Disk Musik: A DD. Records Compilation
Various Artists
Disk Musik: A DD. Records Compilation
Boomkat Product Review:
Incredible, first ever reissue of the final release (1985) from iconic label DD. Records, one of Japan's most prophetic, quietly influential DIY imprints that released 222 tapes through the early 80’s in tiny, tiny editions, coaxing DIY noise, ambient, avant-folk and early computer music experiments from its community of eccentric hobbyist outsiders.
Operating in the early to mid '80s and releasing exactly 222 tapes (and a handful of vinyl LPs), Kamada Tadashi's DD. Records is one of Japan's most prophetic and quietly influential cult imprints. The label didn't exist for long, but it left an indelible mark on the Japanese landscape, becoming widely respected for its presentation - the releases were packaged in collages of amateur porn, medieval literature and academic textbooks - and its open-minded approach to the music itself. DD.'s close-knit crew met via a tape trading network, and were fascinated by possibilities opened up by modern technology. "Everyone has the right to make and enjoy music," said Tadashi, and he made sure his releases supported this philosophy.
Many of DD.'s releases are lost at this point; the tapes barely made it outside Japan at the time, and although German archivist Jorg Öpitz has been cataloguing what he can, not all private collectors were willing to part with their rare-as-hen's-teeth limited editions. Thankfully, we can get a vague understanding of what Tasashi's imprint was all about with this last album, released on vinyl in 1985 as a final gift to his audience of outsiders. And honestly, it's a doozy - wall to wall, forward-thinking stuff. We'd already been impressed by Koshiro Yoshimatsu's 'Fossil Cocoon' compilation from late last year that scratched the surface, and 'Disk Music' is even weirder.
Just skip to Mask and Takahiro Kuramoto's bugged-out synth and vocal freakout 'In And Out', Abnormal Sex's plunderphonic 'NHK' or Mosque of Torment's subterranean basement groover 'Ceramic Dance', that sounds as if it could have come from Ann Arbor circa 2009. Even Tadashi's own musical contribution is impressive: 'Musikapart' is Delia Derbyshire reworked by Maurizio Bianchi, and we're shocked this material hasn't been unearthed sooner.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Incredible, first ever reissue of the final release (1985) from iconic label DD. Records, one of Japan's most prophetic, quietly influential DIY imprints that released 222 tapes through the early 80’s in tiny, tiny editions, coaxing DIY noise, ambient, avant-folk and early computer music experiments from its community of eccentric hobbyist outsiders.
Operating in the early to mid '80s and releasing exactly 222 tapes (and a handful of vinyl LPs), Kamada Tadashi's DD. Records is one of Japan's most prophetic and quietly influential cult imprints. The label didn't exist for long, but it left an indelible mark on the Japanese landscape, becoming widely respected for its presentation - the releases were packaged in collages of amateur porn, medieval literature and academic textbooks - and its open-minded approach to the music itself. DD.'s close-knit crew met via a tape trading network, and were fascinated by possibilities opened up by modern technology. "Everyone has the right to make and enjoy music," said Tadashi, and he made sure his releases supported this philosophy.
Many of DD.'s releases are lost at this point; the tapes barely made it outside Japan at the time, and although German archivist Jorg Öpitz has been cataloguing what he can, not all private collectors were willing to part with their rare-as-hen's-teeth limited editions. Thankfully, we can get a vague understanding of what Tasashi's imprint was all about with this last album, released on vinyl in 1985 as a final gift to his audience of outsiders. And honestly, it's a doozy - wall to wall, forward-thinking stuff. We'd already been impressed by Koshiro Yoshimatsu's 'Fossil Cocoon' compilation from late last year that scratched the surface, and 'Disk Music' is even weirder.
Just skip to Mask and Takahiro Kuramoto's bugged-out synth and vocal freakout 'In And Out', Abnormal Sex's plunderphonic 'NHK' or Mosque of Torment's subterranean basement groover 'Ceramic Dance', that sounds as if it could have come from Ann Arbor circa 2009. Even Tadashi's own musical contribution is impressive: 'Musikapart' is Delia Derbyshire reworked by Maurizio Bianchi, and we're shocked this material hasn't been unearthed sooner.
Boomkat Product Review:
Incredible, first ever reissue of the final release (1985) from iconic label DD. Records, one of Japan's most prophetic, quietly influential DIY imprints that released 222 tapes through the early 80’s in tiny, tiny editions, coaxing DIY noise, ambient, avant-folk and early computer music experiments from its community of eccentric hobbyist outsiders.
Operating in the early to mid '80s and releasing exactly 222 tapes (and a handful of vinyl LPs), Kamada Tadashi's DD. Records is one of Japan's most prophetic and quietly influential cult imprints. The label didn't exist for long, but it left an indelible mark on the Japanese landscape, becoming widely respected for its presentation - the releases were packaged in collages of amateur porn, medieval literature and academic textbooks - and its open-minded approach to the music itself. DD.'s close-knit crew met via a tape trading network, and were fascinated by possibilities opened up by modern technology. "Everyone has the right to make and enjoy music," said Tadashi, and he made sure his releases supported this philosophy.
Many of DD.'s releases are lost at this point; the tapes barely made it outside Japan at the time, and although German archivist Jorg Öpitz has been cataloguing what he can, not all private collectors were willing to part with their rare-as-hen's-teeth limited editions. Thankfully, we can get a vague understanding of what Tasashi's imprint was all about with this last album, released on vinyl in 1985 as a final gift to his audience of outsiders. And honestly, it's a doozy - wall to wall, forward-thinking stuff. We'd already been impressed by Koshiro Yoshimatsu's 'Fossil Cocoon' compilation from late last year that scratched the surface, and 'Disk Music' is even weirder.
Just skip to Mask and Takahiro Kuramoto's bugged-out synth and vocal freakout 'In And Out', Abnormal Sex's plunderphonic 'NHK' or Mosque of Torment's subterranean basement groover 'Ceramic Dance', that sounds as if it could have come from Ann Arbor circa 2009. Even Tadashi's own musical contribution is impressive: 'Musikapart' is Delia Derbyshire reworked by Maurizio Bianchi, and we're shocked this material hasn't been unearthed sooner.
Boomkat Product Review:
Incredible, first ever reissue of the final release (1985) from iconic label DD. Records, one of Japan's most prophetic, quietly influential DIY imprints that released 222 tapes through the early 80’s in tiny, tiny editions, coaxing DIY noise, ambient, avant-folk and early computer music experiments from its community of eccentric hobbyist outsiders.
Operating in the early to mid '80s and releasing exactly 222 tapes (and a handful of vinyl LPs), Kamada Tadashi's DD. Records is one of Japan's most prophetic and quietly influential cult imprints. The label didn't exist for long, but it left an indelible mark on the Japanese landscape, becoming widely respected for its presentation - the releases were packaged in collages of amateur porn, medieval literature and academic textbooks - and its open-minded approach to the music itself. DD.'s close-knit crew met via a tape trading network, and were fascinated by possibilities opened up by modern technology. "Everyone has the right to make and enjoy music," said Tadashi, and he made sure his releases supported this philosophy.
Many of DD.'s releases are lost at this point; the tapes barely made it outside Japan at the time, and although German archivist Jorg Öpitz has been cataloguing what he can, not all private collectors were willing to part with their rare-as-hen's-teeth limited editions. Thankfully, we can get a vague understanding of what Tasashi's imprint was all about with this last album, released on vinyl in 1985 as a final gift to his audience of outsiders. And honestly, it's a doozy - wall to wall, forward-thinking stuff. We'd already been impressed by Koshiro Yoshimatsu's 'Fossil Cocoon' compilation from late last year that scratched the surface, and 'Disk Music' is even weirder.
Just skip to Mask and Takahiro Kuramoto's bugged-out synth and vocal freakout 'In And Out', Abnormal Sex's plunderphonic 'NHK' or Mosque of Torment's subterranean basement groover 'Ceramic Dance', that sounds as if it could have come from Ann Arbor circa 2009. Even Tadashi's own musical contribution is impressive: 'Musikapart' is Delia Derbyshire reworked by Maurizio Bianchi, and we're shocked this material hasn't been unearthed sooner.
First ever reissue of an important 1985 comp, with extended liner notes on the back cover.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Incredible, first ever reissue of the final release (1985) from iconic label DD. Records, one of Japan's most prophetic, quietly influential DIY imprints that released 222 tapes through the early 80’s in tiny, tiny editions, coaxing DIY noise, ambient, avant-folk and early computer music experiments from its community of eccentric hobbyist outsiders.
Operating in the early to mid '80s and releasing exactly 222 tapes (and a handful of vinyl LPs), Kamada Tadashi's DD. Records is one of Japan's most prophetic and quietly influential cult imprints. The label didn't exist for long, but it left an indelible mark on the Japanese landscape, becoming widely respected for its presentation - the releases were packaged in collages of amateur porn, medieval literature and academic textbooks - and its open-minded approach to the music itself. DD.'s close-knit crew met via a tape trading network, and were fascinated by possibilities opened up by modern technology. "Everyone has the right to make and enjoy music," said Tadashi, and he made sure his releases supported this philosophy.
Many of DD.'s releases are lost at this point; the tapes barely made it outside Japan at the time, and although German archivist Jorg Öpitz has been cataloguing what he can, not all private collectors were willing to part with their rare-as-hen's-teeth limited editions. Thankfully, we can get a vague understanding of what Tasashi's imprint was all about with this last album, released on vinyl in 1985 as a final gift to his audience of outsiders. And honestly, it's a doozy - wall to wall, forward-thinking stuff. We'd already been impressed by Koshiro Yoshimatsu's 'Fossil Cocoon' compilation from late last year that scratched the surface, and 'Disk Music' is even weirder.
Just skip to Mask and Takahiro Kuramoto's bugged-out synth and vocal freakout 'In And Out', Abnormal Sex's plunderphonic 'NHK' or Mosque of Torment's subterranean basement groover 'Ceramic Dance', that sounds as if it could have come from Ann Arbor circa 2009. Even Tadashi's own musical contribution is impressive: 'Musikapart' is Delia Derbyshire reworked by Maurizio Bianchi, and we're shocked this material hasn't been unearthed sooner.
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