BLACK EDITIONS
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Distr. : US - Forced Exposure/
UK - Boomkat
Style : electronic /
BE 000 KEIJI HAINO WATASHI DAKE? LP+DLc 06.2017
01 My Refuge 05:24
02 The Disallowed 05:39
03 Rise From The Dead 03:05
04 Lay It Open 02:48
05 Bring To An End 02:37
06 I Can't Do It Properly 03:04
07 More More More 02:00
08 Even If I Break Through 04:15
09 Falling Apart 04:23
10 Try To Come This Far 03:51
11 Though I Want To Laugh 04:21
12 I Want To Return 02:54
Black Editions present the first vinyl reissue of Keiji Haino's stunning debut album
Watashi Dake?, originally released in 1981. Remastered by Elysian Masters and cut by
Bernie Grundman Mastering; Pressed to high quality vinyl at RTI.
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BE 001/012 V / A TOKYO FLASHBACK 2LP 10.2017
LP 1 A1. MARBLE SHEEP & THE RUN-DOWN SUN’S CHILDREN “22. February 1991”
A2. HIGH-RISE “Mainliner”
B1. GHOST “Tama Yura”
B2. WHITE HEAVEN “Blind Promise”
LP 2 C1. FUSHITSUSHA “Here – You”
C2. VERZERK “Crime and Laughter”
D1. KOUSOKUYA “End of Dawn”
D2. KEIJI HAINO “Right Now”
TokyoFlashback is a defining statement of late 20th Century Japanese psychedelic music
and an essential primer to the world of P.S.F. All tracks are exclusive, this edition
features the first time translation of the original liner notes. Black Editions’
deluxe edition is entirely re-mastered and marks the first release of Tokyo Flashback
outside of Japan and its first ever vinyl issue.
- First ever vinyl edition of the legendary 1991compilation that defined the Tokyo
psychedelic movement and first brought it to the outside world.
- Newly created artwork and design expanding on the original by Rob Carmichael
at SEEN Studio.
- Housed in custom printed deluxe Stoughton gatefold jacket with slipcase, including
full color printed inner varnish
- Remastered and cut by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound and pressed to high-quality
vinyl at RTI.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/167449
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BE 002 HIGH RISE HIGH RISE II LP+DLc 01.2018
1 Cycle Goddess
2 Turn You Cry
3 Cotton Top
4 Last Rites
5 Wipe Out
6 Pop Sicle
Reissue LP on Black Editions - newly mixed and mastered by Asahito Nanjo. Housed in
heavy Stoughton tip-on jacket with textured black and silver artwork + insert.
Includes download code
High Rise exploded onto Tokyo’s underground music scene with the roar and reckless
abandon of a motorcycle accelerating headlong into a dead man’s curve. Born from the
explosive chemistry of bassist/vocalist Asahito Nanjo and frenetic guitarist Munehiro
Narita, the band blazed a wild new stream of psychedelic guitar music.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/168785
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BE 003
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BE 004 CHE-SHIZU A JOURNEY 2LP+DL 05.2018
01. JUSO STATION
02. A DREAM OF TROUSERS
03. VESTIGE / SHADOW
04. TZITZIKI
05. NOKOGIRIYAMA NO INU
06. NIGIHAYAHI
07. A BROAD DAYLIGHT
08. SHAKING BY THE WAVES
09. ACTUALLY
10. MARIAM MATREM
11. INPERAYRITZ
12. LOVELY ON THE WATER
13. A JOURNEY 1
14. A JOURNEY 2
Black Editions present the first ever vinyl release of Ché-SHIZU's signature album
A Journey, originally issued in 1994 by Tokyo's legendary P.S.F. Records.
Remastered; deluxe double-LP edition cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin and pressed
at Pallas Germany. Includes new expansive artwork and lyric translations, housed in
a spot gloss heavy gatefold jacket; Includes high resolution digital download.
http://tracking.forcedexposure.com
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BE 005/011 WHITE HEAVEN OUT LP+DLc 02.2020
1 Blind Promise
2 Dull Hands
3 Fallin' Stars End
4 My Cold Dimension
5 Mandrax Town
6 Out
LP Reissue LP on Black Editions. Heavy tip-on jacket and tri-panel insert printed
on black paper with metallic gold ink. Vinyl mastering by Chris Bellman at
Bernie Grundman, high quality pressing at RTI.
White Heaven’s debut album Out is one of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever
recorded. First released in 1991 by Tokyo’s P.S.F. Records and pressed in an edition
of 500 copies the original LP has become a holy grail in underground circles, with
only a scant few copies ever making it outside of Japan.
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BE 006 MAKOTO KAWASHIMA HOMO SACER LP+DLc 05.2019
01. Makoto Kawashima Improvisation
02. Makoto Kawashima Red Dragonfly
Makoto Kawashima was born in Saitama, a prefecture of the Greater Tokyo Area, in 1981.
He picked up the alto sax in 2008, and started playing solo in 2010. He is the founder
of the Homosacer (Sacredhuman) label. Homo Sacer was originally released in 2015.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BE.006LP.html
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BE 007 LP KAN MIKAMI I'M THE ONLY ONE AROUND LP+DLc 01.2021
1 I'm The Only One Around
2 Black Point Hirano
3 Shinanomachi Sisters
4 Emporer of the Half Globe
5 Up the Chimney
6 Cow and Long Hair
7 A Kerosene Stove For Two
8 Dance
9 Flower Hat!
10 In Front of Hachiko
11 Movie Number 69
Reissue LP on Black Editions. Housed in a gold foil-stamped old-style tip-on jacket
with newly translated lyrics.
- 1st ever LP issue.
- Housed in Gold foil stamped Old Style Tip-On Jackets.
- Mikami’s debut for P.S.F Records.
- Includes DL card.
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BE 008 GO HIRANO CORRIDOR OF DAYLIGHTS LP+DLc 02.2020
1 Airborn
2 Corridor of Daylights
3 Higan
4 Windy Shores
5 At Noon
6 Coral
7 Fragrant Olive
8 Heartstone
9 Pure Waters
10 Fireworks
11 Ice
12 Gogonohikari
13 Airstream
14 Sleep Valley (bonus track)
Black Editions present the first ever vinyl edition of Go Hirano's third album,
Corridor of Daylights, originally released in 2004. Corridor of Daylights is a quiet
work of dreamlike brilliance. A home field recording where fragile piano melodies
float alongside wind-chimes and wistful melodicas -- insects hum in the distance and
a breeze gently rustles as summer day eases toward evening. Originally released in
Japan by P.S.F. Records in 2004, Corridor of Daylights is a beautiful, soulful
dispatch from early aughts Tokyo. Black Editions present Corridor of Daylights, newly
mastered for its first ever vinyl edition. Includes bonus track. Comes in a deluxe
edition featuring pearlescent paper, metallic inks, and foil stamped letters as well
as two inserts including a newly translated illustrated story booklet.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BE.008LP.html
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BE 009 ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. LP+DLc 05.2019
01. Acid Mothers Prayer/Speed Guru
02. From the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.1/The Top Head Pixies
/Zen Feedbacker/Mach D is Bon-A-Roo/Coloaradoughnut
/From the Melting Paraiso U.F.O 2
03. Amphetamine A Go Go/Pink Lemonade
04. Satori LSD/Hawaiian Brownie/Acid Mothers For All!
Black Editions presents the deluxe, first-ever vinyl edition of Acid Mothers Temple's
classic self-titled first album. Over the last 25 years no group has been more prolific
or dedicated to pushing psychedelic rock to its limits than Japan's Acid Mothers
Temple. Their maximalist technicolor vision was first revealed on this, their now
legendary self-titled 1997 debut released by P.S.F. Records. Led by Makoto Kawabata,
the album contains some of the group's most cosmic, hypnotic and over-the-top material;
it kick-started and set the tone for a journey that has included countless releases
and performances around the world -- a freaked-out trip that continues to this day.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is one of the essential albums of
the world's psychedelic underground. Deluxe Edition housed in ten-color heavy tip-on
gatefold jackets, featuring soft touch and spot gloss finishes and full color interior
pockets. Includes full-color, spot glossed inner sleeves and a 24"x24", full-color
poster. Remastered and pressed to high quality vinyl at RTI; Digital download
included.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BE.009LP.html
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BE 010 MUSICA TRANSONIC MUSICA TRANSONIC 2LP 09.2020
2LP on Black Editions - remastered for vinyl. Heavy gatefold tip-on jacket with spot
foil and embossing, spot color, gloss UV and soft touch coating + inserts. Includes
six previously unreleased tracks from the album’s original recording sessions.
Musica Transonic was formed in 1995 by three luminaries of the Japanese underground
music scene in Nanjo Asahito (of High Rise), Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple),
and Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins). They psychedelia and hard rock as far as they would go
on their ragingly loud self-titled debut, which gets a re-issue on vinyl via Black
Editions for its 25th anniversary.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=183028
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BE 011 KAZUO IMAI FAR AND WEE LP 09.2020
(Note : Deluxe edition LP featuring heavy tip-on jacket with film laminate gloss
coating + insert with artist notes)
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BE 012 TOHO SARA TOHO SARA LP 09.2020
While most famous for establishing legendary psych-rock outfit Acid Mothers Temple,
Japanese experimental musician Kawabata Makoto also founded avant-garde band Toho
Sara in the mid-Nineties (1995).
Newly expanded and remastered 2LP on Black Editions. Heavy gatefold tip-on jacket
with spot color, spot gloss UV and soft touch coating + inserts.
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BE 13 7 KAN MIKAMI i¨M THE ONLY ONE AROUND LP 02.2021
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BE 1001 V / A : Tokyo Flashback Psychedelic Speed Freaks LP+DLc 05.2019
01. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
: Pink Lady Lemonade
02. Kazuo Imai Delay 160715
03. Maher Shalal Hash Baz ikeezumi-san
04. .es Akatsuki No Uta
05. Kim Doo Soo Wild Flower
06. Keiji Haino Tozakariwashinai
07. Overhang Party Now Appearing! Naked Existence
08. á qui avec Gabriel has come
09. Shizuka Lunatic Pearl
10. Masayoshi Urabe Alto Saxophone Solo
11. High Rise Outside Gentiles
12. Ché-SHIZU Emperor, Notify
13. Fushitsusha Omae
14. White Heaven Out
15. Keiko Higuchi Nothing Is Real 002
16. Reizen Untitled
17. Makoto Kawashima Madokarano Kagayaki
18. Niseaporia Sora No Ao Ni Somazu Utau
19. Ghost Blue Link
20. Go Hirano For Rains
21. Hasegawa-Shizuo Low Blues
22. Hideaki Kondo/Bach: Sonata #1 In G Minor For Solo
Violin, BWV 1001 : 1. Adagio
Deluxe triple gatefold, heavy tip-on edition with metallic inks and spot finishes.
Includes printed inner sleeves. Pressed to high quality vinyl at RTI; Digital download
included.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BE.1001LP.html
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BE 1002
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BE 1003 PSYCHEDELIC SPEED FREAKS . PSYCHEDELIC SPEED FREAKS LP+DLc 05.2019
01. Redline
02. Lawless
03. Bedlam
04. End Your Worries
05. Night Seer
06. Immaterialized
Psychedelic Speed Freaks is a new power trio led by Munehiro Narita, founding member
of Japan's legendary High Rise and easily one of the wildest, most original guitarists
in rock history. Blazing in total hyper-saturated glory, Psychedelic Speed Freaks
centers on the raw, unrelenting attack of Narita's "motorcycle fuzztone guitar" and
a rhythm section driven by a pair of untamed LA acid punks. Recorded deep in-the-red
and punched into overdrive, Psychedelic Speed Freaks is a full-throttle adrenaline
shot into the 21st Century. Deluxe Edition housed in heavy tip-on jacket featuring
silver foil printing and embossed paper. Includes metallic printed insert. Pressed
to high quality vinyl at RTI; Digital download included.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BE.1003LP.html
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BE 1004 KEIJI HAINO : My lord Music, I most humbly beg your 2LP 04.2022
indulgence in the hope that you will do me the honour
of permitting this seed called...
LP 1 01. Keiji Haino - A1
02. Keiji Haino - A2
03. Keiji Haino - A3
04. Keiji Haino - B1
05. Keiji Haino - B2
LP 2 06. Keiji Haino - C1
07. Keiji Haino - C2
08. Keiji Haino - D1
09. Keiji Haino - D2
Recorded and mixed by Toshi Kasai. Mastering by Elysian Masters. Photographs
by Kazuyuki Funaki. Design by Takuya Kitamura. Translation by Alan Cummings.
Performance produced by Black Editions and Blum & Poe Gallery as part of Parergon:
Japanese Art of the 1980s and 1990s curated by Mika Yoshitake.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BE.1004LP.html
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BE 1006 KEIKO HIGUCHI VERTICAL LANGUAGE LP 03.2022
BE 1006 KEIKO HIGUCHI VERTICAL LANGUAGE CD 04.2022
01. Keiko Higuchi - scenery one
02. Keiko Higuchi - scenery two
03. Keiko Higuchi - scenery three
04. Keiko Higuchi - the still 01
05. Keiko Higuchi - the still 02 okesa
06. Keiko Higuchi - the still 03 motherless child
07. Keiko Higuchi - the still 04 black orpheus
08. Keiko Higuchi - the still 05 esashi oiwake
(Note : LP , heavy tip-on jacket with matte pigment stamping and insert)
Based in Tokyo, Keiko Higuchi is a vocalist and instrumentalist internationally
renowned both for her solo performances and extensive collaborations in the world
of underground improvisation, jazz, and the avant-garde.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BE.1006LP.html
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