Blog, label, dreamer of dreams

Support our latest releases:

◬ Satoshi Kanno "MONOC EP" https://adsrmusic.ca/album/monoc

◬ Segue “Gene Machines” vinyl available via bandcamp
https://adsrmusic.ca/album/gene-machines

//Past Tokyo events:
03/15- Forest bathing crew at Balearic
02/09- Motip White at Bar Cheeky Kichijoji
02/07- Sweet Tea at HALF Shimokitazawa
02/01- Forest Bathing III feat. Motip White at Tengu Sangenjaya
12/22- Brews & Beats at ØL Tokyo
11/09- Limbo at KNOCK Koenji
08/03- Turning Tapes release party at Aoyama Hachi

Currently DJing vinyl and CDs very locally. Used to have a podcast. I've made a few songs with friends over the years. Haven't recorded any audio in ages though. Now just trying to support artists I like.

I'm a musician and home recordist based in Tokyo. I play guitar and drums in the Oversleep Excuse and have done a few other bands, but this is the repository for things I record by myself under the name NewNormal, and theres also a couple of bits from other short lived, ill fated projects. Mostly I use mics and acoustic/electric instruments- guitars, steel pan, kalimbas, tongue drum, piano, organ. Probably would be easier, but I try to avoid software trickery mostly apart from a bit of sampling and drum machine here and there. 


 Hythe was a band I did in Colchester and London circa 1998-2000 with 3 very dear old friends.

Always interested in collaborations and doing recording work for other bands / musicians if you are in Tokyo.

Broken Shoulder is a looping, droning, occasionally noisy one-man band currently based in Tokyo. Please message me through any of the links listed to get in touch about recordings, gigs or anything really. Oh, and you can buy stuff at the Bandcamp, so please have a look. Aside from the releases listed below, I have sessions and tracks for compilations that you can also find on the Bandcamp.

Discography:
Broken Shoulderrr - March 2011 (Self-released CDR with digital on Audio Antihero)
Split (with Fighting Kites) - October 2011 (CD on Audio Antihero)
The Tape Of Disquiet -  March 2012 (Cassette on Tape Your Mouth)
Holloway Exit Music/Fun Juice - April 2012 (Deathbomb Digital Singles Club Year 2)
Sawara - March 2013 (Digital release on bandcamp)
Title Track - June 2013 (Self-released CDR)
300 Bicycle Seats - May 2014(Kirigirisu Recordings CDR)
Biwa - February 2016 (Digital release on bandcamp)
Hashiridase - December 2016(Kirigirisu Recordings CDR)
Les angoisses nocturnes/Hiruma no tachikurami August 2017(Kirigirisu Recordings CDR, split with Baccam / Chayer)
Broken Shoulder / opt out - March 2018 (Moonside Tapes cassette, split with opt out)
Tokyo / Montréal - June 2018 (Jeunesse Cosmique, cassette, spit with B/C/G/C)
Shark Islands: A Broken Shoulder Archipelago - August 2019 (digital rarities compilation on Audio Antihero)
Field Postcards - from Feb 2019 (ongoing field recordings on bandcamp)

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