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We are thrilled to announce the release of three new vinyl reissues from some of the most influential and boundary-pushing Japanese noise projects of all time.

Four incredible reissue have hit the scene. No matter your musical taste, these new releases are sure to captivate and inspire you.

Returning off the back of an incredible run of deep dives into numerous historical contexts of (Japan)noise, we bring you the first ever vinyl reissue of Grim’s legendary 1987 EP, “Message”, now expanded to a full album’s length.

Zouroku no Kibyo resting at a fascinating juncture between space-harsh progressive, impro and noise, it was years ahead of its time when it first appeared becoming one of the great holy grails of Japan noise. Creatively thrilling – filled with emotive highs and lows – it’s a crucial piece in the puzzle of Japan’s wild and wonderful history of noise music

Following on the back of their stunning, expansive reissues of Atrax Morgue released in the last years, Urashima returns with “From degeneration to degeneration”, an astounding 12 cassette box set, fully authorized, mastered from the original tapes,  dedicated to the early works of the artist.

Uma162 Solmania – Erosion LP edition of 199 • Erosion captures an astounding concert at Eggplant, in Osaka May 15th 1987, recorded at the venue, using guitar, tape, radio, metal, turntable and voice and published on cassette by Solmania own legendary label Fatagaga Tapes the same year in very limited edition. Fully remastered from the original analog tapes, vinyl is […]

Ura047 Mauthausen Orchestra – Private Thoughts Recordings double Cassette in wooden box edition of 99 • This new work – a release which has been officially authorized by his family – shows us Pierpaolo Zoppo at the peak of his artistic maturity: after investigating the most extreme and intransigent sounds for years with impetus, he finds a […]

Fresh from pressing plant, comes three more astounding, historically seminal documents from the history of Japanese noise, the first-ever vinyl reissues of ultra rare Masonna’s 1989 LP Masonna Vs. Bananamara, Merzbow’s 1997 synth masterstroke Hybrid Noisebloom and Club Skull – Akifumi Nakajima (side pic), Fumio Kosakai and Hiroshi Hasegawa – with 1993 amazing and terrifying sole release The Origin of…Awe inspiring hybrids of frenetic energy and delicate sophistication, they […]

Ushi017 Controlled Death – Death Synth Box  5CD in wooden box edition of 300 • Death Synth Box is perfectly intertwining into this stinking raw black noise that has been established into the discography of the project, this work is committed to the uprising of total devastation as we have seen with previous Controlled Death releases. Here is presented the […]

Uma156 Violent Onsen Geisha – Shock! Shock! Shock! LP edition of 299 • The Tokyo-based Japanese experimental musician Masaya Nakahara as kwon as Violent Onsen Geisha has been dazzling us with his entirely singular approach to sound since 1989. Harnessing his unique natural approach to mixier by combining techno, pop samples and hip hop, as well as his sister’s karaoke singing […]