*very sick comp of new Japanese music - selected by a Japanese person, released on a Japanese label*
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.
Track Listing:
A1 Sofheso - M.N.L
A2 Shimettainu - 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
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
Year of Production: 2020
