BITTER LAKE
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Distr.  : NE - Shiny Beast/
Style   : pop / rock / wave /



BLR     3       C.MEMI & NEO MATISSE    NO CHOCOLATE                    7"      08.2018

        A       NO CHOCOLATE
        B       DREAM'S DREAM

Originally dating back to 1980, this classic Japanese new wave/underground cult single
sees its awaited reissue.
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BLR     4       DIASTEREOMER            IGNITION ADVANCER               LP      11.2018

Diastereomer was a new wave two-piece formed in Tokyo by high school friends Katsuya
Shoman and Yoshio Tanaka in 1986. An exemplar of 1980s Japanese darkwave, the band's
lone release was the 1989 private press 'Mothersun' 7". Now, remastered from the
original reels, Bitter Lake Recordings present to you the songs from the "Mothersun"
7", along with a selection of unreleased studio tracks from 1987-1991 that paint
a more coherent picture of what made Diastereomer.
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BLR     5       MIKAN MUKKU             KAN                             7"      04.2020

        1       Kan
        2       Chin Dan

Cult Japanese new wave duo Mikan Mukku, comprised of multi-instrumentalist Kotobuki
Hikaru and vocalist Mikako Mihashi. The band's previous material has been limited
to compilations until the arrival of this 7". While the band existed from 1982 until
1987, their sole recorded output consists of only two songs: the minimal, haunting
Kan and the more playful yet still ominous Chin Dan. Recorded in a private studio
in Minami-Magome, Tokyo in 1986, both tracks were first released on two separate
7" flexi disc compilations on Glass Records. Shortly after Mikan Mukku's dissolution,
Kotobuki Hikaru became a member of the legendary P-Model throughout late 80s and
into the early 90s. Sold or given away primarily at gigs, it is unclear how many
of these ultra-rare flexis were distributed or even pressed, but it seems only a
handful ever made their way into the world or seem to even exist in the modern day.
Still, the recent emergence from total obscurity of these two atmospheric and uniquely
Japanese new wave gems has all but guaranteed their place as some of the best and
most enigmatic minimal synth to emerge from the islands. Comes in black paper inner,
housed in card sleeve artwork, with lovely hand tinted mini postcard photo of the
band.
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