Morio Agata

Moriuo Agata's “Submarine” and ‘Airplane’ from the 1980 landmark masterpiece and globally significant work “Illustrated Guide to Vehicles” are released as a single! Side A features the Joy Division-esque classic “Submarine,” while Side B is “Airplane,” which uses a collage of Inagaki Ashihō's actual voice as its intro. Released as a single for the first time in its 42nd year.

50 years ago, Hokkaido-born singer-songwriter Morio Agata released his debut single, Sekishoku Ereji (Red Elegy), an emotive, shuffling piano ballad that (shockingly) sold half a million copies in Japan. While he would never have another Top-40 hit, Agata would spend the next half century issuing a series of idiosyncratic, experimental pop albums. Today, he’s a beloved cult figure, still actively touring and recording in his seventies. In his first decade as a recording artist, Agata released a …