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Various Artists: Polyphonic Cosmos: A Beginners Guide To Japan In The 80s (1981 - 86)

Compiled by JD Twitch • Cease & Desist / C&D002

Side 1

1 World Standard - ばら二曲 Baranikyoku (Fellini&Rota) - 3.34 (1985)
2 Masumi Hara - Your Dream - 2.45 (1984)
3 Normal Brain - M.U.S.I.C. - 4.16  (1981)
4 Hiroyuki Namba - Who Done It? (part 2) - 4.04 (1983)

Side 2

1 Yasuaki Shimizu - Crow - 4.46 (1981)
2 Hiroyuki Namba - Tropical Exposition - 3.29 (1982)
3 Imitation - Exotic Dance - 6.02 (1982)
4 Pecker - Sha La La - 3.21 (1983)

Side 3

1 EP-4 - dB - 5.12 (1984)
2 Earthling - You Go Natural - 4.27 (1981)
3 Masumi Hara - Camera - 5.22  (1982)

Side 4

1 Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Rinne Kohkyogaku Meikei - 5.06 (1986)
2 D - Day - Ki Ra-I - 4.16 (1986)
3 Ryuichi Sakamoto - A Wongga Dance Song - 6.18 (1985)

Ever since he made his first trip to Japan to DJ, Optimo Music founder JD Twitch has been bewitched by Japanese music, and particularly the vibrant, imaginative, and often far-sighted sounds which emerged from the island nation during the 1980s. Now he’s put years of digging in Japanese record shops to good use on Polyphonic Cosmos, the latest release on his compilation-focused Cease & Desist imprint.

Subtitled ‘A Beginners Guide to Japan In The ‘80s’, the collection offers a personal selection of Japanese gems recorded and released between 1981 and ’86 – a period when advances in recording and musical technology offered the nation’s artists and producers a whole new tool kit to employ. When combined with the unique musical culture of Japan, where local traditions are frequently fused with Western styles to create timeless, off-kilter aural fusions, this embrace of locally pioneered music technology had spectacular, often unusual results.

Eight years in the making, Polyphonic Cosmos provides an endlessly entertaining musical snapshot of Japanese music of the early-to-mid ‘80s with all of the open-minded eclecticism and sonic twists that you would expect from the Glasgow-based DJ.

Compare and contrast, for example, the gently breezy, morning-fresh folk-plus-electronics bliss of ‘ばら二曲 Baranikyoku (Fellini&Rota)’ by World Standard – the most familiar alias of long-serving musician/producer Sohichiro Suzuki – and the hallucinatory, slow-motion tribal rhythms, post-punk rhythms and tape delay-laden electronics of Imitation’s ‘Exotic Dance’. Or, for that matter, the tipsy mid-‘80s electronic reggae of Pecker’s ‘Sha La La’, the grungy but melodic post-punk strut of ‘You Go On Natural’ by Earthling (a track Twitch accurately describes as “sheer unrelenting groove”), and the unearthly, swirling sonics, new age instrumentation and flotation tank vocals of prolific (and seemingly mysterious) act Geinoh Yamashirogumi’s ‘Rimme Kohkyogaku Meiki’.

It’s a credit to JD Twitch’s curatorial skills that the quality never dips, and sonic surprises lurk around every corner. Consider for a moment the hard to describe, far-sighted audio immersion of D-Day’s ‘Ki-Ra’ – all languid post-pop guitar, enveloping chords, spoken word vocals, shuffling 808 beats and marimba melodies – and the two contributions from video games soundtrack specialist (and driving instrumental synth-pop specialist) Hiroyuki Namba.

The collection naturally includes some selections that have long been favourites in Twitch’s DJ sets – see Masumi Hara’s ‘Your Dream’ – as well as a handful of tracks from artists who may be more recognisable to those with only rudimentary knowledge of Japanese musical culture. The great Yasuaki Shimizu, whose work as Mariah has become far better known in recent years thanks to reissues of some of his most magical albums, is represented via ‘The Crow’, a picturesque chunk of horizontal, hard-to-define jazz-not-jazz smokiness, while the collection fittingly concludes with a sublimely funky, oddball electronic workout from Yellow Magic Orchestra legend Ryuichi Sakamoto (the frankly incredible ‘Wongga Dance Song’).

Cease & Desist 002 - Various: Polyphonic Cosmos: Sonic Innovations In Japan (1980 - 86) OUT NOW!

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Being on the sidelines, seeing things from the outside, feeling like a freak, that strange feeling of being but not belonging.

This is the new collaboration between A-Tweed & John Parsley 'Out Of Hype'. A statement of sound principles far from the noise of massiveness.

2 original songs full of originality added to the reinterpretation in acid cumbia mode by the French Kubebe and the break-latin remix by the Colombian Hermetics.

An Ep to taste from start to finish away from popular prejudices.

Tracklist: 

1 A-Tweed & John Parsley - Pepsycoola (Original Mix)
2 A-Tweed & John Parsley - Hitachi (Original Mix)
3 A-Tweed & John Parsley - Pepsycoola (Kubebe Remix)
4 A-Tweed & John Parsley - Hitachi (Hermetics Remix)

PREMIERE: A-Tweed & John Parsley - Hitachi [Playground Records]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/houschyar
Track: Pas Pour Moi
Label: https://soundcloud.com/stereogramme
Format: Cassette, Digital VA
Release date: 07/6/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/mIOyeQ-UZ8w

"Stéréogramme returns with the second opus of his “Interactive Pictures” series. Walking the same road as last year, paved with new age, freak folk and leftfield
synths, the Paris-based label also ventures to new paths like minimalism, no wave and vocal experimentations.
Once again divided in two musical panoramas, this 11-track tape will definitely bring back your happy childhood memories to the surface. First, take a nap with the soothing lullabies of Héron Cendré, Peter Graf York, Les Echos Primitifs, Lamina & Bravo Tounky, only to be interrupted by Ronan Riou’s feverish contribution. Then, hear the spooky, harebrained stories of Aymeric de Tapol, Leoni Leoni, Houschyar, Geier aus Stahl, Zad Kokar and Firmaet Forvoksen. In short, another marvelous line-up gathered by head-honcho Rako, who made its specialty of unearthing spontaneous yet skillful compositions.
So, stay on the lookout until July 7, 2023 and entertain your inner-child’s fertile imagination via “Interactive Pictures Vol. 2” and its limited-batch of 75 cassettes grouped in 6 artwork versions designed by Structure Bâtons."

Artwork & Design: Structure Bâtons
Mastering: Michael Francey
Words : Loïs Markarian
A&R : Rako

PREMIERE | Houschyar - Pas Pour Moi [Stéréogramme] 2023

Lurking beneath the bridges, this was said to be a creature that was never seen by daylight. Perhaps that was because few feared to visit the trenches to find out what mischief it had been causing down there as of late... It was rumoured to live alongside the river which flowed through the old park and the old parts of the city which had become overgrown but for the occasional wanderer looking for something lost.

It was called the Chuffalump, a magical creature who was said to escort people into the outer reaches of the night and lead them in a merry dance of witchy mystery. Some sought to find it and become friends, others feared that it might warp their tiny minds leaving them but a mere semblance of their former selves...

Pigeon Steve is a familiar face amidst the underground music community in Glasgow. This is the first outing on a newly launched record label called Future State and the record has been described as a 'certified trip'. We certify the claim and reckon this one will certainly do well in the small uncertain hours of the morning.

PREMIERE: Pigeon Steve - Chuffalump [Future State]

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Periodica Records dives into the heart of the Napoli underground with a scorching two track single from Danger Boys called ‘Danger Zone’, which sees Milord and Whodamanny paying tribute to the their cult party of the same name, which was hosted at the Boudoir Club. In the title track, perilous premonitions of tribal disco intertwine with shadowy strains of post-punk, as propulsive beats pound beneath heady fuzz licks, ringing harmonics, and sheets of solar distortion. Basslines cut the difference between frenetic funk and cosmic rock, galactic winds carry sparkles of deep space detritus, and above it all, a high priest chants in ecstasy, with his mystical musings, echoing affirmations, and messages of defiance pulling the body deeper into the dance. Then in “Haunted Zone,” the Danger Boys slow it down and stretch everything out, while giving further space to computronic sequences, laser-generated birdsong, and weirdo whooshes of interstellar noise. Low-slung drums smack through cavernous reverb, cymbals tick nervously, and the bass reduces to a minimalistic dub throb as guitars converse with alien electronics, sometimes slashing the air with red hot riffs and acid rock leads, other times reducing to a psychedelic slop of scrapes and slides. And here, the vocals are even more dynamic, moving between druidic disco incantations and zany flourishes of outsider pop.

PRD1019 • Danger Boys - "Danger Zone"

Like a shadowplay for endtimes.

Tamburi Neri, a duo from Milan, joins Worst Records' strange catalogue with their debut LP. Soberly named « Ombre », it's an organic entity filled with worry. If we discover again with pleasure their signature scarce and elegant style which drew the tension of their first releases, everything here is sewn as a delicate echo chamber. Hiroko's voice responds to a relentless male spoken word, with invocations sometimes vaporous and sometimes lyrical. It's a poetic canvas suspended over the void and balanced by hypnotic rythms on one side and synthetic avant-garde minimalism on the other.
This eighth pannel of Worst's catalogue sets itself as a contemporanean piece far away from genre identifications and beautifully possessed in equal freshness and enlightening maturity.

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Comme un clair-obscur pour temps morts.

Tamburi Neri, duo milanais, rejoint le drôle de catalogue de Worst Records avec rien moins que leur premier LP. Le sobrement nommé « Ombre » est un objet aussi organique que pétri d'inquiétude. Si l'on retrouve ici leur style parfois minimaliste et décharné à l'élégance toute arty qui faisait le ferment de leurs premiers disques, c'est une chambre d'écho à l'incroyable finesse qu'ils déploient ici. Au spoken word tissant le canevas des tableaux de chaque track répond la voix de Hiroko, tantôt invocatrice tantôt fantomatique ou bien lyrique. Une trame poétique toujours portée par un équilibre ténu entre rythmes hypnotiques et minimalisme synthétique aux accents d'avant-garde des temps passés. Ce huitième volet du catalogue de Worst se pose ainsi comme une pièce contemporaine inclassable et habitée, dont la fraîcheur n'a décidément d'égale que la maturité lumineuse. 

A1 - Le Porte d'Incanto
A2 - Giochi d'Ombre
B1 - Ama
B2 - Sono Perfetto
C1 - Il Buio
C2 - Barritono
D1 - This is the End
D2 - Le Labbra

Recorded and mixed at Prisma Sonoro Studio in Milano
Mastered at Enisslab by Neel
Artwork by Lena Macka
Words by Alexandre Aelov

WORST008 - Tamburi Neri & Hiroko - Ombre (previews)

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