EM RECORDS
Founded in 2001, EM Records from Osaka focusses on reissues of experimental and outsider music. The incredible back catalogue contains a wide range of styles, from Yoshi Wada and T.R.Mahalingam via Brenda Ray, John Cage and Finis Africae to Sam Moore, Sheriff Lindo, The Android Sisters and a number of archival Thai Pop releases.
""Finis Africae". Words redolent of mystery and myth, of Europe looking out to new lands, new worlds, new times. And so it is with "A Last Discovery", the work of Spaniard Juan Alberto Arteche Guel and his musical co-adventurers, recorded between 1984 and 2001. After ...
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EM1113LP | EM RECORDS
1.John Cage - 0'00" (Approx 18 mins) Performer: John Cage 2.Michael von Biel - Composition II For 2 Pianos (Approx 6 mins) Performer: Toshi Ichiyanagi (pf) + David Tudor (pf) 3.Toshi Ichiyanagi - Piano Music #7 (Approx 17 mins) Performer: Toshi Ichiyanagi (pf) + David ...
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EM1106CD | EM RECORDS
1.Toru Takemitsu - Corona for Pianists (Approx 9 mins), Performer: David Tudor (pf) + Yuji Takahashi (pf) 2. Christian Wolff - Duo For Pianist & Violinist (Approx 12 mins), Performer: David Tudor (pf) + Kenji Kobayashi (vn) 3. John Cage - Variations II (Approx 20 mins) ...
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EM1104CD | EM RECORDS
"Besides having an excellent name, this man, a luminary of Algerian music, possessed a unique musical sense, able to transcend the borders of musical cultures to create a distinctive fusion of Arabo-Andalusian and European styles. "Istikhbars and Improvisations", ...
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EM1096CD | EM RECORDS
"EM back in Thailand, this time back to 1970s Isan, a hearland of Thailand!! For EM Records' latest foray into unchartered musical territory, we are concentrating on the sor from Thailand, the traditional two-stringed violin that is a mainstay of Isan musical culture. ...
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EM1101LP | EM RECORDS
"30 years since ISOPHONIC BOOGIE WOOGIE, new Music form Roland P. Young, ISTET SERENADE on EM Records. "Istet Serenade" is foray into the area of music space that represents the core of Roland's sound philosophy, Isophonics. The theory of composed improvisation of ...
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EM1087CD | EM RECORDS
"Digitally remastered, cardboard paper, gatefold sleeve, original 1985 liner notes English & Japanese text Scarce photo. Third installment from the joint production of EM Records & Omega Point. The long-awaited reissue of Wada's 1985 LP Off the wall, recorded in Berlin ...
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EM1078CD | EM RECORDS
"This CD is the first-ever release of an extraordinary 1987 New York City performance. Recorded at the Great Hall of the New York Hall of Science, this majestic recording captures the 60-minute opening performance of Yoshi Wada's interactive sound installation "The ...
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EM1076CD | EM RECORDS
"Recorded in 1979 at 'Dry pool' (literally, an empty swimming pool in which WADA lived & slept for 24 hours prior to the performance) the two pieces here; 'Singing' and 'Bagpipe' wallow in the amazing acoustics of the space... the former features WADA moving around in ...
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EM1074CD | EM RECORDS
"Certainly the most unusual reggae album ever made. August Pablo, King Tubby, Asha Puthli with Ornette Coleman, Lonnie Liston Smith & Pharoah Sanders - very disturbing slices of psycho-dub/doo-wop/jazz-fusion/exotica music. Her breathy Chordettes meets Susan Cadgan ...
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EM1071CD | EM RECORDS
please preorder "A buoyant masterpiece from the early 90s, "The Water Garden" was created by Okinawa-born Kojun Kokuba under the inspiring image of a "happy Asia" thriving in the sea-based trading networks of the medi-eval to pre-modern era, with the concept that ...
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EM1208LP | EM RECORDS
"This 2LP set chronicles the legacy of underground Japanese techno legends Cycheouts - pronounced 'psyche outs' in English. Originally formed in 1994, the group quickly became a centerpiece of Osaka's underground electronic scene. Led by main producer Akira Ohashi, ...
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EM1203DLP | EM RECORDS
"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 ...
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EM1190DLP | EM RECORDS
"EM Records celebrates Roland P. Young's 80th adventurous year on the planet with "Spontaneous Bounce", the sixth RPY solo release on the label. After a musical youth in Kansas City followed by audio activities in San Francisco and New York and elsewhere, he began ...
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EM1204LP | EM RECORDS
"2nd release from the relaunch of EM Records' Thai music series. Paradise Bangkok, Soi 48 and EM have teamed up to deliver a series showcasing the extraordinary performances of some of Thailand's greatest musical legends. For reasons unknowable, certain places in ...
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EM1131LP | EM RECORDS
"Osharaku is a traditional Japanese form of musical entertainment, featuring mainly voice, shamisen and percussion, with a repertoire of folk and popular songs, performed by farmers and fishermen for local audiences. This compilation, 28 tracks compiled by Riyo ...
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EM1181LP | EM RECORDS
listen on bandcamp***"YPY is back with his third full-length album, his second on EM Records, following his 2016 debut Zurhyrethm, and 2020 on Where To Now? YPY is the solo alias of Osaka-based Koshiro Hino, who has honed his rhythmic instincts as leader of the ...
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EM1184 | EM RECORDS
OZAWA AND THE BABYLON BAND / KUFUKI AND RIFU OTSU - GO BACK TO THE COUNTRYSIDE / THE COUNTRYSIDE IS GREAT (12")
"This 12-inch vinyl-only release is the fourth in the series in support of the Kuzoku film "Bangkok Nites". Both songs here are covers of "The Countryside is Great", a 70s luk thung classic originally sung by Runghpet Laemsing. The song, which plays a pivotal role in ...
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EM1172 | EM RECORDS
"EM Records is proud to present, following "Yumi Kagura", the second edition of the Japanese folklore music series, directed by Riyo Mountains. Japan has a long tradition of annual pre-harvest summer dance festivals, known as Bon-Odori festivals, which continues to this ...
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EM1171LP | EM RECORDS
"Belgian composer Lieven Martens Moana, formerly known as Dolphins Into The Future, interprets and re-imagines Spaniard Juan Alberto Arteche Guel's 1990 Finis Africae album "Amazonia", a Balearic classic. Utilizing analog and digital instrumentation and recording ...
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EM1165LP | EM RECORDS
"Belgian composer Lieven Martens Moana, formerly known as Dolphins Into The Future, interprets and re-imagines Spaniard Juan Alberto Arteche Guel's 1990 Finis Africae album "Amazonia", a Balearic classic. Utilizing analog and digital instrumentation and recording ...
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EM1165CD | EM RECORDS
KENSUKE IDE WITH HIS MOTHERSHIP FEATURING PONGSAPON UPANI VS HAIR STYLISTICS "This is the third 12-inch vinyl release in support of the film "Bangkok Nites"; this time it's Kensuke Ide with his Mothership teaming up with Pongsapong Upani, a renowned young khaen player ...
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EM1163TEP | EM RECORDS
"The second of two EM Records 12-inch vinyl-only "tribute releases" in support of the Kuzoku film "Bangkok Nites", this time by rap group stillichimiya, local heroes in their Yamanashi homeland. Based on samples from Dao Bandon's biggest hit, the classic luk thung Isan ...
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EM1159TEP | EM RECORDS
"Insistent drum machines, resonant synths, phased 'n fuzzed guitar mayhem, the lone magus at play in the studio: there are musical and methodological antecedents for the work of Wicked Witch, but spot-the-influence is a worthless pursuit, crumbling under the relentless ...
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EM1155DEP | EM RECORDS
"Sonthaya Kalasin was the male lead singer in in the molam section of legendary producer/impresario Surin Paksiri's beloved musical troupe Tidso Lam Phloen; his female counterpart was Phairin Phonphibun (EM1147CD/LP). These recordings, the very best of Kalasin's work ...
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EM1156LP | EM RECORDS
