Label: EM Japan - In Stock

Tapes

Summer Jam / Salavere

Tapes is back! EM Records is very happy to bring you the latest from the artist known as Tapes, here with a 10-inch that, with its good vibes, positiv... more...

• 1 summer jam
• 2 Salavere

Various Artists

Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri: Luk Thung Gems from the 1960s-80s

This collection of 12 luk thung* songs from the 1960s-70s, all produced by Surin Phaksiri, is a superb showcase of cross-genre/multi-national fertiliz... more...

• 01 Buppa Saichon - Won Lom Fak Rak
• 02 Sumit Satchethep - Khor Than Rak
• 03 Kawao Siangthong - Wimarn Chamlong
• 04 Banchop Charoenporn - Sao Sao Yah Wao Lai

The Kasai Osharaku Preservation Society and others

Osharaku

Recommended by: Clone

Osharaku is a traditional Japanese form of musical entertainment, featuring mainly voice, shamisen and percussion, with a repertoire of folk and popul... more...

• 1 Takasago (Soudai Bushi)
• 2 Kisarazu (Soudai Bushi)
• 3 Shiramasu Konaya
• 5 Hosoda no Kawa

Kohei Amada & Sugai Ken

Shinshunfu (With insert in English & Japanese and rare photos)

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff

''Shinshunfu'' exists at a crossroads, a form both distinctly Japanese and distinctly ''other'', a complex blend of folk strains that is deep with emo... more...

• 1 Shinshunfu (1970 recording)
• 2 Shinshunfu (Sugai Ken rework)

Takao

Stealth

Recommended by: Mattheis

”Stealth” is certainly an apt title for this disarming collection of crypto-New Age. From its opening, one might be forgiven for assuming that what fo... more...

• 01 Stealth
• 02 Water Music
• 03 Boat
• 04 Matsura

Alexandra Atnif

Rhythmic Brutalism Vol. 1

US based Romanian artist, does what it says on the tin. Also available, volume 2. more...

• 01 Pillars Of Insanity
• 02 Ephemeral Moments Of Mental Clarity
• 03 Adore & Detest
• 04 Perspective Transparencies

Synth Sisters

Euphoria

Excellent meditative electronics from Osakan duo. more...

• 1 W O N D E R F U L
• 2 Labyrinth
• 3 Euphoria
• 4 She Sang

Martoc

Music For Alien Ears

John Lydon's favourite electronic artist, great indie 80s gear. Sound system sound effects in a private press bedroom style. more...

• 01 Navigator Through Nowhere
• 02 Helen Is A Hologram
• 03 The Vigilante Rules
• 04 Nightmare Trip

The Sakai Ishinage Odori Preservation Society

Sakai Ishinage Odori

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff

Heavy 1980s regional festival taiko drum ensemble more...

• 1 Yose Daiko
• 2 Ishinage Odori
• 3 Bukkiri Daiko
• 4 Yose Daiko (Sugai Ken mix)

The Kizaki Odori Preservation Society and Clark Naito

Kizaki Ondo

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff

Insane prediction of distorted techno, all made by local folkloric musicians in the 80s.

• 1 Kizaki Ondo Preservation Society - Kizaki Ondo
• 2 Kizaki Ondo Preservation Society - Kizaki Ondo (1981 Instrumental)
• 3 Clark Naito - Kizaki Ondo
• 4 Clark Naito - Kizaki Ondo (2018 instrumental)

Shigeo Tanaka

Yumi Kagura

Japanese folk!

• 1 Takusa Saimon
• 2 Inagahachiman Jinja Yumi Kagura Hono

No Right Turn

No Right Turn

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• 01 Roller Coaster
• 02 Lawlands Away
• 03 What Do You Do
• 04 Waves

Lieven Martens Moana

Three Amazonian Essays

Recommended by: Clone

Belgian composer Lieven Martens Moana, formerly known as Dolphins Into The Future, interprets and re-imagines Spaniard Juan Alberto Arteche Guel's 199... more...

• 1 Music For A Clearing (For Joji Yuasa & Juan Alberto Of Finis Africae)
• 2 Port Of Spain (Lento) (A Prelude For Pele Flores Martens)
• 3 Sinfonieta Amazonia (Small Abstractions Of The Rainforest & The River For Toru Takemitsu & Charles Ives)