condition (photos): NM

9 original color photographic prints in plastic envelope.

An ephemera lot documenting the paper-and-print orbit of Koji Tano's MSBR project and of Tano's activity as a noise-scene documentarian. MSBR Records' release strategy was inseparable from its physical-object aesthetic (hand-made fold-out covers on Ultimate Ambience, numbered split 7"s with editions of 30 to 120 copies, custom inserts), and the label's paper output (inserts, flyers, printed catalogues, subscriber correspondence) accumulated into a substantial secondary archive.

Tano also edited the Japanese noise magazine Denshi Zatsuon, effectively a specialist journal for the Japanese and international noise scene, and drew manga alongside his musical practice. Ephemera relating to this side of his work (magazine issues, draft correspondence, printed inserts from MSBR Records releases) forms its own distinct category of collectible, rarely surfacing as a coherent lot on the second-hand market.