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PRICE:
$29.00
$29.00
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ARTIST
AKIKAWABAYA, TOMO
TITLE
The Invitation of the Dead
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
MINIMAL WAVE
CATALOG #
MW 060LP
MW 060LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
10/2/2015
"An exquisite double LP release by obscure Japanese artist Tomo Akikawabaya. As long time admirers of Akikawabaya's 1980s releases on his own label Castle Records, we had attempted to reach him for many years without any luck. Finally at some point in 2014, a conversation was struck and one thing lead to the next. It was through Nao Katafuchi that we finally made contact with the legend himself, and began speaking about the proposed release idea. It turned out that the admiration was mutual, which was surprising as we thought Akikawabaya had disappeared completely. After working through the track selection and artwork ideas, we came up with the release plan. We're very excited to present this double LP entitled
The Invitation of The Dead
. The collection of songs include the entirety of both
The Castle
(1984) and
Anju
(1985) releases, all newly remastered. They sound fresher and stronger than ever before, exactly as the artist had intended them to sound when he recorded them 30 years ago. The songs that span this double LP are personal and unique; they are dark synthpop gems. The artist still remains a mystery, as does his relationship to the model Rena Anju featured on this and all but one of his album covers (Kojiki to Onna).
The Invitation of The Dead
double LP is a limited edition of 999 copies."
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