A true treasure of the 1990s Japanese underground scene, created by Fumio Kosakai, a leading figure in the noise music scene who has also performed with C.C.C.C. and Hijou Kaidan. Produced through improvisation and multitrack recording at home using a Casio Tone, metal percussion, violin, and oscillators. Featuring two extended compositions that dr ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)aw the listener into a cosmic scale, reflecting a meditative aspect distinct from what is heard on Incapacitants. A surreal psychedelic drone epic in which processed violin, minimalist electronic tones, and the reverberations of metallic sounds gently emerge and fade away. Remastered by Alex Nagle based on the original cassette master, with the cooperation of Mr. Kosakai himself. Only a limited quantity is available, so don’t miss out! (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

Serene motoric guitar, the soft, ethereal tones of the synthesizer, angelic and light vocals—this album incorporates organ, vocoder, gamelan metallophone—all while evoking a solemn, church-like atmosphere and gently weaving the serene, nostalgic, electronic, ambient, acid-folky, drone, experimental, and imaginary musical world of Love Is Yes. 13 tr ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)acks.
A release from Kit Records, run by Richard Greenan, which continues to put out unique releases in the genres of toy pop, electronica, and avant-pop. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

Featuring a lineup that includes several types of guitars—such as pedal steel and resonator—along with fiddle, banjo, pipe organ, and bells, this 2021 release from a small village in Vermont offers timeless instrumental drones and ambient Americana. This four-track album stretches the resonance of folk music, transforming it into the realm of drone ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi) ambient. It’s slow music that evokes expansive pastoral landscapes, as if one were listening intently not to the heavens but to the earth below. Although it was announced that their fourth album, due out in 2025, would be their final release, we’ve also received the good news that they will be performing their first live shows across the northeastern United States at the end of this summer. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

A meditative, hypnotic, and mystical world that delves even deeper into the atmosphere of his debut album. A journey through the Fourth World, Next Eternity. A prescription of sound. A gateway to perception. It’s awesome.
David Behrman, Catherine Christer Hennix, collaborative projects with Urban Sax, as well as solo album releases from Black T ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)ruffle and Unseen Worlds; and Werner Durand, a Berlin-based saxophonist, Indian-Persian flutist, and drone artist, who studied under the renowned Ghanaian drummer Mustapha Tetty Addy, and later studied under the Iranian tombak and daf master Nemad Darman, and the percussionist and unique genius Uli Hohmann—who manipulates his own handmade wind and string instruments as well as electronics—form the duo FLOCKS. Influenced by Jon Hassel Influenced by Jon Hassel’s “Fourth World” and experimental Krautrock, FLOCKS—a duo led by Uli Hohmann—continues its timeless exploration of a new ambient musical world blending Persian, Oriental, and tribal percussion with drones. Their long-awaited new album, “Lagoon,” their first in three years, has been released by Karlrecords!!! (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

ニューヨークのヤマハスタジオで、主にMontage 8シンセサイザーとヤマハ・トランスアコースティック・ピアノを用いて作曲された、長く繊細な時間の流れ、細部にまでこだわった豊かな音響デザインが配置されながら、合成波形、ヴァイオリン、ヴィオラ・ダ・ガンバの重層的な響きと重なり増幅されながら、どこか、歌うような感覚も感じ取れながら、ゆったりとした流れの中で、深海をじっくりと回遊探索するかのような音響空間が構築されている。8トラックを収録。 (コンピューマ)

The first officially remastered vinyl reissue of a historic masterpiece by LA MONTE YOUNG — who, alongside Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley in the wake of Cage, remains a pivotal figure in avant-garde minimal music and continues to exert enormous influence! Side A was recorded live at a Munich gallery in 1969, an ensemble of sustained sine ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie) tones and raga chanting. Side B was recorded in the studio in 1964, performed with a massive gong and bowed strings. A practice of listening that ventures into the harmonic structure of sound and the very possibilities of acoustic perception. An incomparable experience that invites you to become one with the sound, finding change within sustained tones that have neither rhythm nor melody — don't miss this chance! (Original Japanese text by Akie)

In June 2020, Recorded in a centuries-old church in Unarid, Sweden, this minimalist drone masterpiece features overlapping sustained chords played on a pipe organ. Like the breath of God, they ebb and flow through the serene space, delicately resonating and harmonizing amid a sense of tension—a majestic natural phenomenon. Features 5 tracks.
H ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)ighly recommended for fans of Sarah Davachi, Eliane Radigue, and Charlemagne Palestine. A prescription for sound. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

The A-side is a vocal drone with MARIAN ZAZEELA, inspired by Pandit Pran Nath's ragas and Indian classical vocal music. The B-side is a drone made up of three sine waves. The ultimate. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

Eliane Radigue is a composer who has had a huge personal influence on us in recent years — she studied electronic music under Pierre Schaeffer at a young age, moved to America in the '70s, drew inspiration from Tibetan Buddhism, and has pursued drone music ever since. Her works on labels like Lovely Music have been quietly cherished as masterpieces ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito) of meditative music. Now Frédéric Blondy's performance of Occam XXV, part of the Occam series she has worked on in recent years, arrives on CD. Pipe organ; waves of drone. Beautiful music brimming with positive energy. Even the way the speakers vibrate is beautiful. Liner notes by Claire M. Singer and Eliane Radigue herself. A superb release that stands alongside her many masterpieces. A treasure of humanity. In stock now — don't miss it. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

Following her collaboration with Drew McDowall of Kali Malone, she is partnered with Laurel Halo and Tamio Shiraishi, a Brooklyn-based cellist/composer/sound artist from France who has collaborated with many artists on releases for Open Mouth, Boomkat, and Hanson, among others. This album was recorded live in one take at the Abbey of St. Théodule i ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)n Switzerland, where Ellen Arkbro's "Nightclouds" was recorded and where Keiji Haino has also performed. Malone plays organ and sine wave, Bordeleuille plays cello and feedback, and the layers of sound are layered with minute changes and uncertainty, taking on the sounds of church bells echoing in the distance and motorcycles passing by. The rhythm of sustained sounds, like breathing pulsating in the chapel space, is austere and ceremonial, yet full of life. The aerial dialogue between the instruments as vibrating bodies is timelessly wonderful. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

Recordings of “Kyema” (recorded in 1988 at New Langton Arts in San Francisco using an Arp synthesizer), “Kailasha” (1991), and “Koumé” (recorded in 1993 at CIRM Studios in Nice, France).

“(Kyema) is inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead and the evocation of the six intermediate states that constitute the continuity of existence (I believ ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)e this relates to the bardo concept within the Six Realms of Rebirth).” Chapter 2, ‘Kailasha,’ is structured around an imaginary pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, one of the holiest mountains in the Himalayas (also known from the legend of the saint Milarepa, whom she deeply revered). ‘“Koumé” constitutes the final part of the trilogy and emphasizes the transcendence of death.’　(From the liner notes)

This is awakening and beautiful music that promotes the synchronization of consciousness, as sound waves intersect and interfere with one another, producing subtle undulations. Please experience it at a volume where you can sense the changing nuances of the sound and the shifts in vibration. Personally, this is the music that most deeply moved and influenced me when I first experienced it several years ago, and I have returned to it repeatedly ever since. The 16-page booklet includes liner notes with a contribution by David Berhman. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

トニー・コンラッドは、映像作家で、1960年代のNYC前衛音楽の重要な遺産ラ・モンテ・ヤングが結成したTHE DREAM SYNDICSTE,「永久音楽劇場」にジョン・ケイルらと共に参加し、THE VELVET UNDERGROUNDの結成とその名前の由来に関わったことでも知られ、FAUSTとのミニマル・ミュージックの歴史的リリース「Outside The Dream Syndicate」を残している。しかし後の復活以前の正式のリリースはこれのみで長く音楽シーンから離れていて、伝説の存在だった。90年代に彼の熱狂的なファンだったJIM O'ROUKE達との共演で音楽シーンに復活し、未発表音源も彼らの手でリリースされる。この「Ten Years Alive On The Infinite Pl ...Read more (サイトウ)ain」は、71年にダンス、音楽、映像、文学などの前衛アーチスト集団として結成され、パフォーマンス・スペースとして現在まで続くTHE KITCHENで行われた72年の演奏。「Outside The Dream Syndicate」の前年。女流電子音楽家LAURIE SPIEGEL,RHYS CHATHAMとの演奏に、プロジェクターによるフィルム・インスタレーションの２時間にわたるパファーマンス。今回のリリースにあたってJIM O' ROUKEが90分弱の音源として編集、リマスターはCGB(DUBPLATE & MASTERING)が担当している。「Ten Years Alive On The Infinite Plain」は、GASTOR DEL SOL期のDAVID GRUBBSとJIM O' ROUKEと共に復活の年、95年に再演されている。この72年のオリジナルの録音は未発表だった幻の録音で待望のリリースとなる。彼は昨年惜しまれながら他界したが、「無限の計画」は、40年に渡り生きつづけている。 (サイトウ)

Old Saw is a New England music collective led by Henry Birdsey, who is also active in projects such as Tongue Depressor. This collection brings together familiar members who have contributed to the group’s four previous releases, featuring high-quality recordings made on 1/4-inch open-reel tape across New England between 2022 and 2024. An otherworl ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)dly aura of American Primitive envelops the instrumental drone-ambient soundscapes, plucked from a variety of instruments including pedal steel, lap steel, nylon-string, electric, and resonator guitars, as well as banjo, fiddle, reed organ, harmonium, bass, and metallic objects. Amid this experimental soundscape, the traditional contours of country and folk music blur, giving rise to a timeless charm where familiarity and ambiguity emerge simultaneously. Take your time to check it out. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

A notable new album arrives from CHANTAL MICHELLE, a musician who worked in the experimental noise unit ⎤⎤⎤ before going solo, earning an MFA and drawing high praise from arts organizations around the world (the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in the US, the Sonic Art Research Unit, and more)! From "Presence of Border," a voice drone of chirping, ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)resonant ambience and carefully built harmonic structures, to "Breath Observation (for clarinet)," where absorbing the edges softens the collision of sound and space, to "Drying of Frozen Soils," a harmonically rich soundscape from which a clarinet melody emerges — she transposes into composition the spatial awareness cultivated through dance, which she studied from childhood. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

Booking events every month and every day at the Kobe music bar LEAFER with a focus on local DJs, and keeping parties running at spots like Angel on Mt. Rokko, he's the behind-the-scenes figure crossing over Kobe's next-generation scene with its veterans. What emerges here, without pretense, is a worldview that wraps its arms around Kobe's insular y ...Read more (Original Japanese text by hamon)et somehow warm atmosphere. Electronics, jazz, drone and house seep into the body through perfect volume control and the passage of time. Produced by SPRA from Tsukuba, with cover art by Zacbalan from Shizuoka. A wonderful record completed entirely through physical, face-to-face connections. (Original Japanese text by hamon)

これまでも精神実験家が制作した劣化カセットテープ復刻など、ポストパンク/ノーウェイブを中心としたコアな音源発掘の最前線のひとつ〈LIGHT SOUNDS DARK〉から、お久しぶりに直球トリップサプリメント。サイケデリック愛好家向けに制作されたドローン/アンビエントの発掘コンピレーションアルバム。脳を柔らかく包み込み反響させるニューエイジアンビエントに始まり、ブルージーなギター揺れるサイケデリックバーナーなど、音楽性様々にトリップを誘発。噂によりますところ50枚のみプレスしているようです。 (Akie)

英のHoly McGrail(ギター)とHoward Marsden(シンセ)によるSlomoの初作品。2005年にJulian Copeのレーベル〈Fuck Off & Di〉から限定CD-Rとしてリリースされ、SUNN O)))、GNODや、The Wire、Aquarius Records、初期Ideologic Organなどの求道者から支持され即完したという一作がこの度初アナログ化。COILのJhonn Balanceの死からわずか後に偶発的に記録されたという、当初は「The Ballad of Jhonn & Sleazy」と仮題された録音が、ふたりが影響を受けたBoleigh Fogouという鉄器時代の地下石室と共鳴し作品に昇華。沈澱した不気味で重いドローンの中に、知覚し難い植物的な蠢きや英国の田園風景が漂う、神秘性の宿った約1時間のカルト的ドゥーム・アンビエント・ジャム。 (足立)

DIYレフトフィールドサウンド聖地〈FUTURA RESISTENZA〉から！上記他にもMANUEL PESSOA DE LIMAやELLEN ARKBRO、OREN AMBARCHIら数々の重鎮らとのコラボレーション、そしてフライブルク音楽大学やカリフォルニア大学にてアカデミックに音楽を深化させてきたクラリネット奏者/作曲家の小川 道子による素晴らしいアルバム作品が到着。シンセサイザーとピアノの澄んだ音の重なりに、ファルフィーサのテクスチャ、笙の倍音が繊細に呼応し重なる「Ashimoto No Uchuu」(sample1)。彼女自身の記憶が滲みわたったような抒情的響きにリスナーの記憶もオーバーラップする感覚。 (Akie)