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Kasm 04'
Skam - Cat No: KASM04
- updated:2025-06-17
The maverick veteran genius of Japan's world-renowned electronic music scene, Kouhei Matsunaga — who splits his time between Osaka and Berlin — returns with a new release under his NHKyx alias, issued by Skam as a 10-inch vinyl for the first time in 24 years!!!
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NHKyx >> Koyxen >> Kohei Matsunaga
Returns to Skam Records to deliver KASM04, on the 10” Vinyl Series.
Kohei Matsunaga, a musician and illustrator born in Osaka in 1978, started drawing at an early age and went on to study architecture at university. He has been actively making music since 1992, with notable releases on labels such as Raster-Noton, Wordsound, Mille Plateaux, PAN and Skam Records. Kohei has collaborated with many artists, including Mika Vainio, Sensational from the Jungle Brothers, Sean Booth from Autechre, Conrad Schnitzler, Merzbow, Asmus Tietchens and many more.
Very proud to have four new tracks of Kohei’s heavy rhythmic electronic music….
A1 Filled with Vacuum A2 Ancient Behave
B1 Same Point Different Coordinate B2 Formulated Rhythm 4s
Written & Produced: Kohei Matsunaga
Mastering: A1 B1 Tomokazu Orui // A2 B2 Joe Lambert
Artwork: bhatoptics.com
Returns to Skam Records to deliver KASM04, on the 10” Vinyl Series.
Kohei Matsunaga, a musician and illustrator born in Osaka in 1978, started drawing at an early age and went on to study architecture at university. He has been actively making music since 1992, with notable releases on labels such as Raster-Noton, Wordsound, Mille Plateaux, PAN and Skam Records. Kohei has collaborated with many artists, including Mika Vainio, Sensational from the Jungle Brothers, Sean Booth from Autechre, Conrad Schnitzler, Merzbow, Asmus Tietchens and many more.
Very proud to have four new tracks of Kohei’s heavy rhythmic electronic music….
A1 Filled with Vacuum A2 Ancient Behave
B1 Same Point Different Coordinate B2 Formulated Rhythm 4s
Written & Produced: Kohei Matsunaga
Mastering: A1 B1 Tomokazu Orui // A2 B2 Joe Lambert
Artwork: bhatoptics.com
Four tracks: BPM 136, A1 "Filled with Vacuum" (sample1); BPM 130, A2 "Ancient Behave" (sample2); BPM 140, the symphonic, progressive electronic breaks of B1 "Same Point Different Coordinate" (sample3); and BPM 142, B2 "Formulated Rhythm 4s," a noise-experimental piece of bouncy, broken, irregular heavy-viscous rhythmic electronic sound that moves and stretches like a living creature.
Over a long career stretching from around 1998 to the present, he has released on labels such as Diagonal, DFA, L.I.E.S., Raster Noton, Wordsound, Mille Plateaux, PAN and Skam Records, and has collaborated with numerous artists including Mika Vainio, Sensational from the Jungle Brothers, Sean Booth from Autechre, Conrad Schnitzler, Merzbow, Asmus Tietchens and many more. This is the first new 10-inch in 24 years from Skam by Kouhei Matsunaga under his NHKyx alias, working between Osaka and Berlin. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)