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JAMOOOL
Oct 18, 2004

:qq: I LOVE TWO AND HALF MEN!! YOU 20 SOMETHINGS ARE JUST TOO CYNICAL TO UNDERSTAND IT!!:qq:
speaking of, if you don't have Fumiya's solo album "Beats for Daddy", definitely pick it up, it's a lot of fun

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B33rChiller
Aug 18, 2011




You guys tease me with mention of J-Thrash, and then no links? I'd love some new thrash to listen to. The only thing I know of, that's related is I heard Marty Friedman bailed out of the US for Japan, and supposedly continues to shred.
I'm digging the power metal, but I can only take so much keyboard.

Also, thanks for all the rest of the recommendations. I'm always up for new stuff. (The only group mentioned here I've even heard of before is Melt Banana, which I do enjoy.)

Optimum Gulps
Oct 6, 2003

You wanna save this place, right? And I want to destroy it. Brick by hypocritical brick.

B33rChiller posted:

You guys tease me with mention of J-Thrash, and then no links?

Terror Squad are the only Japanese thrash band I'm aware of (though of course there are others), and they're pretty solid. This is from 2006, but they've been around since '92.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-MBK2Y4OCA

Toe Rag
Aug 29, 2005

Not really thrash, but certainly more interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIWHp0nMaY4

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

B33rChiller posted:

You guys tease me with mention of J-Thrash, and then no links? I'd love some new thrash to listen to. The only thing I know of, that's related is I heard Marty Friedman bailed out of the US for Japan, and supposedly continues to shred.
I'm digging the power metal, but I can only take so much keyboard.
Japan had a big thrash scene in the 80s and early 90s and a lot of those bands are still around or the people in them started other bands.

Sabbat(not to be confused with the British thrash band also called Sabbat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6wHSF72VY

Casbah(listen to this if u only listen to one of these, there's a compilation of all their demos that rules)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVUPqqlDy6Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t2g1Rq-ko4

Abigail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W94IhuR2DuY

Barbatos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwRVipEMf4

Jurassic Jade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18v5ov47ob0

Deathblow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kneGRG6VMHU

there were a couple of thrash/speed bands in the 80s that used nazi imagery for shock value, here's one called Rommel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix8hcTfiEDg

here's a cool all girl band that only released demos, Xenolith Oger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrT8Tg75FtM

Gamma Nerd
May 14, 2012

B33rChiller posted:

You guys tease me with mention of J-Thrash, and then no links? I'd love some new thrash to listen to. The only thing I know of, that's related is I heard Marty Friedman bailed out of the US for Japan, and supposedly continues to shred.
I'm digging the power metal, but I can only take so much keyboard.

Also, thanks for all the rest of the recommendations. I'm always up for new stuff. (The only group mentioned here I've even heard of before is Melt Banana, which I do enjoy.)

Oh, sorry. AHH gave a pretty good list (Barbatos are loving awesome and "ROCKING METAL MOTHERFUCKER" may be the best album title of all time) but I'd like to add a few:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAr1K0b3ec - very prolific band, haven't explored them much but they're interesting and have some amazing solos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ij5_JzdI7M - pretty traditional 80s thrash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-HG3bxVV2A - more brutal death/thrash, really intense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-It0jibq3DU - power/thrash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyBXJJ4rqT4 - underrated thrash that's sort of like early Maiden

I'd also link the fantastic band DOOM (very similar to Voivod and Thought Industry) but they don't have anything on YouTube - do check their albums Complicated Mind and No More Pain, though. They also have a reunion album coming out on March 2nd, called Still Can't The Dead, and I'm sort of excited for it even though reunion albums generally suck.

B33rChiller
Aug 18, 2011




gently caress yeah! That's what I'm talking about.
Thanks folks

Gamma Nerd
May 14, 2012
Anyways, bringing up Sabbat is a pretty good excuse for me to write a post on the extreme metal scenes in Japan. (I'll save hardcore-derived genres for a later post, since between Japanese Hardcore, grind, noise rock, metalcore, and the like there's a lot to cover.)

My knowledge of early death and black metal is pretty spotty compared to more recent stuff, and the Japanese scene is no exception. The first death metal band I'm aware of is probably Necrophile, who sounded a good bit like some other 80s DM bands like Necrovore - lo-fi, thrashy, filthy. Members went onto bands like Transgressor (who later became the Autopsy-inspired Anatomia), Hellchild, and my personal favorite of the early scene, Multiplex - a band that Jon Chang of Discordance Axis cited as a major influence. Another really early and underappreciated group is Eroded, who like most other early Japanese acts maintained a moderate tempo with occasional crushing slow sections. And with Japan's love of all things doomy and sludgy, it's no surprise that some of the more well-known Japanese death metal acts play at the glacial tempos of Coffins or the more obscure Grudge.

But back to Transgressor - Two early members of that band split off to create one of the other vital acts in Japanese metal history, Vomit Remnants. Playing exceedingly low-fi, simplistic brutal death metal with an incredibly obvious drum machine, they represent the start of the brutal death scene in the country in earnest (though not really the first band you could associate with the style, since Maggoty Corpse did have some Suffocation-ish moments), which may not be too large but is certainly one of the most intense around. Bands tend to operate at extremes of tempo, shifting erratically from hyperspeed blasting to slow slams like Infected Malignity or Cryptic Revelation. Then there's the brilliant and prematurely deceased Jenovavirus, who combine totally bizarre song structure with electronic effects to create a psychedelic, futuristic atmosphere - the band later on became the more conventional but still worthwhile Blunt Force Trauma. On the less experimental end you have incredibly filthy, primitive acts like Rest in Gore, Gorevent, Glossectomy and Disconformity. There's a couple good modern acts, like the uber-chaotic and rhythmically convoluted Veiyadra, but like I said the scene is pretty small and not easy for a Westerner to research.

Oh, also - they don't quite fit in the brutal death scene because they're very consonant rather than purely abrasive and atonal, but due to the vocal style and ferocity I'm thinking this is the best place to bring up Intestine Baalism, one of those melodic death acts which doesn't sound at all like the usual Swedish names. They have some goddamn fantastic guitar leads, and are overall worth looking into.

Just as the Japanese brutal death scene is fairly small but pretty high-quality, so too is their technical/progressive death scene (with the exception of Desecravity, who I personally can't get all that excited about). Goats are one of the earlier technical acts, with an interesting sound similar to Obliveon's first 2 albums and maybe tinges of Gorguts. Defiled are also underappreciated in the technical sense, with excellent bass work (seems to be a constant for Japanese bands really) and some evil, angular Demilich-y riffs. The enigmatic Vortex released one quality album similar to mid-era Death or Atheist, and then vanished - similarly, a band called Ritual Suicide released a 10-minute, 2-song demo entitled To Nothing which is among the weirdest and most alien death metal I've ever heard - like, Wicked Innocence/Demilich levels, easily - and promptly split up. (I can't find it on YouTube but it's highly recommended and pretty easy to find online.) Yeeeeeah, really small discographies and uncertain histories are unfortunately a constant with lots of the better Japanese music, and this holds especially true in the metal scene.

In total opposition to the rest of the death metal scene in the country, Japanese melodic death bands seem to have taken inspiration from early Children of Bodom and then committed themselves to making that sound even fruitier and poppier. Like, Blood Stain Child's earlier releases could conceivably be seen as a Japanese answer to Soilwork or Scar Symmetry, but by the time they put out Epsilon (which shamefully is probably one of my most-listened albums I've mentioned in this thread) they seemed intent to see exactly how close you could get to being a magical girl anime opening theme while still technically being a metal band. Aside from that and a couple related acts like Gyze, the majority of J-melodeath acts just sound like the country's power metal scene except with harsh vocals (see: Veiled in Scarlet and Serenity in Murder). There's one or two old-school acts like Sorrow of Tranquility and the aforementioned Intestine Baalism that would probably appeal to fans of earlier Gothenburg bands, too, but it's pretty hard to find Japanese melodeath that doesn't come coated in keyboards or isn't a Touhou cover band (speaking of which, I should probably do a post on Touhou remixes at some point, but I think I should ask someone from ADTRW to chip in since it's a bit of a daunting topic).

Now onto black metal. I can't not mention Sigh to start things off - not only are they one of Japan's most famous and influential acts, along with Sabbat they're one of the earliest extreme metal acts in the country. Their career trajectory, if you're not aware, is somewhat similar to Arcturus - starting out as a more conventional black metal act, they became more and more keyboard-focused and began to incorporate tons of Iron Maiden influence around their mid-period before eventually just doing whatever the gently caress they're doing now, which sounds to me like a drunken rendition of a giallo film soundtrack. It pains me to say that Sigh have never really clicked with me, but it's undeniable that their frontman Mirai Kawashima is one of the most talented and innovative keyboardists in metal. Sigh's current guitarist, You Oshima, has a long-running solo project Kadenzza which may appeal to Sigh fans or really anyone who can't get enough cheesy Castlevania keyboards.

You might expect that Japanese black metal is as keyboard-drenched as their melodic death and power metal scenes, but oddly this isn't true. The majority of Japanese black metal I know is actually uber-raw, outsider poo poo like Endless Dismal Moan and Manierisme, which would make an absolutely perfect soundtrack to a J-horror film - someone please do that. Even the more conventional acts like Arkha Sva have some... rather unusual elements, and the seemingly novelty all-girl black metal group Gallhammer make some seriously oppressive, terrifying poo poo. And I can't forget to include Gorugoth, or the folky acts Misogi and Magane.

In closing, here's some Seinfeld metal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnQQoHU7CIQ

Molestationary Store
May 21, 2007

Since Boredoms came up I feel compelled to mention EYE's 'voice and rhythm only' side project Destroy 2 with Chew of Corrupted. 48 'songs' in less than 11 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fToHi0XWeo

Gamma Nerd
May 14, 2012
Sorry if the writing in that last post got a little :spergin:, I had a lot of ground to cover.

Anyways I didn't mention them in the extreme or traditional metal threads, so I might as well make a standalone post for them. Yep, that's right, we're covering Dir en Grey.

If you're a few years older than me, you probably had friends in middle school or high school who liked them, and you may remember a band that looked and sounded somewhat like this:



or, half a decade later, one that played music that resembled a slightly more unpredictable Slipknot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUvpMhw5ALw

and yeah, they've played a lot of styles to varying degrees of success. No matter the style, though, it's really hard to deny Kyo's vocal versatility and extremity or his surreal and evocative lyricism, though unfortunately a lot of his wordplay is lost in translation. It's not that he overshadows the other members - Kaoru and Die may not be as good as the average prog guitarist but they still write some of the cooler and more emotive solos I've heard, Toshiya's basswork is characteristically Japanese in how it moves between independent wanderings, countermelody and close harmony, and Shinya's fillwork is very nuanced - but his contributions really make the band what it is - well, he also handles the visual aspects of the music. He's a bit of an enigmatic figure to say the least - little is known about his private life or personal history, and his bandmates say he doesn't share the meanings of the lyrics with them.

I'm not going to do an album-by-album summary because I'm not as familiar with their first 4 or so albums as I probably should be (and besides there's very good breakdowns of each album on their subreddit), but in essence their first 3 releases are mostly alt/pop rock which sort of resembles Faith No More and makes good room for balladry - which, oddly for a band that is ostensibly metal, has always been DEG's strongest suit. Their mid-period (from Six Ugly through Marrow of a Bone) is marked by the inclusion of lots of nu-metal and metalcore influence. Though I still think that this period sounds a lot more legitimately chaotic, furious and engaging than anything Slipknot or Korn ever did, it is nu-metal and if you're opposed to that sound on principle you'll probably not like songs like C.

From Uroboros on, though, their sound focused more on atmosphere and melody, and less on macho aggression, and even the more aggressive songs like Different Sense transition from deathcore-y groove riffing into eerie clean soloing and vocal melody. (Seriously, the chorus/solo transition in that song gives me chills every time.) I'd say that their current aesthetic reminds me most closely of a Japanese horror movie - it's rarely obviously grotesque and is sometimes eerily beautiful, but there's a prevailing sense of unease and mental conflict. Actually, Dum Spiro Spero is worth its own note in this regard, since the especially bleak and resigned tone comes out of the Japanese government's inadequate response to the Fukushima reactor disaster. They even advertised the album abroad with billboards (which I sadly can't find pictures of) calling Abe's government to task for negligence and whitewashing. Their most recent release, Arche, is definitely their most atmospheric and least aggressive (what music journalists would call their most "mature") but it does not at all feel toned-down and in fact may be the most emotionally potent work they've done. Moments like the climactic phrase of Phenomenon and the falsetto vocal melody of Rinkaku are where I think DEG finally come into their own and transition from highly-capable chameleons of Western music (albeit seen through a Japanese lens) to a unique sort of rock that can't be seen just as an extrapolation of a pre-existing trend. It's very easy to dismiss them for their past work, but I really do recommend Arche and Uroboros without hesitation to basically everyone visiting this thread (Dum Spiro Spero to a lesser extent mainly due to the deathcore influences possibly turning people off).

Gamma Nerd fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Feb 10, 2016

Nonviolent J
Jul 20, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Soiled Meat
dragon ash

das crikstar
Dec 11, 2015

a glitzy recycle bin

Probably one of the best album covers...ever. Those guys look freakin bad rear end
Pretty much run of the mill mid tempo crust punk with cookie monster on the mic, from what I remember,

Harminoff
Oct 24, 2005

👽
Holy poo poo, I can't wait for this!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y37WsJOe-E

Toe Rag
Aug 29, 2005

Does anyone know any good record stores in either Tokyo, Kyoto, or Osaka? I'm mostly interested in punk stuff, but I also like experimental/avant garde/noise, whatever you want to call it. The stores don't necessarily have to stock exclusively (or even primarily) Japanese music.

Also good would be venues and/or show listing sites. Japan Improv hasn't been updated in almost a year, and last.fm kind of sucks anymore.

Barnes And Body Works
Mar 2, 2016

:shroom::shroom::shroom::shroom::shroom::shroom:
:chillout:
Jagatara (じゃがたら) is a pretty good Rock / Funk band that was active around the 80's-90's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HORM2KcM6zo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDey1SGeW9Q

I can somewhat find them relatable to Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro (マウンテン・モカ・キリマンジャロ) which have been active since the early 2000's, though they are mostly directed towards Funk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkqaurxBTCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEKNDhRsEpA

ZoDiAC_
Jun 23, 2003

So is this a genre or a nation?

Auritech
May 27, 2004

Blessed be the tailors
The masks are cut to fit

Blessed be the woodworkers
The crosses and the gallows

Blessed be the forgers of iron
And the spikes and the barbwire

Blessed be the stone cutters
It took a quarry to bury the dreams

Toe Rag posted:

Does anyone know any good record stores in either Tokyo, Kyoto, or Osaka? I'm mostly interested in punk stuff, but I also like experimental/avant garde/noise, whatever you want to call it. The stores don't necessarily have to stock exclusively (or even primarily) Japanese music.

Also good would be venues and/or show listing sites. Japan Improv hasn't been updated in almost a year, and last.fm kind of sucks anymore.

Disk Union is my go-to record store chain, they have a lot of locations with different genre focuses. They have big stores all around Shinjuku and Ochanomizu in Tokyo. I usually go to the metal stores, but I do know that there are punk stores out there. I've seen a few independent record stores in Shinjuku which specialize in punk but I totally can't remember their names, and if I remember I'll let you know later. For the record, Japanese punk is fairly well represented at the various Tower Records locations; that's how envy is categorized.

As for venues, I saw Heaven In Her Arms and Deafheaven at Eggman in Shibuya, but the other shows I've been to have been at random hole-in-the-wall venues which, again, names escape me.

Negostrike
Aug 15, 2015


So, technopop favorite Perfume released their latest album last week and here's the latest single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6T0wOMsNrI

Gave a quick listen to it on Spotify. Is it just me or they're kinda going stale? I was pretty much a big fan of Nakata's compositions but since Spending All My Time I've been enjoying only B-sides sometimes.
Welp, the girls' kung-fu moves in this video look pretty cool though.

In a mostly unrelated note, does someone recognizes this song from Guinea Pig 3? Not sure if it was made for the movie but maybe it's really from that record the dude grabs and plays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB2-1YviYTE&t=180s

Negostrike fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Apr 13, 2016

Gamma Nerd
May 14, 2012

Negrostrike posted:

So, technopop favorite Perfume released their latest album last week

OH GOD HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING :supaburn:
Thanks, will listen immediately.

Besson
Apr 20, 2006

To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWT57Zyctw


Enjoy your new favourite song and then get frustrated as there as you can't find any of their albums to purchase outside of Japan.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

Negrostrike posted:

So, technopop favorite Perfume released their latest album last week and here's the latest single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6T0wOMsNrI

Gave a quick listen to it on Spotify. Is it just me or they're kinda going stale? I was pretty much a big fan of Nakata's compositions but since Spending All My Time I've been enjoying only B-sides sometimes.
Welp, the girls' kung-fu moves in this video look pretty cool though.

In a mostly unrelated note, does someone recognizes this song from Guinea Pig 3? Not sure if it was made for the movie but maybe it's really from that record the dude grabs and plays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB2-1YviYTE&t=180s

Yeah. I'm a huge fan of Perfume, but their latest album was just kinda off off, really. I just felt incredibly bored while listening to it. Flash is a good single, but the album version of Flash, too, is just so incredibly boring.

It's disappointing, really :/ I really liked their previous albums.

EDIT: HOLY poo poo Charisma.com is finally on Spotify! :D :D

Stalins Moustache fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Apr 14, 2016

omgmofohomolol
Apr 27, 2009

Tender Pervert,
Queerly Swampy.
It used to be that I listened to nothing but pop from the 80s, stuff like Nakamori Akina, Okada Yukiko, YMO / Sakamoto Ryuichi / Hosono Haruomi, almost exclusively, but recently I've wanted to go back even further to the 70s.

Enter the most devistated acid folk ever, Morita Douji:



https://youtu.be/3XtYFZ3ZdFc

Valicious
Aug 16, 2010
Anybody here into visual kei? Bands like DIAURA, Janne da Arc, Seikima II, Acid Black Cherry, The Gazette, ElDorado, Malice Mizer, etc?

Holy crap, I have way too much of this stuff.


Plus about 5 huge boxes in the closet
...I might need help

caligulamprey
Jan 23, 2007

It never stops.

Valicious posted:

post="458965403"]Plus about 5 huge boxes in the closet
...I might need help
I've got a solid box of mid-to-late-'90s Visual Kei shame if you need a 6th.

I'm keeping the Guniw Tools poo poo though. That stuff holds up. :colbert:

Valicious
Aug 16, 2010

caligulamprey posted:

I've got a solid box of mid-to-late-'90s Visual Kei shame if you need a 6th.

I'm keeping the Guniw Tools poo poo though. That stuff holds up. :colbert:

I don't have PMs, but send me an email at sales@rarezhut.net
I would buy your late 90s shame in a heartbeat. You have good taste, Guniw Tools is the poo poo.

forpush
Jan 6, 2006

We don't like it when the city light start fading
When the city lights fading then we can't get down
I really loving like Kagrra,, Penicillin and Phantasmagoria and that is the extent of my VKei knowledge

Gamma Nerd
May 14, 2012
kagrra are good. I'd check out kiryu, D and Rikugo if you like their folk side.

deluhi, nocturnal bloodlust and sadie are my poo poo personally. visual kei metalcore is about as "bad taste" as you get but man, NB have some tasty solos and deluhi just go unreasonably hard

also, for classic bands, cant go wrong with after image, luna sea, siam shade, kuroyume, buck-tick...

Valicious
Aug 16, 2010
I'm trying not to use this thread as advertising, but I did want to mention that I do run a store for VK. It's really freakin hard to get this stuff outside of Japan, so I tend to view it as almost a disservice not to mention it when I find out people are fans.

http://www.rarezhut.net

We carry a few thousand CDs, VHS, DVDs, and cassettes, and we're adding more every week. We have a several thousand dollar audio ripping setup, and we provide near-DVD/CD quality digital copies of any VHS or cassettes that you buy. We're located in New Mexico, so no more paying for crazy expensive shipping.
Don't see what you're looking for? We have several thousand CDs and hundreds of VHS that aren't listed on the store yet, so just let us know and we'll see if we can find it.

SA Thread:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3743411

Dungeon Ecology
Feb 9, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6LNWTYjUI
Dorian - Midori, just got turned onto this and i love it

Capsule - Stay With You]: https://soundcloud.com/blessadur/capsule-stay-with-you (territorial label, can't find a good video)
If you like Anamanaguchi, they directly reference Capsule as a large influence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbIHeJ5b4j4
Tatsuro Yamashita -- Sparkle, just good fuckin 80's pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuXVnmrwJC0
Sketch Show -- Ekot (Cornelius Remix), Hosono has already been mentioned, but he's not often linked to his electronica work, which i think is really good and overlooked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-jTyauHumo
Trippple Nippples - CAVITY, give it a minute to ramp up, i think ur gonna love it

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
We saw Acid Mothers Temple last week in a venue the size of our living room - almost literally. Standing maybe two whole feet from the band. My face was melted off properly. They were even better than last time I saw them in '09.

fritz
Jul 26, 2003

Valicious posted:

Don't see what you're looking for? We have several thousand CDs and hundreds of VHS that aren't listed on the store yet, so just let us know and we'll see if we can find it.

Actually, yeah, I've been trying to find a copy of "Sinbaram Epaksa" by Epaksa (or "E-pak-sa") but am having no luck anywhere. (Part of it is on this wfmu page: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/03/master-of-technotrot.html)

Negostrike
Aug 15, 2015


Amanaguchi is a joke compared to Capsule, really.
And yep, Sketch Show proves Hosono and Takahashi still got it in them years after YMO. Lots of good stuff in their solo albums as well.

Some of their "Sketch Showy" solo albums for those interested:

Yukihiro Takahashi - The Dearest Fool (1999)

Couldn't find any of its songs on YouTube unfortunately.

Haruomi Hosono - Omni Sight Seeing (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvjXDAfPhk

Valicious
Aug 16, 2010

fritz posted:

Actually, yeah, I've been trying to find a copy of "Sinbaram Epaksa" by Epaksa (or "E-pak-sa") but am having no luck anywhere. (Part of it is on this wfmu page: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/03/master-of-technotrot.html)

We found some of their stuff that we can get, also a split EP with Denki Groove.
It seems like there are 3 volumes from 1989 with that name, then one called "sinbaram~e-pak-sa" from 2000. Which one were you looking for? the 2000 one wasn't released in Japan, so finding a copy will be hard. Some of the earlier volumes and albums were re-released in japan though.
I forgot to mention that we offer free shipping from Japan to the our office in New Mexico, so you only pay for shipping from NM. We do this by combining it with everything else we order from Japan.

Valicious fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Apr 23, 2016

fritz
Jul 26, 2003

Valicious posted:

We found some of their stuff that we can get, also a split EP with Denki Groove.
It seems like there are 3 volumes from 1989 with that name, then one called "sinbaram~e-pak-sa" from 2000. Which one were you looking for? the 2000 one wasn't released in Japan, so finding a copy will be hard. Some of the earlier volumes and albums were re-released in japan though.
I forgot to mention that we offer free shipping from Japan to the our office in New Mexico, so you only pay for shipping from NM. We do this by combining it with everything else we order from Japan.

I think volume 1. (Maybe we should take this off the forum? You don't seem to have plat, should I just email you at sales@rarezhut.net ?)

Valicious
Aug 16, 2010

fritz posted:

I think volume 1. (Maybe we should take this off the forum? You don't seem to have plat, should I just email you at sales@rarezhut.net ?)

yup, that's correct. We have a shipment going out in 10 days, so we might be able to squeeze you in to this one. Otherwise it'll be rolled over into next month's.
Our page on RarezHut Imports
http://rarezhut.net/rarezhut-imports

Valicious fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Apr 23, 2016

fritz
Jul 26, 2003

Valicious posted:

yup, that's correct. We have a shipment going out in 10 days, so we might be able to squeeze you in to this one. Otherwise it'll be rolled over into next month's.
Our page on RarezHut Imports
http://rarezhut.net/rarezhut-imports

Email sent!

JAMOOOL
Oct 18, 2004

:qq: I LOVE TWO AND HALF MEN!! YOU 20 SOMETHINGS ARE JUST TOO CYNICAL TO UNDERSTAND IT!!:qq:

Negrostrike posted:

Yukihiro Takahashi - The Dearest Fool (1999)

Couldn't find any of its songs on YouTube unfortunately.

Hah, I didn't know anyone actually knew of this album! Probably one of my favorites of his. I wish "00" was on YouTube because that's one of my favorite songs of his full stop, maybe because of it's more-than-incidental similarity to "Jumbo" by Underworld?

Negostrike
Aug 15, 2015


JAMOOOL posted:

Hah, I didn't know anyone actually knew of this album! Probably one of my favorites of his. I wish "00" was on YouTube because that's one of my favorite songs of his full stop, maybe because of it's more-than-incidental similarity to "Jumbo" by Underworld?

Here's hoping Takahashi's full discography gets released on Spotify in the near future. There's only some recent ones and Only When I Laugh from 1986.
The Dearest Fool is a special one for some reason. Nice collabs with Keiichi Suzuki too.

Valicious
Aug 16, 2010
The latest RarezHut Newsletter is out! Featuring live-distributed and mail-order only godrarez. I know this stuff is your crack, don't fight it.
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Aug 16, 2010
LOOK WHAT I FOUND

V.A. - もののけ 海賊盤(Mononoke Kaizoku-ban)

The V.A. is a VHS of cali≠gari's Guitarist Ao, ya-su from Ya-foo!, along with DADA from VELVET EDEN. It has about 30 minutes of footage from various session bands involving the two and was limited to 100 copies.

Preview of one of the songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84jpAKb6N8A

Masquerade - 幻覚の華(Genkaku no Hana), a demotape from Kyo's old band,

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