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artist: MODOKI
title: ‘Atom Sphere'
catalogue # REPOSELP118
format: Vinyl LP (Black)
barcode # 5051142011671
shop release date: May 5th 2023

LP Tracklisting

A1. Sun Steals (5:56)
A2. High Standing Galactic Healing (4:57)
A3. Roll Away Your Shadow (6:16)

B1. Beastronics (5:46)
B2. Neptune Seller (6:48)
B3. Transmigration Of Souls (4:44)

Power Trio featuring Mitsuru Tabata, Japanese underground rock guitarist, vocalist and composer (Zena Geva, Leningrad Blues Machine, Boredoms, 20 Guilders, Acid Mothers Temple), Mike Vest (Blown Out, Bong, Artifacts & Uranium, 11Paranoias, Drunk In Hell) & Dave Sneddon.

Recorded, engineered and mixed Spring 2022 around Newcastle (UK) & Kodaira (Japan).

Power Trio to the Max.

Fluid bass and drums carries the wall of guitar delays from Tabata.
Crushing improvised sonic leads.

Drums engineered by Dave Curle @ First Avenue Studios, Newcastle.
Mixed by Mike Vest.
Mastered By John McBain

Thanks Junzo Suzuki for his influence.
https://weloveyoujunzo.bandcamp.com

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‘…free form one take instrumental rock, total power trio, improvised sonic lead guitars from the mind of Tabata.’

‘…Hints of MC5, Stooges, Funkadelic.’

‘…Blistering oblivion guitars leads from Mitsuru,’

‘…totally unapologetically lo-fi, scuzz fuzz rock, yet textured and nicely balanced under all the chaos and dirt.’

Atom Sphere

Sun Steals

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MODOKI 'Sun Steals' (2023)

Track taken from the new ARTIFACTS & URANIUM WITH MITSURU TABATA album 'Phase IV' released via Riot Season Records (UK/Europe) & Echodelick Records (North America) early 2024

artist: ARTIFACTS & URANIUM WITH MITSURU TABATA
title: ‘Phase IV’
catalogue # REPOSELP126
format: Vinyl LP (Jasmine Yellow)
release date: early 2024

https://riotseason.bigcartel.com
https://riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com

LP Tracklisting

A1. Yatevo
A2. Life In The Air Raid
A3. The Mind Alchemist
B1. Kinetic Flux
B2. My Dark Places
B3. Phase IV

From their own dark and unwholesome corner of the UK’s psychedelic netherworld Artifacts & Uranium have created another monster. 

They’ve now moved up to Phase IV.

This outing sees multi-instrumentalist and sonic explorer Fred Laird (Empty House, Earthling Society) reunite with subsonic maestro Mike Vest (Bong, Drunk In Hell, Mienakunaru, Modoki, Tomoyuki Trio).

Back from the subs bench, their ’Pancosmology’ drummer Nick Raybould returns to the fold. As a bonus, they have pulled in their cosmic counterpart from Japan, Mitsuru Tabata (Zeni Geva, Leningrad Blues Machine, Boredoms, Modoki, 20 Guilders, Green Flames, Acid Mothers Temple). 

This four piece incarnation of Artifacts & Uranium make ’Phase IV’ a potent cocktail of beautifully brutal garage rock and dense swamp punk. 

Cacophonous guitars and radio interference meld with a possessed propulsive rhythm section as baying synths howl at a voodoo moon. 

It’s a malevolent beast. Every home should have one.

Phase IV

Yateveo

ARTIFACTS & URANIUM WITH MITSURU TABATA 'Yateveo' (2023)

Track taken from the artist: MITSURU TABATA / MIKE VEST / NICK RAYBOULD presents ‘Asura Airavata’ album

Released June 27th 2025 via Riot Season (UK/Europe) & Echodelick Records (US)

LP Tracklisting

A1 Acquisitions (4:12)
A2 Remover Of Obstacles (4:17)
A3 Destructional Wisdom (8:38)

B1 Galacta (6:29)
B2 Sustain Of The Vajira (6:41)
B3 Seth's Protection (7:20)

Mitsuru Tabata ~ Mike Vest ~ Nick Raybould
Presents ‘Asura Airavata’

The power of the three!

Airavata represents the celestial elephant, that which carries the Lord Indra, holds the greatest position,  as considered their king and thus symbolises the power to rule. Peace and prosperity are the effects of this established power.

Six Tracks of garage, psych fuzz rock, improvisations and harmonious grooves.

Mitsuru Tabata (Missing Heads, Sadistic Mazo Band, Acid Mothers Temple, Zeni Geva) lays down punk rock hendrixian free form leads, over loose jams and stadium rock arrangements

Created by Mike Vest (Kaliyuga Express, Brain Pills, Artifacts & Uranium, BONG, Drunk In Hell) and Nick Raybould (Thought Bubble, Artifacts & Uranium) who provides his visual representation of the Airavata.

Arranged and mixed by Mike Vest.
Mastered for Vinyl by John McBain (Monster Magnet - Spine Of God)
Mitsuru Tabata - Guitars, Vocals & Synths
Mike Vest - Bass, Guitars & Mix
Nick Raybould - Drums, Art & Design



Asura Airavata

Galacta

MITSURU TABATA / MIKE VEST / NICK RAYBOULD 'Galacta' (2025)

Riot Season is an independent label based in the Black Country region of England.

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