The long-out-of-print album "Yama" by Takeo Moriyama, which had been difficult to obtain even on CD, is being released for the first time on analog vinyl as the third installment of the "Spin This ...
Featuring contributions from musicians closely associated with Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Jun Aoyama, Pecker, and Masaki Ueda, Hiroshi Sato’s third album originally released by Kitty Records i...
Once again, Japanese crossover/fusion is heating up. As a development or spin-off from the global reappraisal boom of city pop, Japanese fusion has rapidly risen back into the spotlight since arou...
Hiroshi Sato’s landmark solo debut album, recorded at Electra Studios in California with the support of local musicians including Amos Garrett and Joe Carrello. The album features a self cover of “...
Centered around slow-tempo compositions, "Mori" unfolds as a series of deeply dramatic ballads, elevated by Moriyama’s expressive and lyrical drumming. Listeners will find themselves enveloped in ...
Selected and supervised by Hitoshi Kurimoto, this is a compilation of Japanese fusion music that is garnering a lot of attention from music fans.
LP pressed on black vinyl
Music selected and supe...
A compilation of rare and unique songs that blend rock and soul grooves with pop songs sung in the traditional scales of Okinawa, a southern island of Japan. This compilation is based on the 2003 r...
Disco legend Sylvester comes to Dark Entries with Private Recordings: August 1970, an intimate collection of vintage jazz, blues, and gospel. While Sylvester is best known for his chart-topping col...
This sense of speed, this sense of exhilaration. Takeshi Inomata, a man who knows no dead ends, breaks through the limits of groove with his ever-changing stick work.
Another masterpiece released i...
Produced by Maki Asakawa in 1992.
Spatial, fusion, jazz work by Takao Uematsu.
This is the first LP release of this valuable sound source featuring Hiro Tsunoda, Bobby Watson, and Takeshi Shibuya!
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This is the supreme duo work that Akira Miyazawa left with Takeshi Shibuya under the production of Maki Asakawa in 1992.
This is the first LP release of this infinitely beautiful collection of mast...
The agony of hard bop, the rise of jazz-rock, and the emergence of free jazz. The definitive live recording that captures the chaos and climax of jazz in Japan.
Japan's jazz scene around 1970 is v...
Linda Carriere's fantastic debut album produced by Haruomi Hosono in 1977. All lyrics were written by James Ragan. Composed by Haruomi Hosono (4 songs), Tatsuro Yamashita (2 songs), Minako Yoshida ...
Asami Kado made her debut on September 5, 1979. She rarely appeared in the media, but her sophisticated music image was highly appreciated in the music scene at that time.
In 1987, she released two...
Izumi Kobayashi, who has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity due to the renewed interest in city pop, is once again in the spotlight both in Japan and abroad. She has reissued her secon...
A stylish selection of jazz-funk from Japanese label Electric Bird, selected by DJ Notoya and featuring Yasuaki Shimizu, Shunzo Ohno, Bobby Lyle, Toshiyuki Honda, Mikio Masuda, David Matthews, and ...
Originally recorded on 78 rpm discs during the 1920’s, this collection of pre-war Japanese jazz contains some of the earliest recordings of jazz from Japan. Inspired by records brought into the c...
In the early ‘70s, after relocating from his native Genoa to Rome, young saxophonist Gianni Oddi was beginning to establish himself as a super-cool arranger thanks to a series of cover albums reco...
Midori Hara’s 2nd album. A masterpiece of 80s urban pop with mellow grooves. First class session musicians such as Hiroshi Sato (p), Kenji Takamizu (b), Shuichi Murakami (ds), and Masahiro Ikumi (...
Kifu Mitsuhashi studied with Soufu Sasaki of the Kinko-style shakuhachi in 1968. He became a member of Pro Musica Nipponia and participated in many concerts both in Japan and overseas after comple...
WRWTFWW Records and MEG Museum (Geneva) announce a new full-length album by celebrated Japanese percussionist Midori Takada, in collaboration with Buddhist monks belonging to the Samgha group of th...
Akiko Yano delivers a piano and vocal covers LP that is every bit as classic as the original songs and her original songs. We can be as weary of covers LPs as everyone else, but we love this one a...
2021 RSD Japan box set of Minako Yoshida's 扉の冬 / Winter at the Door LP. It contains LP, CD, 7" single and CD single. New/sealed copy.
Track List:
LP
外はみんな
待ちぼうけ
扉の冬
ねこ
綱渡り...
Celebrating their 45th anniversary, the band has returned to its original name styling, CASIOPEA, and welcomes Jun Abe as the new keyboardist. This Blu-ray fully captures the commemorative launch s...
