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Saboten - Floor et Satie
Definitely not to be confused with The Saboten! This is the all-female dream-pop post-punk band with a penchant for vaguely Beefheartian time signatures and French composers. The first disc is their first self-titled LP (released in 1982) with Masae Fuma and Satomi Makino on guitar and vocals, Izumi Imazawa on bass and keyboards and Atsuko Sakai on drums. It also has a major Totsuzen Danball influence ... Shunji Tsutaki adds additional guitar whilst his brother Eiichi Tsutaki handles production. The third side is "Let's Satie" (originally released in 1992) featuring cover versions of some of the works of Erik Satie (!). The final side culls two tracks from the Itsumo Aru 7", one from the Non Position compilation and two pulled from their second release 目覚める (Mezameru). I really like it.
Double LP released on EM Records in 2013.
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Totsuzen Danball - 成り立つかな?
Shunji Tsutaki and Eiichi Tsutaki producing endlessly pleasing post-punk with the occasional bossa nova twist.
Originally released as an LP on Pass Records in 1981, this is the remastered CD release (that isn't on Discogs) with six unreleased tracks that came out on Pass No Past in 2005.
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Totsuzen Danball - ホワイト・マン / 変なパーマネント
If you didn't know any different, you'd think that this had been released on Calvin Johnson's K. That's a compliment btw.
7" released on Pass Records in 1980.
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Gunjogacrayon - Gunjogacrayon
Gunjogacrayon exist in their own world where reference points don't exist. If I'm really going to have to try to make you listen to them, how about The Velvet Underground channeling The Mothers Of Invention's "Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme" via Roger Waters' "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict"? Well, you made me do it ... it's your fault.
As far as I am aware, Gunjogacrayon's own releases were always self-titled. There is one on Discogs listed as Gunjogacrayon III. I've never heard it and never even seen it for sale. If anybody out there could help solve that predicament?
Originally released as an LP on DIW in 1986, this is the CD reissue on Wax Records in 1991.
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Gunjogacrayon & Totsuzen Danball - Pass Live
This was included in the Pass No Past CD compilation ... but why not have a rip of the early vinyl as well?
Double 7" released on Pass Records in 1980.
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Gunjogacrayon - Gunjogacrayon
No saxophone on here, but Fumio Omori adds his twisted electronics to add to the disorientation. Literally warped and joyous. Splendid and peerless!
Originally a 12" released on Pass Records in 1980, this is the CD reissued on P-Vine Records in 2005 with three additional live tracks.
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Gunjogacrayon - Gunjogacrayon
Tadashi Kumihara on guitar, Takashi Maeda on bass and Atsushi Miyakawa (who was also in Mr. Kite and Saboten) on drums. On this release, Takayuki Hashimoto adds free improv saxophone scree to the gently broiling guitar noise. Exceptional.
CD released on Pass Records in 2016.
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Sadie Sads - Angora
The first Sadie Sads release ... as far as I am aware, they only recorded what I've posted here (bar what is on compilations). Kazumi Peropero briefly played bass with G-Schmitt and Yoshihide Igarashi played guitar with Nubile ... other than this, Sadie Sads appear to have drifted into historical oblivian. Just to prove that history isn't fair.
7" released on Wechselbalg Syndicate in 1984.
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Sadie Sads - Box With Little Doll
... and this is the vinyl version.
Double 12" set released on Wechselbalg Syndicate in 1985.
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Sadie Sads - Box With Little Doll
Imagine Crash Worship with Mick Karn as the wobbly bassist. Now listen. Great isn't it!
CD released on Wechselbalg Syndicate in 1988 with different sequencing (and four unreleased tracks) than the vinyl version.
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P-Model - Ashu-On (Sound Subspecies) In The Solar System
P-Model were a very influential post-punk /"New Wave" band that were active between 1979 and 1986. They appeared to have disappeared before reinventing themselves in 1992 with a much more heavily inflected electronic sound. Not as surprising as you might think given that the "punk" years were hugely influenced by the likes of Devo and Sparks, which naturally is a great thing indeed.
I was going to post some ... but, what the hell ... why not everything?
Mammoth sixteen CD set released on Chaos Union in 2002.
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Inryo-fuen - 品品
Jun Harada, Masamichi Oyama and Naoyuki Masuda defining the unclassifiable.
7" released on Cragale in 1982.
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Inryo-fuen - 抱握
This was their second album, recorded in 1985 but never released at the time. Cathedral keyboards that gradually inherit an AFX glitch before everything begins to turn inside out.
CD released on EM Records in 2014.
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Inryo-fuen - Early Works 1980-82
The first track is 妥協せず (aka Dakyo Sezu that was released as a single sided flexi in 1980) and it is truly magnificent. It's well worth the price of admission alone ... but given that you're not paying ... ah well, you know what I mean. From there, it just keeps on becoming more joyously dislocated.
Released on EM Records in 2014, this is the CD version that contains two additional tracks.
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Inu - 牛若丸なめとったらどついたるぞ!
Naoto Hayashi was the guitarist with Inu (and Auschwitz and The Genbaku Onanies and various incarnations of Hijokaidan). In 1984, he co-founded the mighty Alchemy records with Jojo Hiroshige. They chose this as their third release and it offers up Inu in a live context. Given that one of the first things that they did was release this and reference it as "The Original Inu" suggests that the band weren't particularly happy with the rather polished production of the studio recordings. I am, of course, speculating. I really like the first album, but I prefer this ... a feckin' great band!
LP originally released on Alchemy Records in 1984 and reissued the following year with a single-sided flexi included for good measure. This is the latter.
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Inu - メシ食うな！
Really really good early punk band who have proper songs and everything. As far as I know, this is the only studio recording they made.
Originally released as an LP on Japan Record in 1981, this is the CD reissue on Wax Records from 1998.
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3/3 - Sanbun no San: Early Sound Archives of Pre-Friction 1973-1978 2xcd [p-vine, 2007]
The precursor to Friction that included Reck, Chiko Hige and Higo Hiroshi (who was also in Friction, Chance Operation, Mirrors and The Stalin). This includes the original (probably only) LP that was released in 1975 with a second disc of live recordings from 1975-1977.
Double CD released on P-Vine Records in 2007.
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Friction - Maniacs
Founded by Reck (aka Kawashima Akiyoshi who was also in ◯△▢ and Teenage Jesus And The Jerks) and Chiko Hige (who was in ◯△▢, Chance Operation and The Contortions), Friction were one of the first Japanese punk bands. This provides an excellent overview, with one disc of studio output and one set of live recordings.
Double CD jointly released on Pass Records and P-Vine Records in 2007.
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