New album from Masonna’s Controlled Death project
Back in the days when Japanese noise had its international breakthrough in the '90s Masonna (aka. Maso Yamazaki) was one of the best known acts: he was one of the…
Miyavi @ Barba Negra Budapest, 2019.10.21
The first time Miyavi played here in Budapest was in October, 2009, so now, this October, when he returned almost exactly 10 years later it wasn't just another chance to…
Bo Ningen @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2019.10.12.
Bo Ningen, that's been around for ten years now, comes from a very unique background: the band was formed by four young Japanese guys living in London, so it is…
Towa Tei celebrates the 25th anniversary of solo debut with a reissue and a collection of collaboration works
I am posting about this very late, but Shibuya-kei pioneer Towa Tei dropped two great release, a reissue and a collection of rarities last month. He originally rose to fame…
New collaboration from Merzbow and Gareth Davis out early next year!
After another very busy year, that included several new albums and reissues (the latter including the classic Venereology and countess long forgotten releases on Japan's Slowdown Records) Merzbow will start…
Envy is back! New video, new EP, EU tour in December and new album out next February!
As already mentioned earlier in the posts about the current EU tours of Mono and Boris, another Japanese heavy hitter will also visit Europe in December: screamo / post-hardcore /…
Contagious Orgasm returns with two new Maschinenfest related releases
For a long-long time, right up to its last ever installment in 2018 Contagious Orgasm was a regular guest at Maschinenfest, the famous industrial / power noise / experimental festival in…
Mono: new mini-album and 20th anniversary European tour!
Mono formed at the very end of 1999 and to celebrate their 20th anniversary they released a new mini-album earlier this month and will launch a European tour tomorrow. The mini-album,…
KK. Null and Dowser drop remixes for industrial legends Test Dept!
Test Dept (also known as Test Department) was one of the earliest and most influential industrial bands: they started back in 1981 and released several classic albums before they called…
Boris: 2019 Autumn / Winter European tour
Shortly after their latest album, LΦVE & EVΦL (which is actually more like a double EP, that was released in October as a double CD and LP) Boris is back…