A remastered edition of the originally released album from 2006. In this new exploration of the original works, the trip-hop and dub colours of the previous two albums have receded. The new direction is a combination of pop, experimentation and floating ethereal sensations heartening back to early electronica, post-rock, krautrock, jazz and house. The remastering process was carried out by the original album engineer, Shinya Oumi along with Nerve. Pegasus flying in the sky, Velowitch playing tricks and mannequins dancing… Ten stories from Velo-City.

"This is the music that I can be extremely relaxed to.
It might be pop, but by arranging it can be danceable.
I want them to make more music. I think they are a unit with a bright future." - the obi-comment by Ryuichi Sakamoto (2006)

releases : July 30, 2021

All songs written by san & nerve
Produced by antennasia

Mixed by Nerve
Remastered by Shinya Oumi & Nerve

Cover photo by san
Designed by Coa Graphics

23 Bluebird St., Velo-City (Remastered)

antennasia / Hazy Pink EP
(Double Life Records / DLCA-010)

Release : Sept 10, 2021
Format : Digital 
Stores : Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music and other many platforms.

Tracklist:
01. Version Train
02. Hazy Pink
03. Looking Through a Microscope
04. Turquoise Blue
05. Helter Wheel

written & produced by antennasia

Pre-order on Bandcamp https://antennasia.bandcamp.com/album/hazy-pink
Pre-save on Spofity https://show.co/Lx81PC8

A synth-pop style follow-up to their previous "Papier-Mâché EP” (2020). It was produced in the spring and early summer of 2021, and each song is about a "sci-fi reality".

This EP shows the essence of antennasia's music, which has elements of new wave, synth-pop, dub, etc., but doesn't belong to any of them. It can be listened to as one album together with "Papier-Mâché".

Also, san's vocals, sometimes as an emotional lead instrument, sometimes as part of the arrangement, contribute to broadening the world view of each piece more than ever.

“Hazy Pink” contains five tracks; a new-wave gospel "Version Train," the pop-electro "Hazy Pink" with its guitar arpeggios sounding like spring sunshine, a ‘weird and charming’ psyche-funk "Looking Through a Microscope, chilly “Turquoise Blue" with echoes of Krautrock, and "Helter Wheel”, a slow tech-funk that takes you to an unsettled carnival.

Hazy Pink EP - digest

Originally released in 2005, antennasia’s 2nd album “Cinemice” has been remastered and reissued. The title is a combination of the words "cinema" and "mice", meaning a mouse watching films in an old cinema theatre, chomping on food that has fallen to the floor. This album is a collection of 14 short films that are shown there.
his is the human world as seen by the rats and words don't mean much here. What we have here are fragmentary images of fourteen stories, the rest of which is left to the imagination of the listener. In this slow-moving collection of short stories, antennasia invites the listener to participate in the form of imagination.

2005年の2ndアルバムがリマスターで再発。
タイトルはcinema(映画)とmice(ネズミ)を組み合わせた造語。古びた映画館で床に落ちた食べ物を齧りながら映画を見るネズミを意味している。このアルバムは、そこで上映されている14の短編映画集である。
ネズミたちが鑑賞する人間の世界。そこでは言葉はあまり意味を持たない。ここにあるのは、物語の断片的なイメージであり、残りはリスナーの想像力に委ねられている。このゆったりとした時間の流れる短編集に於いて、antennasiaは想像するという形で、リスナーに作品への参加を呼びかけている。

Releases: Dec 24, 2021

All songs written by san & nerve
Performed by antennasia
Saxophone on “Sofa” by Yuji Monma

Produced by antennasia
Mixed and mastered by Nerve

Cover photo by san, designed by antennasia & Osamu Otomo

Cinemice [Remastered 2021] Digest

The digest of "Qus-cus" (2010) album
[MRR0004/MORI RECORDS]

01. You Draw, I Swim [feat. Hybrid Leisureland & Yass]
02. Metronome Wiper
03. Female River (”On Your Radio” version)
04. noanoa
05. Last Birds (CTANKEP)
06. Goats in a Blue Sky
07. Gynoid
08. The Cat in the Mirror
09. Passion Show
10. Stareater

antennasia "Qus-Cus" preview

From the album 'Channel Low' out on 18 July, 2025
https://antennasia.bandcamp.com/album/channel-low

written & produced by san & Nerve

(c)&(p) 2025 Double Life Records. All rights reserved.

Time Eaters

Cell-Fish

antennasia / Alter-Egoist

Released by: Double Life Records
Catalogue number: DLCA-0006
Release date: 2 November 2017

01. Cube (03:59)
02. 134340 (05:05)
03. -2000°c (06:36)
04. Pandora (03:17)
05. Crimson Soda (07:19)
06. Golden Gate Switch (05:40)
07. Endless Precious Bad Beat (05:44)
08. G.E.D.F. (n.t.g.) (09:34)
09. oo0oo (05:24)
10. Jam S. Pendelton (13:06)

"Alter-Egoist" is a bold and adventurous album by antennasia, electronica/dub/bass music group from Japan. The gigantic “moray-eel in the universe” appeared on the cover art (designed by La Mano Fria - a key person of vaporwave) should catch your eyes first. 
Unlike their former albums, vocalist “san” has composed, arranged and programmed most songs.  Each track reflects her imagination which is free, wild and borders on sacred spirituality. In these works there exists contrasting elements such as chaos/cosmos, stillness/motion, light/darkness, experimental/pop with sprinkled sounds - layered vocals, electric noises, fragments of various languages or folk instruments in the album.
You will not be disappointed if you are a long-time antennasia fan.  But this time, you’ll find it more close to the bass music. The album includes a dub symphony "Crimson Soda", playful "134340" about the demotion of Pluto from “planet” status, a serene ambient "Pandora", an industrial electronic track "-2000 Degrees Centigrade", a theatrical suite "Jam S. Pendelton", reconstructed broken-step "Golden Gate Switch", "oo0oo" that floats between orderliness and confusion, "Endless Precious Bad Beat" ambient trip with a nervously twisted beat, "Cube" a new style of antennasian dub, "G.E.D.F. (n.t.g.)" an updated version of the title track of the EP released from Mezé Music in Detroit. "Alter-Egoist" is a new chapter of antennasia. Have a trip to a micro cosmos led by a galaxy moray-eel.

antennasia 4年ぶりとなるアルバム"Alter-Egoist"。まず、宇宙空間に浮かぶ巨大なウツボに目を引かれるだろう。現在のヴェイパー ウェーヴ界の重要人物であるLa Mano Friaが手がけたこのアートワークは未知への入り口であり、このアルバムを見事に視覚化して いる。"Alter-Egoist"では、ほとんどの曲のコンポジション/トラック・メイキングを、ヴォーカルのsanが手がけており、その奔放な イマジネーションが音響化したような、電子音、民俗楽器、様々な言語などが飛び出す、カオスとポップネス、静と動、光と闇といっ た相反する対局の要素/イメージが(アルバムとしても、曲単位でも)同居する作品となっている。前作までantennasiaの音楽にあっ た要素も保ちつつ、よりベース・ミュージックの比重が増しており、また、殆どの曲で、場面が不可逆的に変化し続ける構造が見られ る。ダブ・シンフォニー"Crimson Soda"、冥王星の惑星からの降格に材を取ったポップな"134340"、静謐なアンビエント・トラック "Pandora"、違和感協調性浮遊トリップ"oo0oo"、インダストリアル・エレクトロ"-2000°c"、シアトリカルな組曲"Jam S. Pendelton"、再構築ブロークン・ステップGolden Gate Switch"、ノリノリ不安ビート"Endless Precioud Bad Beat"、変形アスト ラガリプリシジョンビート"Cube"、デトロイトのMezéよりリリースされたEP収録曲のアップデート・ヴァージョン"G.E.D.F. (n.t.g.)"を収録。"Alter-Egoist"はantennasiaのニュー・チャプター。ウツボの背に乗って、小宇宙を巡るトリップへ。

[ Alter-Egoist - digital ]
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[ Alter-Egoist - CD ]
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Alter-Egoist Preview

antennasia / Phased (2018 Remastered)

Released by: Double Life Records
 Catalogue number: DLRA-0001
 Release date: 27 August 2018

Reissue of an early album of antennasia. Originally released in 2002 & remastered in 2018 by Ken'ichi Itoi (shrine.jp).

[tracks]
01. Intro (01:23)
02. Emotion (05:12)
03. Mamma, Mamma (05:01)
04. Interlude (00:57)
05. Urban Lullaby (04:40)
06. Frozen(05:06)
07. Interlude#2 (00:51)
08. Inside or Outside (04:43)
09. Fat Noise Gospel (05:31)
10. Morning Cafe (05:21)
11. Kimono (06:56)

all songs written by san & nerve
except "Frozen" by san, Nerve & Peter Gabriel

Electric guitars on M2 & M10 by Mitsuru Uchida
Voice samples on M8 & M10 by Christopher Arnold
Drum loop & voice sample on M4 used by courtesy of DJ Marz
Samples on M3 & M5 used by courtesy of Jazzland rec. Norway
Drum loops on M5, M6 & M8 used by courtesy of Paul Nice

Remastered by Ken'ichi Itoi (shrine.jp)

will be available soon on
iTunes、Amazon Music、OTOTOY、Deezer、Spotify etc.

Phased (2018 remastered) preview

antennasia "Error Code : SFRN"

https://lnkfi.re/PcYUrwBH

DLCA0007 / Double Life Records
Release date:  12th December, 2019

01. Sounds like Sunshine (06:12) 
02. Tapping on my Skin [album mix](04:18) 
03. Beyond the Dust [album mix] (05:34)
04. Dedicated to Saffron (04:13) 
05. Hate or Love (04:16)
06. Dirt in Blue (03:29)
07. Kaleidoscope in the Dark (06:04) 
08. Because It's Invisible (05:04)
09. Carried Away by the Noise (08:25)

all songs written by antennasia

vocals by san /  tracks by nerve & san
mixed and mastered by Nerve
produced by antennasia

the cover photos by Mathieu Moindron ( www.mathieumoindron.com )
art direction by Ryotatsu Harima of BB GRAPHICS ( www.bbgraphics.tv )
hair & make-up by Reina Yasuda
english adviser : Christopher Arnold ( www.rhythmatism.com )

Error Code : SFRN - preview

antennasia "Papier-Mâché"
(DLCA0008 / Double Life Records)

Release date: 23 July, 2020
download - iTunes, OTOTOY, Bandcamp etc.
streaming - Apple music, Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music etc.

https://fanlink.to/dyex

https://antennasia.bandcamp.com/album/papier-ma-che

Tracks:
01. Papier-Mâché
02. Goodbye to the World
03. CR-61
04. Wandering Wondering
05. The Feedback Noise

all songs written by antennasia

vocals by san / tracks by nerve & san
mixed and mastered by Nerve
produced by antennasia

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コロナの影響でstay homeしている時期に制作された作品をまとめたミニ・アルバム。
80年代のシンセポップからの影響とantennasiaの音楽性が融合したレトロで近未来的な5曲を収録。
人の世の脆さや儚さをテーマにしながらも、ポップで、ダークで、ほんの少しアヴァンギャルドなantennasiaの新たな通過点。

This 5 track EP is a compilation of work composed/produced during the period when they had to “stay home” in Spring 2020. This is a retro and also futuristic album that combines 80's synth-pop influences and antennasia’s musicality.
A new transit point for antennasia, which is pop, dark and a little bit avant-garde, while addressing the fragility of the human world.

Papier-Mâché (album digest)

Founded in 1999 by vocalist “san” and trackmaker “nerve.”  Blending elements/ influences from such inspirations as electronica, dub, jazz, trad etc. from their early days. After songs from the CD-R albums made no.1 in internet music charts in Japan, antennasia released their formal 1st album "Phased" from their label Double Life Records in 2002. Their sophisticated dub/club oriented sound caught interest of promoters in Europe where they toured in Belgium and Holland. 2nd album "Cinemice," characterized by the mixture of deep dub sounds and indistinct elements of jazz, was released in 2005. On the subsequent tour, antennasia supported Lemongrass from Germany, it brought them the opportunity for their songs and albums to appear on the Lemongrassmusic catalog. After "Cinemice," antennasia delved deeper into electronica. Their new songs were played on Ryuichi Sakamoto's radio show and drew attention of electronica/pop music listeners of Japan. Sakamoto made a comment for their 2006 album "23 Bluebird Street, Velo-City." DJ3000, Embee, D-Fried, Team Doyobi, Rob Smith etc. provided remixes for "Velo-city Remixed" album, which was released in Europe and Japan. In 2010, antennasia released "Qus-cus," a calm and introspective album constructed by a collage/cut-up method. Following "Re : Qus-cus" included remixes by D-Fried, Toshiyuki Yasuda etc. The next album "Howling" (2013), which is recognized as one of their highest masterpieces, showed a harsh and heavy side of antennasia still sprinkled with delicate feelings and sadness. The album was influenced by the tragedies of the 2011 Tohoku earthquakes, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster in the Sendai region, where they are based. Through "Dragonfly EP" and "Dragonfly Remixes" 2013 from Mezé in Detroit, antennasia completed their new album. The vocalist, san, takes the initiative this time composing, programming and producing most of the songs in the 2017 album "Alter-Egoist." In 2019, the 20th anniversary year of antennasia's forming, they completed the album titled "Error-Code : SFRN". In 2020 and 2021, they released two EP’s "Papier-Mâché" and “Hazy Pink” which show deeper influences from synth-pop of 80s. The long-awaited album "Warped Lucky" is released in July 2023 from Tabula Rasa Records in San Francisco and Double Life Records.
 

1999年、san(vo)とNerve(track)により結成。エレクトロニカ、ダブ、ポップなど様々な要素を内包した音楽性を展開。アルバム”Phased”(2002)がきっかけとなり欧州ツアーを行う。2005年、”Cinemice”発表。同年より坂本龍一氏の番組「RADIO SAKAMOTO」で楽曲が紹介され注目を集める。アルバム“23 Bluebird Street, Velo-City”(2006)には同氏がコメントを寄せている。2008年、Rob Smith、DJ3000、Embee (Looptroop Rockers)、D-Friedなどが参加したリミックス・アルバムを発表。メディアアート、ダンスなど、様々なフィールドのアーティストとのコラボレーションも行っている。2010年、アルバム”Qus-cus”をリリース。コンピレーション「ARTIST ACTION」(2011)、「坂本龍一トリビュート」 (2012)などにも参加。以降も、リミックスEP "Re : Qus-cus”(2012年)、”Howling”(2013年)、デトロイトのDJ3000が主催するレーベル Mezéからの”Dragonfly EP”(2013年)、”Alter-Egoist”(2017年)と、コンスタントに作品をリリース。2019年発表の”Error Code : SFRN”は9作目のオリジナル・アルバムとなる。
2020年、2021年にはstay homeの時期に制作された楽曲を収録した、80年代のシンセポップからの影響をより感じさせる『Papier-Mâché』『Hazy Pink』の2枚のEPをリリース。2023年7月、待望のニューアルバム""Warped Lucky"をサンフランシスコの新進レーベル、Tabula Rasa RecordsとDouble Life Recordsの共同でリリース。

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