Japan - All

Thursday Sep 5, 2024

Monday Aug 26, 2024

Joe Hisaishi and Kenshi Yonezu

The Boy And The Heron (OST)

Introducing ''The Boy and the Heron'', the original soundtrack to Studio Ghibli's 2023 Oscar-winning animated film, directed by the acclaimed Hayao Mi... more...

2LP Studio Ghibli / Tokuma Japan: TJJA10063

Monday Jun 17, 2024

Monday Jun 3, 2024

Eryyy

Mada Wakaran

Tokyo-based DJ and Producer Erryyy kicks off her debut EP on Magnetron. Quirky Acid 303 pop with Japanese and English Vocals. more...

CD Magnetron Music: MAG218

Wednesday May 29, 2024

Mariko Katsuragi

Aoyama Nights

Surfing on the wave of 1980’s Nippon’s bubble of electronics and economics, fashion and the femme fatale, explosion of its pop culture and computerize... more...

12inch MEMME VAEV: MMV002

Tuesday Mar 19, 2024

Hotatsu-Nami

Ultra Hyper Cosmic Voice LP

Originally released on the lauded Green Energy label from experimental maverick Henry Kawahara, Forest Jams is thrilled to present the official re-iss... more...

LP Forest Jams: FJLP-02

Osamu Kitajima

Beyond The Circle LP

An official re-issue of the 1996 album, Beyond the Circle, from Dr. Osamu Kitajima presented by Forest Jams on vinyl for the first time. As the tit... more...

LP Forest Jams: FJLP-03

Friday Feb 23, 2024

Joe Hisaishi

Studio Ghibli 5x7 inch Box Set

Theme songs from the Studio Ghibli movies ''Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind'', ''Castle in the Sky'' and ''My Neighbor Totoro'' have been loved by... more...

5x7inch Studio Ghibli / Tokuma Japan: TJKA10021

Thursday Feb 22, 2024

Torso

Rali Song / Sleep

Even more limited than the LP, a small handful from 100 press, in screenprinted sleeves.

12inch Ozato: OZT-002

Hyu

Inaudible Works 1994-2008

16 pieces of hard-to-classify music, created during the period 1994-2008, a cornucopia of playful, intelligent, questing and eminently listenable elec... more...

2LP + Download EM Japan: EM1211DLP

Various Artists

Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985

If there is a year zero for the introduction of reggae music to Japan, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was 1979 when Bob Marley and the Wailers tour... more...

LP + Download Time Capsule: TIME016

Monday Feb 12, 2024

Akira Mitake

Himawari

Japanese Ambient / New Age masterpiece from 1987, thankfully re-issued. Soundtrack of the documentary program for Japanese art history, ''Japan: It... more...

LP HMV: HRLP315

Tuesday Jan 23, 2024

Georgia + Dove

Air from Air

The poetry of the human voice encounters the magic of contemporary electronic musical technology. Heart, mind and spirit, conveyed by the word, are au... more...

LP EM Japan: EM1209LP

NTsKi

Calla

NTsKi, Japan-based vocalist/songwriter/producer; pronounced n-t-s-k-i. Calla is her 2nd album, a unified statement of her musical vision at this point... more...

LP EM Japan: EM1210LP

Kumachan Seal

Kumachan Seal

Kumachan Seal: solo project of Japanese vocalist / songwriter / producer Sairi Ojima, who has been playing in numerous indie bands, including Neco Nem... more...

LP EM Japan: EM1206LP

Kojun

The Water Garden

A buoyant masterpiece from the early 90s, “The Water Garden” was created by Okinawa-born Kojun Kokuba under the inspiring image of a “happy Asia” thri... more...

LP EM Japan: EM1208LP

Xiao Yun

Purple Garden

Here is a hidden gem from the 1990s, a sparkling cyber-ambient-Mandarin pop collection produced by Henry Kawahara, the master of cyber-occult music, w... more...

LP EM Japan: EMC020

Jun Arasaki and Nine Sheep

Kajyadhi-fu bushi (Visible Cloaks remix)

Printed on special paper embossed with matte silver aluminium foil. Please consider the jacket illustration as an image as the texture of the original... more...

7inch EM Japan: EM1176-2

Goat

New Games / Rhythm & Sound

Goat (formed by Koshiro Hino / YPY) will soon start their 2nd Europe tour in 2018 including a new annual series of events called MODE curated by Ryuic... more...

12inch EM Japan: EM1170LP

Friday Jan 12, 2024

Thursday Jan 11, 2024

Hiroshi Yoshimura

Green

This is the green vinyl version! Also available on black vinyl and green / white vinyl. Originally released in 1986, GREEN is one of Hiroshi Yoshimura... more...

LP Light In The Attic: LITA192WC01-1-1 (Crystal green colour vinyl)

Hiroshi Yoshimura

Surround

Temporal Drift presents the long-awaited, first-ever reissue of ''Surround'', Hiroshi Yoshimura's sought-after ambient classic. Originally released... more...

LP Temporal Drift: DRFT009C1 (Blue colour vinyl)

Hiroshi Yoshimura

Surround

Temporal Drift presents the long-awaited, first-ever reissue of ''Surround'', Hiroshi Yoshimura's sought-after ambient classic. Originally released... more...

LP Temporal Drift: DRFT009 (Black vinyl)

Hiroshi Yoshimura

Music for Nine Post Cards

Limited clear vinyl version! Due to the quiet nature of this recording, if your LP exhibits distortion upon playback, simply adjust your tone arm to a... more...

LP Empire Of Signs: EOS01CLEAR (Clear vinyl)

Thursday Dec 7, 2023

Sonoko

Chante

Two elevator bangers to get through the gloomy holiday season by Japanese artist, Sonoko, probably made somewhere in the 90's. Merry ye ye

7inch Stroom: STR7-072