BBE Music’s celebrated J Jazz compilation series reaches its fifth and final volume in early 2026, culminating in a track list that maintains the exceptionally high standard first set with volume o...
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 ...
A reissue has been confirmed from SPIN THIS NOW! for Mukai’s first release on the Better Days label, an album that combines the dynamism of jazz with the flamboyance of fusion!
This is the long-awa...
With confident touch, a solid sense of swing, and emotion seeping through its dynamism, Ryo Fukui lands in New York and approaches the essence of bebop alongside the rhythm section of his mentor, ...
It would be far too simplistic to lump this music under the single label of “crossover” — it is simply too distinctive and electrifying. Bathe in a vividly colored groove, driven by razor sharp fu...
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...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship July, 2026
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 ...
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 “...
Ruriko Ogami’s “Typhoon Lady” is set to be released on colored vinyl!
This reissue also includes “ONE LAST LOVE”, a track originally featured as the B side of a single and not included on the album...
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 ...
Yoshiko Sai, one of Japan's most iconic folk singers of the 1970s, continues to captivate fans with the recent revival of her original albums on colored vinyl. Amid this renewed interest, a newly u...
This album was recorded in 1968. Building on the resounding success of his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Hozan Yamamoto was beginning to fully develop his great musical versatility. Re...
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...
Released in 1977
The 2nd album of Tetsuji Hayashi, one of the most famous composers in the Japanese music world.
Includes the gem of city pop masterpiece “RAINY SATURDAY & COFFEE BREAK”.
Track...
A deep and mysterious groove that makes you hesitate to surrender yourself. Kiyoshi Sugimoto, a guitarist who has sharply shot through the center of the times. Here is the highest point.Kiyoshi S...
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...
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto and Yoshihiko Kannari, a former engineer for the TBM label, reunited on their last album "Blues for K" (SCOL-1062).
The duo have also produced numerous world-class recordings from...
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 (...
