Jack or Jive - Prayer

The first proper album after a self-released cassette by Japanese goth-ambient duo Jack or Jive. Released as a CD by Dradomel in 1991.

Jack or Jive - Prayer

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Jack or Jive - Mujyo

Released as a CD by Dradomel in 1992, more floaty gothy ambient lullaby music from Japan.

Jack or Jive - Mujyo

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Jack or Jive - Kagura Live In Kyoto

Live recording of Cocteau-Twins-influenced ethereal ambience, released by Dragnet Records in 1994.

Jack or Jive - Kagura Live In Kyoto

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Jack or Jive - Expatriation

Self-published debut cassette by the ambient Japanese noise-pop duo. Never reissued, to my knowledge.

Jack or Jive - Expatriation

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Jack or Jive - (Dura)² Du

We may lose some readers here, but who cares. Jack or Jive were sort of in their own non-scene, not quite "noise" enough or "pop" enough, but they straddled that line sometimes. They also had a certain witchypoo "ethereal" shoegazer post-Cocteau Twins/Projekt Records quality that either is something you crave or is an instant turn-off. They did a neat collaboration with Christoph Heemann once, called Seclusion, but otherwise they seem to have kept to themselves. 

Jack or Jive - (Dura)² Du

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