UJIKAJI RECORDS JAPAN
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Distr. : JA -
UK - Norman
Style : psychedelic /
UJI 013 LP GEORGE CHUA SMOKESCREEN LP 10.2020
(Note : LP , 200 copies in deluxe spot UV cover)
His first new music in over a decade, Smokescreen is the grand comeback from
Singaporean electronic artist George Chua. Spearheaded by the breathtaking video
for lead single ‘Neo-Punggol’, it’s a scintillating collection of electronica
crossed with experimental, almost no-wave sensibilities.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=183796
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UJI 014 LP ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. LP 11.2020
/THE OBSERVATORY : TRAILS TO THE COSMIC VIBRATIONS
Import LP on Ujikai Records. Edition of 300 copies. Comes with custom-made foil
which transforms the special cover art by acclaimed artist Takashiro Kurashima
into a kaleidoscopic trail of electric vibrations.
Trails to the Cosmic Vibrations is a split LP between Japanese psych-rock masters
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. and Singapore ast rock band The
Observatory. This LP has two contrasting sides from two contrasting bands. Side
accelerates over its 20 minutes, reaching the cosmos at a bracing 360 bpm.
Side two couldn’t be more different in tone, falling from melancholy to despondent
bleakness.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=183797
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UJI 015 LP STEVPHEN SHUKAITIS/PENNY RIMBAUD/DHARMA/AWK WAH:Entry CD 10.2020
Points. Resonating Punk, Performance, and Art
(Note : import 52-page Risograph printed artist book with CD on Ujikaji Records.
Edition of 200.)
Entry Points. Resonating Punk, Performance, and Art is a lavishly packaged release
on CD accompanied by a 52-page art book. It contains an essay by cultural theorist
Stevphen Shukaitis, a dialogue between him and ex-Crass member Penny Rimbaud, and
a recording of a live improvised performance between former The Observatory guitarist
Dharma and songwriter Awk Wah.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=183798
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UJI 016 LP FEN IMAGINED COMMONITIES LP 10.2020
(Live at La Cave 12, Geneve)
(Note : LP , 200 copies)
Line up: Otomo Yoshihide (Guitar)
Ryu Hankil (Laptop)
Yan Jun (Electronics)
Yuen Chee Wai (Guitar & Electronics)
FEN is an improvised music quartet. Comprising Otomo Yoshihide (Japan), Yuen Chee
Wai (Singapore), Yan Jun (China) and Ryu Hankil (Korea), it was formed in 2008 in
Marseille.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=183799
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UJI 017 LP HAINO KEIJI & THE OBSERVATORY : AUTHORITY IS ALIVE LP 10.2020
(Note : LP , 200 copies)
Recorded at the Playfreely Festival in Singapore back November 2019, Authority Is
Alive is a bracing, ferocious and cathartic performance from Japanese avant-garde
icon Haino Keiji in collaboration with Singapore art-rock mainstays The Observatory,
in which all participants were stretched creatively and technically.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/183800
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