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CATARACT – SAISEI EP
Label : Counter Pulse
Cat Number:  CP154
Release Date:  27 May 2024

Buy : 
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https://counterpulse.bandcamp.com/album/saisei-ep
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https://www.junodownload.com/products/cataract-saisei-ep/6630203-02/
https://www.traxsource.com/title/2277622/saisei-ep

Listen :
https://music.apple.com/pl/album/saisei-single/1747310127
https://open.spotify.com/album/7zncZPzaxsdn1GceWPWfy0?si=SF7HIHmaQx20KKOgJmYyEg

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Saisei EP

Saisei EP (CP 154) [Counter Pulse]

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Premiere: A1 - Hero U.D.A. - Mature Missile [SAIS06]

Release Date : May 2025

SAISEI founder Junki Inoue continues his vital archival work uncovering the riches of Japan’s distinctive electronic music scene and bringing them to new audiences around the world.
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HERO U.D.A. aka Hiroyoshi Udaka is not someone you can easily google, but he’s sure lived a life worth retelling. His story starts back in the late 80s when, inspired by the acid house emanating from the UK — during what was fondly christened the Second Summer of Love — he picked up DJing and made the move from Japan to London. Throughout the 90s he DJed at underground techno institutions like London’s The End, CLUB UK and Silver Fish, as well as at the infamous Tribal Gathering raves, periodically returning to Japan to support techno greats like Colin Dale, Mad Mike, Suburban Knight and D. Wynn on tour.
The tracks on this EP, previously unreleased except for one, were all recorded after Udaka moved back from London to Tokyo, between 2002 and 2005. Yet they sound strikingly modern, drawing on a rich range of sounds that have come back round again two decades later: broken beat, acid jazz, dub and breaks. Deceptively simple grooves are given depth by layers of textures and micro samples, for example the surface noise on ‘On The Way’ that glues together an otherwise sparse skeleton of dubby pads and body popping drums. ‘Mature Missile’, ‘So Good’ and ‘Night Driver’ employ raw broken beat templates with acid accents, whimsical melodies and vocal interjections for a playful mood. ‘Sin City’ takes a darker turn, off-key piano hits and plunging bass adding to the wonkiness. The EP closes with a wiggly vignette, ‘222AM’, reminiscent of early 00s contemporaries like Mouse On Mars. Now these hidden treasures from Udaka’s archive gain a new life on SAISEI.
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SAISEI is a Japanese word which translates to ‘reproduction’ and ‘to play’ (as in playing records). Japanese culture is widely known for its traditional nature just as much as it is for being forward into the future and this label’s concept does justice to exactly that. Having started digging for records as early as 16 years old, Junki Inoue delved into productions from 1990s Japan to uncover these native gems. SAISEI’s core concept is to recapture and reintroduce unique pieces of Japanese electronic music onto vinyl, to an audience it never reached before as most of this music was only released in Japan.

B2_Night Driver_snippet

B1_On The Way_snippet

A1_Mature Missile_snippet

A3_Sin City_snippet

A2_So Good [Acid Funk]snippet

B3_222AM_snippet

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きみとわらってたことひとりおもいだした
なぜかこころがたださわぎつづけていた
あさいあさいゆめからさめてしまえたのに
さらりさらりおちてくなぜかさみしくなる

きみとわらってたことひとりおもいだした
なぜかこころがたださわぎつづけていた
あさいあさいゆめからさめてしまえたのに
さらりさらりおちてくなぜかさみしくなる

ig: @6hanoi

re:generate (w permafrost)

The past is the past, the future is now.

"Cataract" was formed few years ago, focused to gain more experience and find this one 'mean' in electronic music production.
Main prioryty is quality - clear sound.

As before, the second thing is focusing on deep, dark and long ambient sounds giving you goosebumps like also repetitive sequences digging into your head ...
Why 'As before" ?

Because some old chapter has been closed time ago ...
... but I still write the book

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