Side B, “Russian Skank” (sample 2)—an oriental ska-funk track featuring master trombonist Vin Gordon—is also absolutely fantastic!! A great release from the legendary UK-Jamaican label Room In The Sky. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

Sparkling, swinging Afro-Latin percussion, drums, bass, saxophone, and flute!! The soulful cover of Charles Mingus’s “Meditations on Integration”—exotic, funky, and meditative—is also superb. The curation and arrangements are both outstanding and wonderful. A limited-edition 7-inch donut record released by London’s up-and-coming jazz group Cozmos o ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)n Peter Murphy’s Jazz Room label. Highly recommended!! (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

A wonderful work from "FOREST JAMS," a place of excavation full of love for music, which has also reissued Osamu Kitajima and Nami Takaratatsu, following the previous work by Tito Kawachi. HIROAKI SUGAWARA, who has been active as an arranger, guitarist, and producer since the 1980s, and has worked with artists such as Koji Yoshikawa in a wide range ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie) of musical genres from electro to bossa nova and Amami folk music, has released a CD under the pseudonym SERGIO MARIA SAGUARO. This is an analog version of his ethnopop/electroacoustic masterpiece released on CD under the pseudonym SERGIO MARIA SAGUARO! From the organic scape "Highspeed Grandma" that mysteriously invites with a kalimba loop to the weary pop "Ice Cream" that jams with electronic funk grooves and exotic strings, the wide range of musicality is integrated in a relaxing mood. The three audible tracks are good, but the whole album is wonderful and is one that you should drop the needle on slowly throughout the album. Handily recommended! (Original Japanese text by Akie)

Aster Aweke, Mahmoud Ahmed, Tilahun Gessesse, and Muluken Melesse.
Tilaye等のミュージシャン兼アレンジャーとして、引く手あまたの存在で、1970年代のエチオピア・ポピュラーミュージックへ多大なる影響を与えた名手サックス奏者/アレンジャーであった、Tilaye Gebre（ティラエ・ゲブラ）の1970年代後半に録音された貴重な素晴らしきアルバムが、エチオピア/アディス・アベバとスウェーデン/ストックホルムを拠点にする期待の新興レーベルMuzikawiから入魂リリース。
1960年代後半から1970年代にかけて、ダフラク・バンドは、ジェームス・ブラウンやウィルソン・ピケットの曲、リズム・アンド・ブルース、ソウル、 ...Read more (コンピューマ)ファンク、ディスコ時代のサウンドに現代のエチオピアのスタイルを融合させた音楽で、トランペット、オルガン、キーボード、サックス、ベース、ドラム、ギターを含むフルレンジの楽器による演奏を繰り広げて、時折サイケデッリック・アンビエントな領域へと揺らぎ揺らがれながら、EQもリバーヴもなし、マイク1本録り、ディレイのみで紡がれた、唯一無二のムーディーでゆっくりと醸し出される望郷エチオジャズ慕情サウンドスケープ。ブルージー演歌レゲエ・ファンキー・ソウルフル・グルーヴィンにゆるやかにじんわりと魅了される。全9曲。 (コンピューマ)

The 14 tracks are filled with exotic African tribal percussion sounds that make full use of congas, bongos, and other African percussion from Senegal, Maori, Somali, and Maasai tribes, as well as flute, flute, voodoo drums, and New Zealand percussion. The minimalistic exotic percussion grooves with a library-music feel are very mysterious. No-digit ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)al vinyl only release. Limited edition of 200 180g black vinyl LPs.
New release in 2026 from Musica Per Immagini, the famous label that has been reissuing Italian treasure recordings one after another. We recommend this album. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

The legendary live recording “HARRY HOSONO & TIN PAN ALLEY IN CHINA TOWN,” featuring Haruomi Hosono’s Tin Pan Alley, performed on May 8, 1976, at “Tong Fa Shin Kan,” a long-established Chinese restaurant in Yokohama’s Chinatown The 7-inch singles “Silk Road” and “Peking Duck,” which were available for pre-sale at the pop-up event held to commemorat ...Read moree the LP release, are now on general sale!!! A joint release by KAKUBARHYTHM and medium.

On May 8, 1976, just before the band embarked on their “Tropical” trilogy and right before the release of Tropical Dandy, a superb live recording from the legendary Chinese restaurant “Tong Fa Shin Kan” in Yokohama’s Chinatown—the perfect setting—has been released on vinyl LP! Based on a newly discovered stereo master, engineer Tsuyoshi Hodo has cr ...Read moreeated a new mix and mastering. The soundscape is superb, allowing you to feel the atmosphere and immediacy of that era. And the MC segments will make you smile. Every song is fantastic, but the transition from the brilliant band introductions to “Bolero” and then into “Hurricane Dorothy” is incredibly stylish. The performance of “Firecracker”—recorded on the eve of the YMO project—brought tears to my eyes. The LP includes liner notes by Yoshiro Nagato.

The debut album by Art Longo, a duo featuring Stockholm-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Gustav Jennefors and Swedish vocalist Claudia Jonas. Heavily influenced by late-’80s music culture and dub sounds, this album was DIY-recorded in Gustav Jennefors’s own home studio. It features electronica, psychotropic, cute, dreamy lo-fi avant-garde s ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)ounds, exotic elements, and laid-back ’80s-style vocals, mondo choruses, spring reverb, space echo delay, and wah-wah (echo + wah) create a production that is nostalgic and dreamy, yet somehow mysteriously exotic, avant-garde, and alluringly captivating. The birth of a masterpiece in home listening, living dub, and soundscapes. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

A new release from MACADAM MAMBO, one of today's foremost French left-field labels, home to alternative talents from around the world such as THE PILOTWINGS, MORI RA and EVA GEIST! Led by "Lumberjack" (sample1), which opens with Middle Eastern psychedelia built from field recordings and strings and unfolds like film music with layers of percussion, ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie) the record captures a singular soundscape spanning Balearic, exotic jazz and experimental electronics. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

His LP for PATIENCE, a label devoted to long-form soundscapes, left a vivid impression; now sound professional MISHA SULTAN — who has also worked with other artists as a mastering engineer and producer — is back with a welcome new album! Conceived from a 2021 studio session with MÅRBLE and others, the recordings were completed after his move to Tha ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)iland: tropical bedroom jazz. Highlights include "Sluchay," an exotic jam of healing marimba trading phrases with guitar, and "So Do I," where an authentic jazz touch merges with foreign-tinged flavors and breaks. Comfortable sound pursuing a relaxing, nature-evoking mood and a cross-genre approach. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

ターンテーブルやシーケンサーを使いながらポリリズミックで革新的な演奏を魅せるThe Dorian BrothersのメンバーであるHarmonious TheloniousがなんとTTTからリリース！じっくりと落ち着いたテンションで聴かせるミニマル感は、同じくThe Dorian BrothersのメンバーであるDon’t DJと近いセンスを感じます。インド風な音階での上音が加わってエキゾチックな雰囲気もあり、単に踊らせるような方向で作ってないのが良い！ (日野)

楽曲制作に加え、ロンドンで日本の書籍、陶器、レコードを扱う”Caravan”を経営するヴィンテージマニアDJ HIMITSU。ROMÉO POIRIERといった現行電子音楽家を抱える要所〈SWIMS〉からアルバムをリリース！動物たちの自然体な鳴き声が木霊する音空間に軽やかにトライバルパーカッションがスキップする「Kaminari」や、鋭いエッジの電子音を差し込みながらゆったり闊歩するダウンテンポ「Sad Vacation」など。第四世界のヴァイブからチルスペースまで想起する、リスニングとダンスどちらにもフィットする至福のエキゾチカ作品に。トラックリストから全曲試聴可能です。 (Akie)

AKIYOによる入手困難アルバム『Mouvman』(1993)収録曲を公式リマスタリングも手がけた〈BEAUTY & THE BEAT〉の最新ワーク！そのAKIYOの「Deboule」作曲にも携わった鍵盤奏者DJENMBIをフィーチャー。哀愁と郷愁がブレンドされたメロディ、悠然とした詠唱をのせたフォルクローレカバーのブギーグルーヴ「Bo Bay Lanmen」(sample1)。〈TIME CAPSULE〉主宰KAY SUZUKIはエフェクト処理とヒプノシンセチェインでサイケデリック・ダビーなアレンジ。クロスオーヴァー名手AROOP ROYはポジティブなコードでハウスリミックス。2022年にCDのみでリリースされたGWOKAフュージョン「Ti Bedon」(sample3)もフリップに収録した豪華な一枚！ (Akie)

Featuring nine superb, powerhouse acts associated with the Discrepant label, including Sugai Ken, Andrew Pekler, The Dead Mauriacs, Mike Cooper, Francesco Cavaliere & Tomoko Sauvage, and Sculpture.
It opens on a mysterious, science-tinged note with Sugai Ken's "Boundary" (sample 1), whose text about the legendary humanoid whale "Ningen" is recit ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)ed in both English and Japanese. Then comes Andrew Pekler's A2 "Shima No Yume" (sample 2), which weaves underwater and island field recordings into an electronic soundscape that sounds as if heard through the ears of someone swimming beneath the surface; A3 "Différents Aspects D'un Aquapel Eecomposé (edit)" (sample 3) by The Dead Mauriacs, masters of exotic, imaginary collage; and Mike Cooper's B1 "Lamma Island," in which waves breaking against the rocks melt together with daydreaming psychedelic, dreamy guitar for a lustrous, nostalgic tropical reverie. A dreamlike world of aquatic, imaginary tropical ambient exotic futurism unfolds with elegance throughout. Mastered by Rashad Becker. A wonderful gem. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

ブリストルの新たなミュージックコミュニティとして注目を集める〈ACCIDENTAL MEETINGS〉新作に、LA〈NOT NOT FUN〉からも作品を発表している邦人アーティストTOKIO ONOが登場！まさに架空&未来のエキゾチックにも踏み込んだ第四世界とアンビエントダブの交差点。夢見心地テクスチャのシンセシスに遊泳するギターフレーズ、打楽器。民族音楽とデジダブが融和する溶ける音の感触。。マルチ奏者からこそ成せるクロスオーヴァーダブサウンド。そして現代実験ダブワイズの天才SEEKERS INTERNATIONALがリミキサー参加という布陣です。トラックリストからもぜひ！ (Akie)

Produced by Jack Lesmana, the album collects 12 tracks in which elements of Indonesia's traditional keroncong music meet Hawaiian, cha-cha-cha, Latin and oldies sounds, given modern arrangements by a full orchestra.
A labor of love from Lamunai Records, the acclaimed Indonesian label behind the CD reissue of Harry Roesli's 1976 masterpiece "Titi ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)k Api" and the simultaneously released Harry Roesli "Remiks." (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

TELEPHONESがJOGADAの楽曲をリミックスしたことでも注目を集めた、オーガニック/エレクトロニックレーベル〈PÚCA SOUNDS〉新作！中国・広州市拠点の新鋭COLA RENは、彼女独自のタッチが光るスムーズでダビーなステッパーズアレンジをA面で披露。現行トランスシーンのキーマンTORNADO WALLACEはまさかのディープハウス路線、宇宙ドリーミーなシンセシスとハウスビート煌めく一曲に。両者ともに原曲のエキゾサイケなエッセンスを、トライバルやコズミックに転用した見事な感性。 (Akie)

Italian composer PIERO UMILIANI is one of the most essential figures for anyone whose musical adventures range across library music, soundtrack digging and beyond. It's a wonder these first-class works went unreissued for so long, but now they're arriving on vinyl one after another. This one, from 1975, was built around the theme of an invitation t ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)o the islands of Polynesia (Tahiti, Bora Bora and more), weaving in percussion, synthesizers and chorus for a Martin Denny-esque Polynesian exotic, imaginary and elegant delight. Its contemporary percussion-minimal soundworld is thrilling too. A supreme relaxing sound trip that carries you somewhere far away, beyond magical exotic islands. A masterpiece. Be sure to check the tracklist as well. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

エチオジャズからの強い影響、60.70年代ホラー映画サントラやヨーロピアン・ライブラリーミュージック・マナー、当時のエレクトロニック・テクノロジー未来志向を、ヴィンテージ・アナログ愛センスで独自の解釈で伝統的サウンドを融合させて、エキゾチックジャズファンク・サイケデリック唯一無二の音楽世界に仕立て上げるUK現行最高峰グループThe Sorcerers待望新作ニューアルバム！
ドラム、ベース、パーカッション、そして、フルート、バスクラリネット、ヴィブラフォン、アルトサックス、テナーサックス、メロトロン、ウーリッツァーピアノ、ファルフィサ・オルガンを加えた編成によって奏でられる8曲。よりゆったりと自由に怪しく妖艶且つソリッド・タイトに研ぎ澄まされたイマジナリー・エキゾチック、ヒップホップ・ ...Read more (コンピューマ)レアグルーヴ/ブレイクビーツ的センスと実験的レフトフィールド・ダビー・オブスキュア・アフリカ・エチオピアなる未知の領域をスピリチュアル/サイケデリックに探究するバンド・アンサンブルに魅了される。 (コンピューマ)

In December 2023, their debut 7-inch single "Fukidashi" sold out immediately upon release. Last year they played shows overseas as well, and they've been hugely active at festivals and events all over — "Chappo," a band of two young musicians in their early twenties (Oto Fukuhara and Yuta Hosono) who brilliantly digest and elevate the history of th ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)e Kakubarhythm label, blowing a lovely fresh, modern breeze and looking set to become an important presence carrying the future of the Japanese music scene.
Their long-awaited debut, the 1st album "a one & a two," is set for release next month on 4/16, but first came the advance 7-inch single "Sonoato" on Friday 3/21.
Carrying over the mood of the previous "Fukidashi," "Sonoato" features acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, plus striking touches of banjo and glockenspiel, finished with nimble arrangements over pop-yet-avant melodies and rhythms shot through with their own overflowing, original sense of orientalism — somehow nostalgic yet fresh, modern, warm and deeply flavorful. Side B "ATOH" (sample 2), with its New Orleans gumbo second-line groove and wonderfully gritty entwining jazz guitar, is a gem in its own right. The sleeve illustration is an original piece drawn by Ginji Kinashi, inspired by the songs. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)