2020

Shushu -Temperatures Drop But Emotions Not [MIX 07]

how to spring

From the album Stray Fantasies available January 31, 2020 on Western Vinyl.

Pre-order / Stream: http://hyperurl.co/2f98x8

Stray Fantasies

Mint Julep - "Stray Fantasies"

‘From the Sauna to the Mizuburo
Ecstasy only for those who endure it.‘

Taken from Ill Japonia’s eponymous EP ‘Ill’, Sauna Mizuburo’ dives head first into an ice-cold plunge pool. Frozen synths, crushed snares & Ill Japonia’s piercing screams populate an aural landscape that mutates through (t)rap, shoegaze & metal. Sung in English, Japanese and his own self-invented language, ‘Sauna Mizuburo’ is the sound of artist crystallising their identity right in front of you.

‘Ill’ is the the stargazing debut EP from Ill Japonia. Drawing from a decade of influences being a ringleader of psychedelic acid rock weirdos Bo Ningen, ‘Ill’ is vulnerability and introspection; screamed to the world with pride. Tracing a line between the swagger of The Blue Hearts, the ecstasy of Babymetal and the vivacity of Shibuya’s 2020 rap scene, Ill Japonia places a marker in the sand for all challengers.

This is the first release from Eastern Margins, a platform for sounds from the margins of East & South-East Asia and its diaspora. Rooted in physical community, Eastern Margins is a portal into a new world of unheard voices.

All songs written, produced & recorded by Ill Japonia
Mastered by ENA
Creative Direction: Xiao Wei-Lu & Adjorka
Photography: Adjorka
Typography: bod [包家巷]
Design: Anthony Ko
Video: Zhudi Zhu

Eastern Margins is Anthony Ko, David Zhou, Jex Wang, Patrick Wu, Stefan Nigam & Zhudi Zhu.

Ill Japonia - Sauna Mizuburo

Ich Will Nach Berlin

God Room

From the album Stray Fantasies available January 31, 2020 on Western Vinyl.

Order / Stream: https://mintjulep.bandcamp.com/album/stray-fantasies
hyperurl.co/2f98x8

Mixed by Yuuki Matthews | Mastered by Carl Saff | Mint Julep is Keith and Hollie Kenniff

LYRICS:
Sirens sound in a sea of debris
The land heaves, the dust rises
and hearts break

I don't mind it, I don't mind it
on my own
I don't mind it, I don't mind it
on my own

Take what you need and escape
The frames collapse and leave a vacant space
That I can't fill with anything

At the end with the fire and the fate
Can't keep up, we're vanishing
And the dark drowns out the night

I don't mind it, I don't mind it
on my own
I don't mind it, I don't mind it
on my own

2020

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