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Been waiting for this reissue since I found out about Testpattern. A techno-pop Masterpiece. In Stock. Reminds me of da...
05/09/2025

Been waiting for this reissue since I found out about Testpattern. A techno-pop Masterpiece. In Stock. Reminds me of days scavenging I’m sure Fumio Ichura and Masao Hiruma are great synth players but Hosono’s production is so all encompassing that it sounds like an album solely by him. Pulling out every studio synth padded trick he may have ever learnt. Peter Barakan kills the lyrics maybe more than ever before. An album that really has to do with the process of living your modern day. Waking up, working , daydreaming about love while dissociating through adhd escapism from your salaried man job. So candied, it slips between being sincere and knowingly cheesy. Stone Cold Electronic Perfection. If you’ve watched Cronenberg’s new movie The Shrouds, I wonder if the CT Scan of songs living in my brain after I’m dead will show Modern Living. Lastly, I even bought a bootleg of this lp once for my sister’s first born kid’s first bday. A future present from the crazy uncle that sends you prog LPs every birthday that you are too young to appreciate. 🎹

CD Collection! Folk, Prog, AOR, Jazz, Modern
05/08/2025

CD Collection! Folk, Prog, AOR, Jazz, Modern

Tues May 13 .dida360 Curated Chinese Music Video Night 7:30 Showtime
05/07/2025

Tues May 13 .dida360 Curated Chinese Music Video Night 7:30 Showtime

Acid Folk not on discogs. Toshihiko Kanuma / Now... a message for the journey. Beautiful. Acid Folk - 岩崎ちひろ* – あなたが佐渡へ来る...
05/01/2025

Acid Folk not on discogs. Toshihiko Kanuma / Now... a message for the journey. Beautiful. Acid Folk - 岩崎ちひろ* – あなたが佐渡へ来る時は

Soundhouse: 自作自演派The Soundhouse compilations consist of three volumes, with Volume 1 being released sometime around 1974...
04/26/2025

Soundhouse: 自作自演派

The Soundhouse compilations consist of three volumes, with Volume 1 being released sometime around 1974-75, during the dying breaths of the major contemporary folk scene in Japan.

Despite this, the material on the LP is some of the best you’ll hear. It’s a smorgasbord of various loner acid folk with both male and female vocals, political blues and unkempt garage rock. The transitions between these tracks aren’t as jarring as you might think though — it’s much like listening to a Zuno Keisatsu/Brain Police (the Japanese one) record. It’s one of the most distinct records part of Japan’s music scene.

The copy at Paradise of Replica comes with a two-page replica insert. The LP has a pressing defect on A2 with no skips, but the rest plays EX. Blurb written by

Hiroyuki Kawashima:At the bookend of a cold autumn, Hiroyuki Kawashima released an album that went unnoticed to the publ...
04/26/2025

Hiroyuki Kawashima:

At the bookend of a cold autumn, Hiroyuki Kawashima released an album that went unnoticed to the public for a long time. It’s important to note that the passage of time between autumn and winter is often not only met with a lot of celebration and tradition in Japan, but also with deep introspection and nostalgia.

Inspired by the sound of The Beatles’ more folkier side as well as the loner acid folk that preceded him, Kawashima is a singer-songwriter who embodies this symbolic transition between the two seasons. Titled “Boku Jishin,” or roughly “Myself” in English, his lyrics speak of both hope and sadness, wanting to be with his lover who had left, and the cold weather of a winter night. All of this and much more is to be appreciated in Kawashima’s sole LP. If it’s to be believed that this record intentionally omitted a proper cover, it only makes sense that it did; a solid, blank slate is the emotive state this project leaves you with. It feels like you’re talking to Kawashima himself about his affirmations and problems, and after that, you’re both refreshed.

Perhaps this sort of therapeutic element is what makes Boku Jishin so captivating to the Japanese collector community at large, as this remains one of the biggest rarities in the entire scene.

The copy at Paradise of Replica contains a two-page replica insert as opposed to the one-page original. The LP is in EX condition. Blurb written by

Tomorrow’s Festivities start at NOON. Pizza Party at 3p thx to !! will be holding down the store. Hope these albums en...
04/11/2025

Tomorrow’s Festivities start at NOON. Pizza Party at 3p thx to !! will be holding down the store. Hope these albums entice the 🐺.

Swipe for more. I’ll talk ur ear off about these in the store.
04/01/2025

Swipe for more. I’ll talk ur ear off about these in the store.

Subtle Record Landscape.
04/01/2025

Subtle Record Landscape.

03/19/2025

AU-9009 9th Recording Contest from Audio Union. Compilation of DIY recordings from found sound cutups to synth sessions. Pretty perplexing album to digest without knowing Japanese, but it’s a pretty expansive and rewarding lp. From the translated liner notes-This is the culmination of the world of recording. Some are made with the most advanced technology, some are pure and honest, and some are recorded from the other side of the world. Each is a wonderful work. They are not without flaws. The sense that professionals do not have is that of amateurs. I cut all of the works, but for the sake of streamlining, I tried to narrow down the points and record them. When you listen to this record, you will join the ranks of maniacs. The creative world is there.

Plenty to dance to, Italo, minimal tech, ear worms.
03/16/2025

Plenty to dance to, Italo, minimal tech, ear worms.

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