Deluxe vinyl reissue of an early classic from Incapacitants
Besides issuing new material such as the latest release from Masonna's Controlled Death project, Urashima is also known for unearthing some long out of print classics and the latest such…
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…
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…
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…
Keiji Haino: new album with Jim O’Rourke and Oren Ambarchi + duo show in Budapest with Balázs Pándi
Back in July Keiji Haino released two albums that saw him teaming up with others (one with Sumac and one with Charles Hayward) and there is also an upcoming album…
Merzbow, Keiji Haino and Balázs Pándi teamed up for a new album out late September!
After 2016's An Untroublesome Defencelessness the powerful trio of Merzbow, Keiji Haino and Balázs Pándi is back together for a second round of improvised sonic attack. Their new album, Become…
Noise and more – an interview with Sete Star Sept
The history of this interview goes back a long way: Sete Star Sept, Ryosuke Kiyasu and Kae Takahashi's noisecore duo played in Budapest last summer and weeks before that we…
Merzbow: Dead Lotus – new album out on No Funeral Records
No Funeral, a label based in Ontario, Canada just released a new album from Merzbow called Dead Lotus: it contains four tracks, Dead Lotus parts 1 to 3 and a…
Keiji Haino is back with two new collaborations, one with Sumac and one with Charles Hayward!
There are two upcoming releases by Keiji Haino and while both of them are collaborations, the artists joining Mr. Haino could not be any more different: The first one is…
Hijokaidan joins forces with US band Sissy Spacek on the upcoming live recording
Last September the Los Angeles based noise / grindcore band Sissy Spacek did a seven date Japan tour that included a show at Akihabara's Club Goodman, where they played a…