compiled by ken hidaka, max essa, dr rob

compiled by ken hidaka, max essa, dr rob

incl. dj speedy boarding, karel arbus & eiji takamatsu remix

in the years following the world war two, japan developed one of the most insatiable, dynamic and diverse markets for jazz. for a crucial period of little over a decade - from the late 1960s to the early 1980s - japanese jazz culture progressed at an astonishing rate, producing an extraordinary array of artists, recordings and record labels that created some of the most forward thinking and impressive jazz to be committed to tape. this amazing journey is explored on ‘j jazz’.

we are proud to announce the vinyl reissue of one of the best and most complex japanese jazz fusion albums, 1987’s breeze by hiroyuki namba, eiji kawamura, and toshiro imaizumi’s band atlas. hiroyuki namba is one of the most important japanese keyboardist of the ’80s with a legacy that in-cludes japanese cosmic classic “who done it?” and “tropical explosion,” a sought-after gem by diggers. in addition to his work with his progressive rock band sense of wonder, he’s also known as a member of tatsuro yamashita’s band.

amazing slice of deep, deep electronic detroit meets japan music from the supreme japanese production team, jbp. sounding like theo parrish/moodyman meets sun ra with a touch of carl craig, >aphrotalk< and >amongstone< has been the exclusive property of gilles peterson who has been playing the track on acetate for the last six months. jbp are tsukasa yamaguchi, eiji takehana and yasuhiro nara from tokyo, japan. yamaguchi runs his own audio sutra label working with artists as diverse as toshinori kondo, bill laswell and john zorn.takehana runs the tg electronic label and performs as takehana and golden lotus. together they have released music with united future organisation in japan. nara is in charge of the column zen and the art of... in the music magazine straight no chaser, functioning as a pipeline introducing and connecting japanese culture to the world.

collection of recent japanese music (2008-2018)

we are proud to announce the vinyl reissue of one of the best and most complex japanese jazz fusion albums, 1987Õs breeze by hiroyuki namba, eiji kawamura, and toshiro imaizumiÕs band atlas. hiroyuki namba is one of the most important japanese keyboardist of the Õ80s with a legacy that in-cludes japanese cosmic classic Òwho done it?Ó and Òtropical explosion,Ó a sought-after gem by diggers. in addition to his work with his progressive rock band sense of wonder, heÕs also known as a member of tatsuro yamashitaÕs band.