Longlegslongarms

09/12/2023

[release] Mildred - "Pt.2 Deluxe Edition" (CD)を 2024/1/5にリリースします

自身のwebサイトには、更に膨大なテキストを綴り、身に降りかかる病、臨死体験、仲間を救うための出会い系詐欺、それらの体験を反映させた哲学的・政治的物語、その集大成こそがこの『Pt.2』である。2022年に制作されたアルバム本編に加え、同セッションのアウトテイク的『Pt.Neither』も収録した形で、『Pt.2 Deluxe Edition』として初CD化されたものが本作、US地下シーンで人知れず紡がれる巨大激情叙事詩『ミルドレッド』。

On his website, he has written a vast amount of text, and his philosophical and political narrative reflects his experiences of illness, near-death experiences, and a dating scam to save his friends,
Pt. 2" is the culmination of these experiences, and is now available for the first time on CD as "Pt. 2 Deluxe Edition," which includes the full-length album produced in 2022 and "Pt. Neither," an outtake from the same session,
Mildred" is a huge epic of passion spun in the US underground scene.

https://longlegslongarms.bandcamp.com/album/pt-2-deluxe-edition

05/12/2023

https://otonashirecords.com/discount/EOTY15
"EOTY15" = 15%OFF coupon

(added some titles!!)
We are organizing the shopify site so that you can order from outside Japan. We have not uploaded any products yet, but we are planning to upload hundreds of items in the future.
Work is in progress, but we have a coupon for a 15% discount only during the month of December. 2023 is not over yet. We're not done either. We haven't even started. Kids Return.
We hope you will check out the many Japanese bands and artists.

05/12/2023

THE ACT WE ACT - "Flicker" (LP+DL)

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You should definitely buy this, THE ACT WE ACT's third album on their own label, and it's a great piece of work.
What is it, abstract hardcore punk? It is of course a very exciting work in the context of chaotic hardcore (in the sense of true deviation, not chaotic style) from 3LA's point of view, and it has a genre-crossing type of deviation from hardcore that is similar to the current quiqui and xonto, and an interpretation/innovation of rhythm that leads to an interesting "I don't know" feeling. There is a kind of interpretation/innovation of rhythm, and the expression that makes "I don't know" interesting is well established. The sound is also very good.
What is flicker? A flicker of light, a moment of idea/emotion. It is found in the refrain of the sound.

tracklist:
1.振動
2.反対方向
3.ベルトコンベア
4.スロウデス
5.わからない
6.呼吸
7.歩き方
8.カミングアウト
9.ビューティフルミステイクス

05/12/2023

Wet Petals – "Discography" (LP :Ltd 100)

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NY's Wet Petals were active from 2012-2017, and 3LA has previously had cassette recordings in stock. This record is a discography LP documenting their activities, co-released by Larry Records and Friendly Otter Records in a limited pressing of only 100 copies, with a 20-page booklet, and includes a Larry Records piracy sticker.
Within the US Screamo/Skramz scene, NY has been the birthplace of many new bands, and indeed Larry Records is right, there is beauty in Wet Petals. The sound itself may be mundane, but the recordings are recorded in a way that conveys the dynamics of the performance, and there are plenty of gaps between the drums, bass, and guitars to create something of an atmosphere.

tracklist:
1. metamorphic moon 02:41
2. a soft prenatal landscape 02:54
3. amphetamines x ad infinitum 01:30
4. reptilian love 02:29
5. interlude 01:31
6. underneath the plastic rainbow 02:25
7. cellophane swan 02:45
8. cascade 03:24
9. afterpastures 01:56
10. interlude 01:16
11. an echo in the carnage 01:30
12. o***m summer 03:33
13. underneath the plastic rainbow 02:16
14. ___________________ 01:43
15. peach, plum, pear 02:49
16. underneath the plastic rainbow, perpetually bludgeoned by unicornz 02:32
17. reptilian love 02:51

05/12/2023

DURIAN & KANDARIVAS - "Split" (CD)

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The split with SWARRRM was good, so the next split must be good too. So, we can't give you a full listen yet, but we do have the 2023 split in stock! One thing I can say is that KANDARIVAS is still very good in terms of sound now.

Split CD between Philadelphia, USA grind power violence DURIAN and Japanese tribal grindcore KANDARIVAS!
DURIAN debuted on Brain Hemorrhage Records in 2016 with a 7-track cassette tape including a cover of CAPITALIST CASUALITIES, has released splits with MATKA TERESA, M**H LEPPARD, GOD'S AMERICA In 2021, they released a full-length album with 19 tracks on Czech label Psychocontrol Records, including 5 super-fast and furious blast songs that don't exceed 2 minutes.

KANDARIVAS is the second release after the split with SWARRRM after Kneeya joined the band as a vocalist. Included is a well-known live number, a song about the fruit durian, "Eat, Sleep, Grind... Durian! Recorded at Studio ChaosK, the same studio that produces many grindcore bands! The five tracks are even more powerful and aggressive than the previous recordings, with better separation between taiko and blast beats.

The split album was released in 2022 after DURIAN and KANDARIVAS got close and hit it off with each other as they were both fans of each other's bands.

tracklist:
01. DURIAN - Inevitable
02. DURIAN - Fleeced
03. DURIAN - Lie Still
04. DURIAN - Quiet
05. DURIAN - Huck
06. KANDARIVAS - GSA (Grind Surgical Attitude)
07. KANDARIVAS - Eat, Sleep, Grind... Durian!
08. KANDARIVAS - Bakayaro
09. KANDARIVAS - Sai
10. KANDARIVAS - Sabotage

05/12/2023

AZARAK - "DIGGIN'" (CD)

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Sounds so good... Azarak's 2023 album is a perfect expression of the groove created by the band's performance and stoner rock that requires a sense of riffing, while its appearance also has a sense of scale that cannot be measured by metal/heavy rock alone. The band's ensemble is expressed in an organic and gentle way, unlike the intoxication created by the legal chemical substances of today. The songs with guest vocals by YeYe are also good. I hope this album reaches not only listeners who haven't been listening to stoner rock lately, but also those on the indie rock side.... Please buy this album along with yokujitsu and others.

tracklist:
1. SEVEN
2. Flesh Leaf
3. Aphrodite pt.2
4. Atlas
5. GYPSY LANE
6. Moonchild
7. 蜂蜜
8. Nectar

05/12/2023

Party Hats - "Fatima" (LP)

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Party Hats is a band from Texas. The band is a new band born in the 2020s, with a sound that is a perfect balance of twinkling and shabby (let's call it lo-fi), as if they are going through an emo revival or not. And after all, it is Larry Records of New York that releases such a delicacy Emo. But don't be too quick to assume that the intro to the first song, "Tearjerker," is emo-revivalist. This band has great live excitement and vibes. The jazzy guitar sound is definitely in the lineage of EMO, but there are also deviations from Skramz.

tracklist:
1. Tearjerker 02:23
2. Boxcutter Pt 2 01:27
3. I Trapped a Fly In the Fridge 02:25
4. Baby Bob Ross 02:58
5. The Future Ain't What It Used to Be 00:52
6. Pinch Hit 03:16
7. Moe's Song 02:52
8. It's Not the Heat, It's the Humility 01:33

05/12/2023

that same street - "Endgame" (CASSETTE)

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Hatsune-Miku skramz...? Times have changed. But it's not limited to skramz. The essence of skramz lies in its deviation from conservative definitions, but whatever it is, it shakes my values. It is a new form of music that appears with each generation in the form of 5th wave emo, for example, and of course I, as an adult, cannot possibly understand all of it. I'll be honest and say I don't understand it all.
That's not skramz!" It is easy to deny it. What can you say to someone who seriously expresses, "This is skramz! If I had been born in Japan in the same era, even Ian McKay would have had Hatsune Miku in his hands.
A sense of stagnation for the future, and hope, light, and sound for it. The words on the Internet have not commercial roots, but have been exchanged among people who love each other. In fact, the early 2000s, when Hatsune Miku was nurtured, was linked to the hard-core sentiments of the people, and it would not have been outlandish if later generations had established a musical style that mixed these elements in the sea of information.... It just wouldn't be accepted as "hardcore". The songs contain more emotion than borrowed songs sung by flesh-and-blood idols, which should be "songs" in themselves. There may be many listeners who just cannot accept the sound of Vocaloid, but those who can, should go now. The future is now.

tracklist:
1. End of Destroy 02:36
2. Angelfire Ignition 02:24
3. Endgame 01:46
4. Untitled 01 02:00
#初音ミク

01/12/2023

https://otonashirecords.com/discount/EOTY15
"EOTY15" = 15%OFF coupon

We are organizing the shopify site so that you can order from outside Japan. We have not uploaded any products yet, but we are planning to upload hundreds of items in the future.
Work is in progress, but we have a coupon for a 15% discount only during the month of December. 2023 is not over yet. We're not done either. We haven't even started. Kids Return.
We hope you will check out the many Japanese bands and artists.

Otonashi Records, located in Tokyo, is also the official record store for the 3LA label. Currently, we are uploading records released by the label, but we are planning to add products from Japan in the future.

14/11/2023

The depth of the store has been extended.

14/11/2023

pg99 - "Document #5" (LP)

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The most highly acclaimed US mutation, pg99's masterpiece #5, from 2000, is one of the most publicly acclaimed albums in the band's history.
The band's sound and songs are a chaos of intellectualism and abnormalism, with a mix of people from City Of Caterpillar, Malady, Pygmy Lush, etc....
Emotionality here is not so much a violent ups and downs of emotion, but rather an animalistic reaction to whatever comes to mind or whatever the instincts lead one to do.
It is the exact opposite of today's well-organized EMO.
This is passion.

Tracklist
1 Comedy Of Christ
2 Ruiner Of Life
3 Skin Pack
4 My Application To Heaven...
5 Hotel Nevada 1982
6 Humans With Forked Tongues
7 Murder, Conductor
8 (................)
9 Sounds Of Gravesites (-Upturned)
10 By The Fireplace In White

14/11/2023

Converge - "The Dusk In Us Deluxe" (CD BOX :Ltd1000)

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CD Box Set
* Limited to 1000 copies
* Box printed on holographic mirror board
* CD features a 32-page booklet and holographic mirror board jacket
* Includes “Building The Beast” - a 44-page hardcover book featuring behind-the-scenes photos of "The Dusk In Us" recording session shot by Reid Haithcock

Converge's 2017 album.
The album reviews of "The Dusk In Us" from various quarters have already mentioned that the energy is not inwardly directed, but outwardly directed. It expresses a strong will to survive. It's a universal recognition that this world is a hard place to live in. This album is the first album by the band in their 40s, but it is played with a focus that never becomes defensive or distracted. The band clearly expresses "what strength is" in sound and words.
The more I listen to the album, the more I feel that it is not self-centered art, but rather an album that is the result of a careful accumulation of thought about what needs to be expressed now. While the music he expresses is private, it is also a theme that each listener can relate to. I was really impressed. YouFail Me" is a masterpiece, and "The Dusk In Us" is definitely a Converge classic now. It's not that of a chaotic 90's album, but it can still be listened to as a new chaotic with matured intensity and melody. 2023 reissue in boxed format, limited to 1000 boxes.

Tracklist:
01. A Single Tear
02. Eye Of The Quarrel
03. Under Duress
04. Arkhipov Calm
05. I Can Tell You About Pain
06. The Dusk In Us
07. Wildlife
08. Murk & Marrow
09. Trigger
10. Broken By Light
11. Cannibals
12. Thousands Of Miles Between Us
13. Reptilian
14. Permanent Blue
15. Churches and Jails
16. Melancholia
17. Beautiful Ruin
18. Eve

14/11/2023

The Incompleteness Theorem - "st" (CDR)

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This is much SHOBO, but there is something funny about it.
It's played on a lo-fi recording, but it's probably Skramz, and I don't know what wave it is, but for some reason I like the mass rock/pastoral emo-style of the performance.
Maybe this is the true showboating indie rock that we should not be listening to in 2023.
Something isolated from the conservative scene, something that sounds like a bedroom = a private place of feelings. There are melodies there that become songs, so there is nothing wrong with that.
The album covers are all handmade and all different, so they are not the images on this page. Personally, I think people who like LEG DAY will like it, what do you think?

tracklist:
1. coughing up your lungs 04:29
2. it's pizza rolls not pizza pockets 01:47
3. receding skies 01:28
4. stars//little bridges 02:10
5. crawling up your sleeves 04:30
6. visions of a vacancy 04:10
7. secret peace 02:57

14/11/2023

Chat Pile & Nerver - "Brothers in Christ" (split 10inch)

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Split 10inch by Chat Pile and Nerver, 2023. Personally, I understand it as a Reptilian Records release and in a chaotic context, but some listeners may enjoy it from a different perspective. The chemistry between industrial and heavy rock is still cool, even if it's around the 2020s. Never, more metal-oriented, and Chat Pile, more noise-rock-oriented, have both released splits with so-called "chaotic" bands (Never had Zegma Beach on the release, and .... Chat Pile also had a split with Portrayal Of Guilt), but the edge he is on is also not that of intensity. This split is a slice of 2023, but each of the albums are good and should be checked out.

tracklist:
1. Nerver - Kicks in the Sky 03:55
2. Nerver - The Nerve 03:59
3. Chat Pile - King 04:08
4. Chat Pile - Cut 04:40

14/11/2023

Chat Pile – "This Dungeon Earth / Remove Your Skin Please" (LP)

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We have in stock an edit of two of Chat Pile's early works, an LP and a CD version.
The split release with Portrayal Of Guilt will be released in 2021, but the darkness that digs deep between post-hardcore and industrial is already great from the beginning.
The sharp guitar riffs and cymbal ambience, the throwaway vocals, and the decadent mood of the band, but a consistent aesthetic sense has already been established from the beginning, and this can be seen in the lineup of the cover artwork for the latest album as well.
The album jackets are not black, as is often the case, and there is a sense of color in the artwork.
The band has a cult following in some quarters, and if you like The Jesus Lizard, you should listen to Chat Pile rather than SPOILMAN. This may be the one band that embodies modern noise rock.

tracklist:
A1 Face 3:27
A2 Rainbow Meat 2:30
A3 Rat Boy 2:46
A4 Crawlspace 4:07
B1 Dallas Beltway 4:28
B2 Mask 4:09
B3 Davis 3:17
B4 Garbage Man 3:40

11/11/2023

東洋化成のイベント、OpenFactory出店してきましたOtonashi Records
学びが多かった！(売上も多かった)
ありがとうございました。

10/11/2023

Gensenkan - "skramz 2022" (CDR)

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This album is an EP with 5 songs, and although it may not be a conceptual work, there are definitely things that can be read from the title and the themes and flow behind each song. The artist believes in the power of poetry as much as he does in sound, and I am glad to see that in this album as well. This is far more trustworthy than a band that releases a single piece of work in a cheap, thin paper jacket. What exactly is poetry? If you are going to prove it, this is the kind of album that will convince you that you have to have it in this format. Poetry is a song of words that expresses subtle nuances, sequences of sounds, and evocative landscapes. Gensenkan's poetry, sound, artwork, and artwork all express what skramz should sound like in the year 2022. We are inevitably reminded that Gensenkan is expressing this in all of his works, including poetry, sound, and artwork.

tracklist:
1. 出エジプト 01:09
2. City 01:59
3. Overpass 00:58
4. Tomorrow 02:03
5. Song 1 01:01

10/11/2023

OTONASHI RECORDS
SeeK - "KOKYOU DE SHINU OTOKO" (CD)

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Rock 'n' roll that panders to the values that the masses revere will only die.
It is not music that has been rationalized/optimized to pop music in the name of "survival," and then released into the sea of megas and bits that are swirling and drifting countless times in this modern world accelerated by social networking services, but anachronistically human, clumsy, but powerful, rugged, and strong Japanese heavy rock. Wouldn't you like to hear it?
The first album by Osaka SeeK, completed in 2023, is a masterpiece of Japanese extreme music that is a strong antithesis of the present age, and is perfect for such listeners. SeeK has been active in Osaka for a long time and has released a number of solo EPs and split albums, but until now there has been no album-sized work, and this is the long-awaited first album by SeeK. The fact that the album is being released on Deliver B Records, which is headed by Toshi, a vocalist in the world-class PALM band, also from Osaka, is also a hot point.
While the sound follows the doom/post-metal and black metal context played in the spirit of hardcore punk represented by bands such as Neurosis and Fall Of Efrafa, the band has developed an originality that exudes from their entire body, which is the result of facing themselves and pursuing a thorough Japanese expression. The sound, lyrics, and artwork of this album are more than enough to feel the originality of the band. As the band's name "SeeK" means "seeking," there are traces of trial-and-error in their trajectory, which is aptly described as a "pioneering spirit.

Tracklist:
1.MEIJITSU
2.SHINKAI
3.KUROI AME
4.TONARI DE ONAJI HI WO
5.IKYOUTO
6.YOTSUYU NI UTSURU
7.ICHIAKU NO ZANKA
8.KOKYOU DE SHINU OTOKO

10/11/2023

[pre-order] 3LA Logo Embroidery Hoodie

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Original hoodie with embroidered 3LA logo.
With LongLegsLongArms name tag.
logo by KAZUHIRO.IMAI(LIQUID SCREEN,S.O.B,ex.FIRST ALERT,BLOW ONE'S COOL)

Specifications
Big pullover parka (pile)(lined)
10.0 ounce pile-lined hoodie, 100% cotton

Size M / L / XL
Length 69 / 72 / 75
Body width 68 / 71 / 75
Shoulder width 68 / 71 / 75
Sleeve length 51 / 52 / 53

Delivery time
Due to the procurement of raw materials, there is a difference in the timing of delivery depending on the color and size.
Basically, delivery is scheduled for mid-December, but please note that XL size in gray and M size in navy are scheduled for early January.

shipping out on or around December 18, 2023

09/11/2023

[受注生産] 3LAロゴ刺繍パーカー

3LAのロゴ刺繍オリジナルパーカーを制作します。
LongLegsLongArmsネームタグ付き。
logo by KAZUHIRO.IMAI(LIQUID SCREEN,S.O.B,ex.FIRST ALERT,BLOW ONE'S COOL)

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08/11/2023

S*x Virgin Killer - "DEVIL" (CD)

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S*x Virgin Killer - "DEVIL" (CASSETTE : LTD.199)

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The S*x Virgin Killer album, completed in 2023, was also a sequel to the cassette tape EPs that preceded it, but was clearly something else in its entirety! I don't know, do you? CD and cassette versions in stock!

The impression of the EPs we had previously received was a strong visual shock (especially Blue Blood-like sound) played with metal/hardcore punk, but the flow of the full album "DEVIL" is rather nostalgic, while the wildly played hardcore punk elements are further strengthened. The flow of the full-length album "DEVIL" is more like a hardcore punk album, but with more of a decadent mood like the late period of Japanese cult black metal SIGH. The album also has a great melospheric development, so you can probably confront this album from many angles, but if you ask me what the overall picture is, I can only say that it is "Japan". The title "Devil" sounds rather ironic, and the interpretation of "devil" seems to be subtle and different from that of Western (Christian) culture. It is not a direct whisper, but an indirect whisper. This is music that confronts head-on what is inseparable for Japanese listeners. Interesting ..... And you can't tell from just one listen. But I feel something great is being created. I enjoy this unknowability.

tracklist:
1. Sanctuary 01:26
2. Devil 02:53
3. Fear 02:55
4. Danse Macabre 02:51
5. Rebirth 03:47
6. The Dawn We Disappeared 00:52
7. Bright Nightmare 04:05
8. Mirror 04:44
9. Glimpse 03:38
10. The Lights Will Fall 04:08
11. Misty Shadow 01:33

08/11/2023

Daitro - "Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes" (LP)

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Daitro's first album, released in 2005, will be pressed again in 2023. It is a work that will never fade away, and there is eternity here.

Human connections can sometimes create wonders. It's a form of activity that consumes a lot of time and energy, not unlike the speed of the times of solo artists, but the shavings created by friction between people is the essence of a band.
Daitro's first album is not a hasty work, produced on the spur of the moment. The band produced its first demo in 2002, followed by the EP "Des Cendres, Je Me Consume" in 2003, and a split with Raein (released in Japan on Oto Records as a 3-way split with Lhasa) in 2004. The album is the culmination of the band's work as a whole, which has already been completed. The warmth and depth of the sound, recorded at Ultramarinos Costa Brava, is a departure from the sharp, rough tone of the earlier albums, and shows the maturity of the band, while at the same time establishing Screamo's style as not only impulsive, but also European in its intensity. Because it was a work that faced the question of identity, what we are, while being ignored in the corners of the music scene, it transcended barriers that could not be crossed by ideology, and resonated with listeners around the world and in Japan as a sense of urgency. This resonance is the same quality that I feel for killie, Funeral Diner, Raein, and each of them.

tracklist:
1. Laissez Vivre Les Squelettes 04:38
2. Chaque Seconde 02:10
3. Les Orbites En Eveil 03:42
4. Nous Sommes D'Ici 09:09
5. Comme Du Papier 05:34
6. Pourquoi Les Inconnus Restent-Ils Inconnus ? 03:33
7. Trois Murs Pour La Salle De Torture 06:13
8. Se Noyer, S'Oublier, Regarder Partir 10:15

08/11/2023

Daitro - "Y" (LP)

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It is a A masterpiece of 2000s intensity, their expression is beautiful and fragile, believing in the individual until the end!

Daitro's 2009 album "Y", one of the most representative of the 2000s among French Screamo, will be reissued in 2020! It seems that the trend of reevaluation of the 2000s is not going to stop. However, when I think about the treatment of the bands of that time, it seems that the axis of evaluation has finally been settled. Rather, I feel that what resonated at the root of Daitro's expression, Funeral Diner's expression, and killie's expression has regained its value through the poly-college era of the 2010s. Black or white, right or wrong, will there ever be a world where we can understand each other?
It depends on the actions of each and every one of us, the accumulation of each and every day. It is up to each of us to take that first step. I believe that their evolution was inevitable in the process of putting into sound the ideas and arguments that underlie their expression. In order to convey a message that is obvious, they take the long way around and shake their passion. Their expression is beautiful and fragile, believing in the individual to the end.
Is "Y" a fork in the road or a confluence of rivers coming down from upstream? At the end of the age of polycholism, humanity has reached the age of how we can forgive others. Beyond that, there is society.

tracklist:
1. Y - 1a 00:33
2. Y - 1b 03:40
3. Y - 2 04:52
4. Y - 3 03:19
5. Y - 4 02:18
6. Y - 5 02:17
7. Y - 6 05:08
8. Y - 7 05:53
9. Y - 8 03:45
10. Y - 9 03:43

01/11/2023

leech - "Venus" (7inch)

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Venus EP, a 2020 release by Funabashi power violence leech.
It was originally released digitally, but was apparently made physical in time for a US tour in November 2023. The sound quality has a 90's feel with a raw texture, and it is swallowed by the chaos and muddy waters of the instantaneous wind speed. The texture of the jacket artwork also contains a lot of nuance that makes it hard to tell when it was made, and this lack of a sense of time is also rather modern.

tracklist:
1. Into The Madness 00:43
2. Make Scapegoat 01:18
3. sic #2 00:27
4. Technology 00:26
5. Throw S**t 01:15
6. ///W/S///-m.s.t.l.a.mix- 01:14
7. DNLD 02:53

01/11/2023

TSOIWAIJENJEN 許采蔚 - "Vulnerability and Strength" (CASSETTE BOX)

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Be sure to check it out if you are in the 3LA ambient section and the elaborate physicality-loving section.
This album by TSOIWAIJENJEN (許采蔚) will be released in 2023 on FINDME RECORDS, a Hong Kong cassette label that also releases original cassette players. The album has almost no verbal or textual information, and I am not sure if it is possible to make it without such context over there? I'm not sure, but it's a mix of lo-fi ambient and indie-pop with a damp texture, and it has an Asian feel. It may have a similar feel to the Singaporean Kitchen Label releases, or it may have a lo-fi feel that is not commercially scaled like US/UK releases. Contemporary Asian music spun in English and Chinese.
The specifications are so boxy that it looks like a BOSS effect pedal. The cassette case has been further processed, and the attention to detail can be felt.

tracklist:
1. Tropical depression 03:00
2. Innocence 03:24
3. Time took away our innocence 03:17
4. 煙城 03:32
5. Words I don’t say 01:22
6. 荒城 03:54
7. Gutter 03:30
8. Last 01:40

01/11/2023

UNCIVILIZED GIRLS MEMORY - "HEAVEN" (CD)

https://otonashirecords.com/products/uncivilized-girls-memory-heaven-cd

UNCIVILIZED GIRLS MEMORY, 2023, released on dotsmark.
The context is left to the release info, but I think "Heaven" is too hellish noise or violence, and the word "power electronics and depressive black metal" fits best, but I think it is "Hell". Even if you don't know what "power electronics" is, there is no problem if you think of it as punk hardcore or black metal. I feel the same thing at the base. The artwork is particularly remarkable and shows the gap between the body and spirit that Kenso Sugimoto expresses. It is interesting to see the fusion of this anime-like worldview and musicality. Is this the soundtrack of this modern society at the end of the Sekaikei? Buy the jacket.

tracklist:
1. Incubator
2. Ode to the angels embryo
3. エス
4. Raven
5. R0G0B255
6. Etude for heaven
7. Reserved death
8. Cadenza
9. Heaven
10. ex.Heaven

01/11/2023

yokujitsu - "KALT" (CD)

https://otonashirecords.com/products/yokujitsu-kalt-cd

Tokyo psychedelic rock band YOKUJITSU, which previously handled EPs on cassette tape, released their first album "KALT" on November 1, 2023 on their own label, Snake Dog Recordings, which is also in stock at 3LA.
The EP of singles previously in stock had not yet revealed the band's full profile, but listening to the album-sized version has finally revealed its outlines. The floating psychedelic sound and the stoner/doom context is certainly true, but there is no such a dreary pre-classic rock sound or dynamic swell in the performance of the songs as I expected. Rather, the opposite is true: the eight songs are refined with the simplicity and sharpness of modern post-punk and indie rock. The album size is minimalistic as well as the performance. It is not hard. It's something latent inside.
But this kind of music is much better to listen to on an album for a long time than to listen to on an EP. There is also a music video featuring Yasujima Yuki (Oyamadadaisanmyaku).

tracklist:
1. Exploit 04:10
2. Forgot 04:40
3. Just Vibes 05:25
4. Books...? feat.安島夕貴 03:46
5. Days 09:34
6. Fault 05:31