Nihon No Wave 2LP + 7"
This re-issue is limited to 500 copies and comes on a double vinyl set, accompanied by a bonus 7” featuring four additional tracks. It also includes printed inner sleeves and an insert with photos and credits, all housed in a deluxe silk-screened and sewn synthetic paper jacket.
Release date: September 5th
NOTE: With your purchase you can ask for a digital download code.
Japan’s electronic music scene has always stood out as uniquely distinctive. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a wave of underground projects, bands, and independent labels—primarily based in Tokyo and Osaka—began crafting their own sound. Inspired by the post-punk, new wave, and experimental movements emerging from Europe and North America, these artists embraced a DIY ethic, using whatever technology they had access to in order to forge something entirely their own.
This movement, often referred to as the "Nippon-wave" scene, remained largely hidden from the outside world. Many of its releases—on cassette tapes, flexi-discs, and privately pressed vinyl—were never distributed beyond Japan’s borders, making them rare treasures for the few who managed to discover them. “Nihon No Wave” presents a selection of these long-overlooked recordings, making them accessible to listeners beyond Japan for the first time.
Tracklist 2LP:
A1. Ricochet - Ningyo touge
A2. Ricochet - Blue melody
A3. C. Memi - Ishin-denshin
A4. C. Memi - Hitojichi
B1. C. Memi + Neo Matisse - Dream's dream
B2. Harumi Shimada - Yakō shōnen
B3. Harumi Shimada - Midnight boy
B4. D.R.Y. Project - Digital wave
C1. D.R.Y. Project - Requiem for…
C2. Neo Museum - Area
C3. Neo Museum - Ethno-music
C4. Dendö Marionette - Alchemist
C5. Dendö Marionette - Dendö marionette
D1. Anima - Grey city
D2. Anima - Not only one
D3. Mikan Mukku - Kan
D4. Mikan Mukku - Chin dan
D5. Shinobu - Earth
D6. Shinobu - Ceramic love
Tracklist 7":
A1. Ricochet - Dream world
A2. Neo Museum - Sen-ya ichiya (live)
B1. D.R.Y Project - Sat ist fayler
B2. Anima - Melt into the city
B3. Dendö Marionette - Sentinel
Restored & remastered by Nicolás Zúñiga. Cover photos & patterns by Stefan Alt.
