LSD March - Shindara Jigoku

 

Considered by many to be LSD March's best, this 2004 LP features Michishita and Takahashi with the amazing guitarist Masami Kawaguchi of Miminokoto and Broomdusters fame. Released only on vinyl by Siwa.

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LSD March - Nikutai No Tubomi

 

Double-disc album from 2007, released by Beta-Lactam Ring.

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LSD March - Empty Rubious Red

 

2005 album of post-PSF psychedelic rock from the Himeji-based group led by singer/guitarist Shinsuke Michishita and a rotating crew of players. This album is just a duo with legendary drummer Ikuro Takahashi. First released in Japan as a CD on Michshita's own White Elephant label, then reissued in the US on both vinyl and CD by Tequila Sunrise and aRCHIVE. 

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Ché-SHIZU - Glimmering Star

 

1999 LP of live Che-SHIZU, reissued on CD by Alchemy with extra tracks in 2015. 

Ché-SHIZU - Glimmering Star

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Ché-SHIZU - Nazareth

 

Stunning live album by Chie Mukai's Che-SHIZU, with recordings made around Tokyo from 1983 through 1992. Some guests include a young Hiroshi Hasegawa (CCCC, Astro) on drums, Masami Shinoda (A-Musik) and Masayoshi Urabe on sax, Shinji Shibayama (Nagasa Ni Te, Idiot O'Clock) on drums. Released as a CD by PSF in 1993.

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Ché-SHIZU - Live 1996 水晶

Live recordings around Tokyo. Mukai is joined by Koma Keita (Inu, Up-Maker) on guitar and Ikuro Takahashi (Fushitsusha, Kokoukuya, Overhang Party) on drums while Takuya Nishimura sticks around on bass duties.  

Ché-SHIZU - Live 1996 水晶

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Ché-SHIZU - 約束はできない (I Can't Promise)

 

Debut LP by Chie Mukai's astounding acid/psych/folk/post-punk, first released on LP in 1984 and reissued on CD by Alchemy in 2001, though it might have fit right into what Rough Trade were doing as the same time. Mukai's kokyu rules this album, a sound not typically (ever?) heard in music like this. She's joined by the legendary Tori Kudo (Noise, Maher Shalal Hash Baz) on guitar and piano and Takuya Nishimura (Miminokoto) plays bass. 

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Mady Gula Blue Heaven - 0

 

Mady Gula Blue Heaven were a mid-90s band led by Tomoko Kajino, who would later become known as Cotton Casino when she was a member of psychedelic circus Acid Mother Temple. This CD was released by Gyuune Cassette in 1997. 

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