2CD set. 2CD case (clear tray).16-page full color booklet incl. artist profiles, photos and discographies. Japanese / English text. Obi attached. Same tracks as vinyl edition. Catalog #: EM1190DCD
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Double 12" LP set. Gatefold cover. Japanese / English text. Artist profile, photos, and discographies. Same tracks as the CD version. Special mastering for vinyl. Cutting at D&M, Berlin. Catalog #: EM1190DLP
これは2020年日本の『No New York』か?『Pillows & Prayers』か?いや、そんなもんじゃないだろ。YPY/goatの日野浩志郎が運営する崇高(無謀)D.I.Y.チャレンジング・レーベル、Birdfriend初のレーベル・コンピレーション見参。これを聞けば貴方はポジティブな気持ちで無性に創造したくなる!
Enter a world unknown! Birdfriend is a cassette label run by Japanese musician/composer Koshiro Hino, aka YPY, who is also a founding member of the Osaka band goat. This compilation, available on CD and double vinyl, features 18 tracks by Japanese artists, from 2013-2017, previously available only on hard-to-find cassettes on the Birdfriend label, now available to you, the curious and courageous listener, worldwide on EM Records. Rejoice and enjoy the fractured rhythms and future-now timbres, questing intelligences and D.I.Y. energy, conveyed to you through hand-made synths, custom electronics, synths and samplers. Compiled by Hino, who also provides liner notes and cover art, these Japanese artists share a love of texture, semi-skewed rhythm, simple-yet-evolving structure, and a sense of humour; yet despite these similarities, there is a great variety across this release, making for an exciting and cohesive musical experience.
TRACKS:
=Disc 1=
A1. Sofheso - M.N.L
A2. Shimetta-inu - Bird Peck at Dead Dog
A3. NEW MANUKE - Fastest Motor
A4. YPY - BFMIX B-3
A5. JMT Synth Pinosaku - Tansun
B1. Shimettainu - Dog is Surrounded by Birds
B2. UNBE - Vector Milk
B3. YPY - The Damo UFO
B4. Micro Futoshi - Reforest 1
B5. Inoue Shirabe - Sleep Talk
=Disc 2=
C1. Futoshi Moriyama - Time Limit
C2. OPQ - ENT
C3. Futoshi Moriyama - Nico Electro
C4. H. Takahashi - 4
C5. Micro Futoshi - Reforest 2
C6. UNBE - 5 Cubic Meters
D1. Bonnounomukuro - Enter the Exit
D2. Futoshi Moriyama - Piano and Sampler
supported by 4 fans who also own “Bird Cage: Birdfriend Archives”
A fusion of ambient and chamber music that sketches unpeopled yet inviting, pleasant landscapes. Despite the ambiguous atmosphere, I feel so at home. Especially in "Pascal." It reminds me a bit of Yuji Nomi's soundtrack to the Sega CD game Mansion of Hidden Souls. TigerTorakio
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