★Mawaru Recordings
Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun vol. 2
On Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun vol. 2, various Japanese artists push deeper into the margins of 80s New Wave, blending Kraut‑tinted repetition, minimal synth, and glass‑fragile chamber pop into a set of tracks that feel like dispatches from a parallel underground.
Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun vol. 1
On Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun vol. 1, various Japanese artists are rescued from flexi‑disc oblivion, weaving a sharp, off‑kilter panorama of New Wave, No Wave and skeletal electronics from the most radical corners of Japan’s underground.
Romancing The Music
On Romancing The Music, Hip-See-Kid reanimates Japanese New Wave as a jittery, neon‑lit fever dream: punk‑funk basslines, soul‑scarred melodies and splashy jazz inflections squeezed into a compact mini‑LP that feels like a lost 80s club classic beamed into the present.