Music from Japan

Following the wave of critical acclaim for his debut, the prodigious Japanese saxophonist Kosuke Mine cemented his place in the modern jazz world with the release of his 2nd Album, recorded in Tokyo in late 1970 and originally issued on the revered T…

For the better part of the 50s and 60s, Masayuki Takayanagi was among Japan's best-respected jazz guitarists. But it wasn't until his experiments with tabletop guitar led him down the seductive path of sonic experimentation that he became the stuff o…

Tava Tava Records proudly announces the release of “Tokyo Violenta 4: The Golden Age Of Sonny Chiba”, a special black vinyl edition featuring the unforgettable compositions of legendary Japanese composer Watanabe Chumei. Available via leading interna…

Tip! “Chwalfa” (Welsh for “dispersal, rout, upheaval, upset, or a confused or chaotic state”) documents the first return of Incapacitants to the UK since 2016. With the windows boarded up and the subs doubled, two ordinary looking blokes Toshiji Mika…

Jinya Disc presents an essential collection celebrating the multifaceted genius of Masayuki Takayanagi, featuring three pivotal recordings that span different periods and approaches in his revolutionary career. Holy Holly Holly captures Takayanagi's …

In 1980, Fujio Yamaguchi joined Les Rallizes Dénudés for a legendary studio recording session. Now, the fiery intensity of those early sessions will finally be unleashed from the archived tapes!

Tip! Tip! Tip! This work consists of sound and a collection of AI-generated images. The image collection is a compilation of AI-generated images used in a projection at the Merzbow Free Noise concert held on January 6, 2025, at WWW in Shibuya, Tokyo.…

To mark the UN’s International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, sound artist Yoichi Kamimura presents “ryūhyō,” a rich sonic portrait of Japan’s drifting sea ice. Blending underwater and aerial recordings, the album reveals the melting voices and frag…

Rudolf Eb.er’s Psychospirituelle Fermentationsrituale I–IV, via Frei zum Abriss Kollektiv, melds occult sound, psychomagick, and experimental ritualism. Limited 8" lathe cuts and digital release offer collectors unique, transformative audio art.

** 180-gram pressing with a Japanese OBI and a new translation of Haruomi Hosono's original 1975 liner notes. Blue Ocean Vinyl. ** Fifty years after its original release, Haruomi Hosono's Tropical Dandy finally receives its first-ever international r…

The titans of Tokyo harsh noise, Incapacitants, return to tear another hole in the fabric of reality with "Achilles Tendon Rupture", their new full-length assault on Coherent States. This isn't just noise; it's a psychic evisceration, a full-body imm…

Nobody feels the sound fracturing as Masami Akita, nobody understands noise better than Merzbow. This Japanese artist is for more than forty years the maximum exponent of a style that has been catalogued and denominated with perhaps, the most descrip…

CD Edition. The mythology surrounding Les Rallizes Dénudés has always been built on whispers, fragments, and the tantalizing promise of lost recordings waiting to be discovered. Now, Temporal Drift presents one of the most significant archaeological …

*300 copies limited edition* First released in 2012 on Japanese label Youth Inc. as a 10xCD Box and long time sold out. After 13 years this completely re-mastered Super-Merz-Sonik album is finally going to be re-released on OEC! The Merzphysics set f…

*300 copies limited edition* A sporangium (from Ancient Greek sporá 'seed' and angeîon 'vessel') is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular. Virtually all plants, fungi, and many other grou…

*199 copies limited edition* Aka Meme by Merzbow was first released on Music-Cassette in 1983 on Masami'a own label ZSF Produkt and on V2 Uitgave (a Sub-label of V2 Organisation). Tape was later re-released in other two editions but is long time sold…

Susumu Yokota’s 1994 ‘Acid Mt. Fuji’ is reissued for its label’s 30th anniversary. The album blends ambient acid, techno, and Japanese mysticism, inspired by Hokusai’s ‘Red Fuji’, pioneering Japan’s rave scene and Yokota’s global influence.

**Photo Book: 210×150 mm, 108 pages, hardcover with exposed spine binding, gold-foil letterpress, full colour on premium matt paper** In the final month of 2024, Meitei arrived in Beppu, a city long steeped in vapor, myth, and mineral memory. Invited…

**180g vinyl, 12″ sleeve with capped obi, 12pp booklet, gold-foil letterpress, offset printed, full colour on premium matt paper** In the final month of 2024, Meitei arrived in Beppu, a city long steeped in vapor, myth, and mineral memory. Invited to…

Skintone Edition Vol.1 begins the remastered reissue of 14 essential Susumu Yokota albums from his Skintone label (1998–2012), released individually and in two box sets over 18 months, celebrating Yokota’s innovative legacy in ambient and electronic …