red Mistake Label: Meenna Product Code: 30192 Catalog Code: meenna-971 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
While contrabass player Matija Schellander was performing a residency at the 2017 music Festival Artacts in Austria, this quartet formed with Paris saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, percussionist Seijiro Murayama and Beijing-based vocalist Yan Jun, developing this work of quiet tension and sudden release, here from one of four performances, recorded live at Ljubljana in Slovenia.
	Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii: Keshin Label: Libra Product Code: 30138 Catalog Code: 102-064 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
An album of duets between trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii, the husband & wife core of Libra Records, recorded as a DIY effort during the 2020 pandemic in their own home recording space and mixed by themselves, a diverse album of intimate and impressive improvisations that find the two in uniquely deep and expressively concentrative conversations.
	Fujii, Satoko: Hazuki Label: Libra Product Code: 30137 Catalog Code: 201-063 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 Out of Stock
With the sudden cessation of touring due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Satoko Fujii turned to composing and recording herself in a home studio that she developed with the help of sound engineer Mike Marciano, freeing herself to explore new compositional methods and approaches to theory, this superb solo album the results of seven months of sublime self-expression.
	Mori, Ikue / Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Prickly Pear Cactus Label: Libra Product Code: 29998 Catalog Code: 203-062 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
Extending their previous collaborations during the time of pandemic, NY electronic improviser Ikue Mori and Japanese improvisers Natsuki Tamura on trumpet and Satoko Fujii on piano developed this extraordinary ea-improv album via file exchange, starting with Fujii's piano improvisations to which Mori & Tamura added their layers, with Mori mixing the final, startling results.
	Toyozumi / Countryman / Tan: Chasing the Sun Label: ChapChap Records Product Code: 29919 Catalog Code: CPCD-018 Country: Japan		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Two live sets at Tago Jazz Cafe in the Philippines in 2018 from the trio of master percussionist Sabu Toyozumi on drums, American ex-pat Rick Countryman on alto saxophone, and Simon Tan on acoustic bass, this their 3rd album of solid free improvisation of extended and masterful discourse, unusual percussive devices, and powerful rhythmic foundation.
	Sanhedrin (Haino / Yoshida / Nasuno): Change The Density So That You Can Crawl Up From The Sea Of Duty Label: Trailights Record Product Code: 29731 Catalog Code: TRLT-0016 Country: Japan		Price: $19.95 In Stock
Formed in the mid-2000s in the wake of the band Knead, the first new Sanhedrin album in six years sees the return of Keiji Haino on guitar, Mitsuru Nasuno on bass guitar and Tatsuya Yoshida on drums, performing live at Akihabara Club Goodman in Japan for four extended rock improvisations, dense, soulful avant-prog with feedback drenched resonance.
	Kazuhisa, Uchihashi / Yoshida Tatsuya: Improvisations 5 [2 CDs] Label: Magaibutsu Product Code: 29730 Catalog Code: MGC-57/58 Country: Japan		Price: $19.95 In Stock
21 wild rides from the fully improvised duo of guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi on guitar & effects, and Tatsuya Yoshida on drums, voice & sampler, two CDs from four separate concerts at Japanese venues Akihabara Goodman in 2012 & 2014, Kichijoji FOXHOLE in 2014, and Okubo Hikarino-Uma in 2017; intensely exciting and magnificently masterful improv instrumental rock.
	Dadge, Chris / Tim Olive: Nice You! Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 29705 Catalog Code: 845-16 Country: Japan		Price: $11.95 In Stock
After a performance in 2019, Kobe-based Canadian sound artist Tim Olive and Calgary percussionist, experimenter and Bug Incision lAfter a performance in 2019, Kobe-based Canadian sound artist Tim Olive and Calgary percussionist, experimenter & Bug Incision label leader Chris Dadge recorded these two studio pieces using Dadge's amplified percussion, small instruments & electronics, as well as Olive's magnetic pickup/electronics system, running through a number of guitar & bass amplifiers.abel leader Chris Dadge recorded these two studio pieces using Dadge's amplified percussion, small instruments & electronics, as well as Olive's magnetic pickup/electronics system, running through a number of guitar & bass amplifiers.
	Maguire, Phil / Tim Olive: Invoer Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 29704 Catalog Code: 845-15 Country: Japan		Price: $11.95 In Stock
Stymied by Covid-19, the planned May 2020 tour of sound artists Tim Olive and Phil Maguire was cancelled, motivating each to create four 10-minute solo pieces which were then overlayed to create four "distant duo" pieces, merging Olive's textured home-made electronics and Maguire's reductive approach to audio simplicity and spare sonic environments.
	Kaze (Fujii / Tamura / Pruvost / Orins) w/ Ikue Mori: Sand Storm Label: Libra/ Circum-Disc Product Code: 29574 Catalog Code: 205 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 Out of Stock
The cooperative quartet Kaze of Satoko Fujii on piano, Peter Orins on drums, Christian Pruvost on trumpet, Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, joins with elextroacoustic improviser Ikue Mori for seven exploratory pieces recorded in the studio after a one-week tour in Austria, France, and Russia, their enthusiasm for their extraordinarily unique group sound clearly evident.
	Futari (Satoko Fujii / Taiko Saito): Beyond Label: Libra Product Code: 29573 Catalog Code: 202-061 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 Out of Stock
Futari (meaning "two people") is the stunningly beautiful debut album of pianist Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito, recorded in 2019 after a concert tour in Japan, the confluence of these similar instruments and the performer's technical mastery blending in introspective and active modes, adding rich sonic dimensions through preparations and extraordinary technique.
	Gato Libre (Tamura / Fjuii / Kaneko): Koneko Label: Libra Product Code: 29572 Catalog Code: 103-060 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
The 8th album from Gato Libre with compositions from trumpeter Natsuki Tamura in a trio with Yasuko Kaneko on trombone and pianist Satoko Fujii here on accordion, Koneko translating to "Kitten", as Tamura explores 8 new cats from strays to shop cats through deceptively simple pieces of melodic appeal of warm color, tone & texture; absolutely charming.
	Abe, Kaoru : 19770916@Ayler, Sapporo Label: Doubtmusic Product Code: 29503 Catalog Code: dmh-171 Country: Japan		Price: $18.95 Out of Stock
Recently discovered, unissued solo improvisations from legendary Japanese free jazz alto saxophonist Karou Abe--four extended statements from the full concert recorded in 1970 at the Sapporo jazz cafe "Ayler"--an excellent example of the passionate performances he presented, using extended and unusual technique from assertive mastery to near-silent moments; incomparable.
	Toyozumi / Yandsen / Countryman: Future of Change Label: ChapChap Records Product Code: 29437 Catalog Code: CPCD-017 Country: Japan		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The collaboration of American alto saxophonist living in the Philippines Rick Countryman with legendary Japanese free improvising drummer Sabu Toyozumim, also performing on Erhu, continues with this outstanding performance at the LIMBO Art Gallery in Makati, Philippines in 2020, joined by Malaysian tenor saxophonist Yong Yandsen for a burning set of free jazz.
	Various Artists: Asian Meeting Recordings #1 [Used Item] Label: Doubtmusic Product Code: 29101 Catalog Code: dmf-170 Country: Japan		Price: $11.95 In Stock
Otomo Yoshihide started The Asian Meeting Festival in 2005 to foster creative interaction between Japanese and other Asian musicians, since 2014 curated by DJ Sniff, and here in the 2017 edition at GOK Sound, in Tokyo, Japan with a who's-who of players including Yoshihide, Ryoko Ono, Ko Ishikawa, Son X, KEITO, Yuji Ishihara, Yuen Chee Wai, &c. &c.
	Sangtae, Jin / Tim Olive: naar/voor [Used Item] Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 29078 Catalog Code: 845-7 Country: Japan		Price: $10.95 In Stock
Recording in Kobe, Japan in 2014, the duo of Jin Sangtae, organizer of Seoul's long-running dotolim concert series and who gainfully employs cast-off computer hard drives as sound sources, and Tim Olive, who uses electro-magnetic pickups to give voice to consumer/post-consumer objects, for three tracks of recycled and unorthodox sound.
	PYN (Pittard / Yoshida / Nasuno): L'elan Createur [Used Item] Label: Magaibutsu Limited Product Code: 29068 Catalog Code: MGC-51 Country: Japan		Price: $10.45 In Stock
Following their 2015 album "Songs for children who don't want to sleep", the quartet of Yan Pittard on guitar & oud, Mitsuru Nasuno on bass, Maki Nakano on vocals, and Tatsuya Yoshida on drums present this soundtrack album, which translates to "the creative urge".
	Amu (Fujii / Tamura / Itani / Wildenhahn): Weave [CD & DVD] [Used Item] Label: Libra Product Code: 28916 Catalog Code: 204-051/052 Country: Japan		Price: $18.95 In Stock
Mizuki Wildenhahn adds an unusual percussive instrument through dance to the multi-arts Amu quartet of Wildenhahn, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, pianist Satoko Fujii, and percussionist Takashi Itani, heard on the CD and seen on the DVD of this 2-disc set of their unorthodox and absorbing live performance at Kanagawa Prefectural Lake Sagami-ko Exchange Center in 2018.
	Musson, Rachel / Naoko Saito / Audrey Lauro: The Region Of Braille Responsibility [CD with English Braille Sheet] Label: Armageddon Nova Product Code: 28639 Catalog Code: AN R-7 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
Three female saxophonist from around the world--Rachel Musson (UK), Naoko Saito (Japan) and Audrey Lauro (Belgium)--in a compilation of solo saxophone works, two extended pieces from Musson and Satio, and four shorter works from Laura, with a CD insert with English Braille characters, and a QR code that, when scanned, plays the audio information for the album.
	Fujii, Satoko / Orchestra New York: Entity Label: Libra Product Code: 28374 Catalog Code: 214-058 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
Satoko Fujii leads her 13-piece big band through 5 thrilling and insightful compositions with a who's-who of NY improvisation: Nels Cline (guitar), Ches Smith (drums), Joe Fiedler & Curt Hasselbring (drums), Oscar Noriega, Ellery Eskelin, Briggan Krauss, Andy Laster & Tony Malaby (sax), Herb Robertson, Natsuki Tamura & Dave Ballou (trumpet) & bassist Stomu Takeishi; wow!
	Toh-Kichi (Satoko Fujii / Tatsuya Yoshida): Baikamo Label: Libra Product Code: 28220 Catalog Code: 202-059 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
The duo of Japanese improvisers, pianist Satoko Fujii and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida, continue their collaborations which includes many albums with the Satoko Fujii Quartet, their duo "Erans" record on Tzadik, and the original "Toh-Kichi" album on Victo, here in a new studio album of intricate, energetic and ebullient improvised dialogs, named for the aquatic flower "Baikamo".
	Millar, Elizabeth / Tim Olive / Craig Pedersen: Charm Point Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 28219 Catalog Code: 845-13 Country: Japan		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Montreal-area's Mystery and Wonder Records duo of Elizabeth Millar on clarinet and Craig Pedersen on trumpet met sound artist Tim Olive in Tokyo's famed Gok Sound studio to record these absorbing electroacoustic improvisations, employing hand-made microphones in metal and wooden tubes, corrupted consumer sound devices, and electro-magnetism through analog circuits.
	Alvear, Cristian / Tim Olive: Telquan Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 28218 Catalog Code: 845-14 Country: Japan		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Minimalist Chilean guitarist Cristian Alvear and Tim Olive first played together in October 2016, doing three concerts in Japan, Alvear returning to Japan in October of 2017 for additional performances in Kyoto and Osaka, then spending a day recording in Kobe; this single improvised piece he result of that day, heard as it was recorded, with a few structural edits.
	Pinhas, Richard / Tatsuya Yoshida: Ascension Label: Magaibutsu Limited Product Code: 27971 Catalog Code: MGC-56 Country: Japan		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The collaboration between Magaibutsu label leader, Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins, Korekyojinn, Koenji, The World Heritage, &c) on drums, keyboards & voice, and Heldon mastermind Richard Pinhas on guitar & effects, continues with this CD of live material from their 2014 Japanese tour, extending the 2015 "Live in Japan" album, including the 8-part "Ascension".
	Dorner, Axel / Toshimaru Nakamura: In Cotton and Wool Label: Ftarri Product Code: 27930 Catalog Code: ftarri-980 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Meeting in sound artist and vocalist Yan Jun's studio in Berlin in 2017, trumpeter Axel Dörner and no-input mixer artist Toshimaru Nakamura recorded these four active and bristling improvisations, Dörner using every inch of his instrument and treating it with electronics to create the controlled chaos and richly jarring recordings that make up this, their 2nd album together.
	Duplant, Bruno: Deux Songes (Les Jours Sont Faits Pour Expliquer Les Nuits) Label: Meenna Product Code: 27929 Catalog Code: meenna-976 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 Out of Stock
"French musician Bruno Duplant is one of the most talked-about artists on the experimental music scene today. In recent years he's presented many outstanding composed pieces and released a succession of excellent recordings on labels ar...
	Sugimoto, Taku: Guitars Label: Meenna Product Code: 27928 Catalog Code: meenna-975 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Three concisely plain compositions for guitar, two solo and one trio, are played only with open strings or natural harmonics, where all the tunings are respectively irregular, written by Tokyo-based guitarist and composer Taku Sugimoto and performed and recorded in St. Petersburg, Russia by guitarists Andrey Popovsky, Denis Sorokin and Alexander Markvart.
	Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence Label: Libra Product Code: 27797 Catalog Code: 202-057 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
Having played in trio settings before, pianist Satoko Fujii and Spanish drummer Ramon Lopez seized the opportunity to record as a duo in the studio in NY, bringing just two Fujii compositions to guide them, they began freely improvising, creating this stunning album of elegant interaction, peaceful yet detailed, intuitively beautiful and sophisticated music.
	Olive, Tim / Martin Tetreault: Faune Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 27533 Catalog Code: 845-11 Country: Japan		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Fellow Canadians, Montreal's Ambiances Magnetiques collective member, turntablist and electronics artist Martin Tetrault meets Japan-based electronic explorer Tim Olive performing on magnetic pickups, in their first album despite having performed sporadically across three decades: 4 rich improvisations minimally edited, shaping sound in compelling ways.
	Girard, Doreen / Tim Olive: Boro Label: 845 Audio Product Code: 27532 Catalog Code: 845-12 Country: Japan		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Recording in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan the day before their performance at the Sounds Like Festival, audio explorer Tim Olive brings his magnetic pickups in a first meeting with Doreen Girard performing on a prepared tsymbaly, a Ukranian hammer dulcimer, for a single, unusually evolving, and wonderfully rich improvisation.
	Cong, Zhao : Rotating, Rotating Label: Hitorri Product Code: 27366 Catalog Code: hitorri-983 Country: Japan		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Three solo tracks by Zhao Cong, who develops suspenseful sonic environments over which she inventively and patiently adds daily objects, sounds from her mixer, condenser microphone, her voice, a cardpaper tube, no input feedback, contact microphones, and a home ballroom light, each piece evolving with a unique disposition towards certain associative sounds; fascinating.
	Kaikou (Yoshino / Natsuki Tamura): Kaikou Label: Oniva Product Code: 27343 Catalog Code: oniva 001 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 Out of Stock
An intimate and unique collaboration between two far-ranging Japanese performers--Yoshino, also known for her work in Japanese underground rock, here on biwa (a short-necked fretted lute) and voice; and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii collaborator and Gato Libre leader--presenting exotic narratives in song using instrumental intervention of ardent improvisation.
	Fujii, Satoko: Stone Label: Libra Product Code: 27342 Catalog Code: 201-056 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
A stunning solo album working inside and outside of the piano and coaxing electronic response from the strings from pianist Satoko Fujii, caputered at Samurai Hotel in NY in September of 2018, and in the studio in Brooklyn three months later, during her prolific 60th "kanreki" birthday year, here in 15 dynamic and far-ranging improvisations revealing her depth and creative powers.
	Morishige, Yasumune / Yoko Ikeda / Takashi Masubuchi: Shade Label: Meenna Product Code: 27333 Catalog Code: meenna-977 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 Out of Stock
A live recording of a concert at Ftarri in 2018, performed by Yasumune Morishige (cello), Yoko Ikeda (viola), and Takashi Masubuchi (guitar), three improvisers active mainly in Tokyo, in an entrancing confluence of strings building from delicate weaving of languorous tones with pizzicato interventions to an assertive second section, that then furtively dissolves; spellbinding.
	Nakamura, Toshimaru / Ken Ikeda / Tomoyoshi Date: Ink on Paper Label: Meenna Product Code: 27332 Catalog Code: meenna-978 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 Out of Stock
The second recorded collaboration of Japanese no-input mixing board player Toshimaru Nakamura with London-based electronic artist Ken Ikeda and Japanese sound artist Tomoyoshi Date, a large, rich and detailed work of slowly evolving sonic environments, showing masterful control in developing sumptuous sound and then subtly deflecting it with unusual excursions.
	Kawabata, Makoto / Geoff Leigh: Spatial Roots Label: Acid Mothers Temple Product Code: 27300 Catalog Code: AMTCD-029 Country: Japan		Price: $12.95 In Stock
A live recording of the first encounter between Henry Cow/Radar Favourites/Ex-Wise Heads reed, wind and electronic artist Geoff Leigh and Acid Mother Temple guitarist and solo artist Kawabata Makoto, performing at Urbanguild, in Kyoto, Japan, in 2014 for a set of electronic, psychedelic improvisation of great detail using a vast arsenal of experimental approaches.