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previous artist: kan mikami		there are 4 titles featuring toshiji mikawa in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: andrew milburn

$16.81

back in stock as of
may 6th, 2010

first in stock on
august 20th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise

anoema (finland) #no 50 cd

toshiji mikawa “gyo-kai elegy” compact disc

vietnam forever (5:03)
bando namida-ame (5:02)
drinking gallons of soy sauce with beer (20:01)
you say west river (5:15)
mud wrestling against d (21:05)

crippingly harsh electronic blast from incapacitants’ / gomikawa fumio’s toshiji mikawa; his debut “solo” release. “fire-in-the-hole” style electronics, pushed to their point-of-failure... extremely gratifying.

anoema press release...

toshiji mikawa
gyo-kai elegy
cd nocd050

pioneer, innovator and visionary are words easily associated with toshiji mikawa. one of the prime movers of japanese noise, he started his musical activities in the late 1970s and joined the legendary and notorious hijokaidan. in 1981 he formed incapacitants to pursue his interest in pure noise, in contrast to the more performance art oriented hijokaidan of that time. initially a solo project, later he was joined by fumio kosakai to make incapacitants a duo that has been widely acknowledged for their extreme sound and intense live performances.

gyo-kai elegy is the debut cd release under mikawa's own name. it grants us a close-up view of his sound which is normally immersed inside incapacitants' mighty sound structures. we get highly detailed, unforgiving electric annihilation, invoking images of imaginary lifeforms trapped inside cages of silicon crystals. occasionally the sound expands into juggernaut drones or floats away into a cavernous space that seems to be inhabited by morbid bats screaming at piercing sub-ultrasonic frequencies. once again, mikawa-san shows us all how to create noise with intensity, perspective and character without a hint of compromise.

$33.16

new to stock as of
june 9th, 2009

best of 2009 !!!

dogma chase (japan) #dogma 001 lp

incapacitants “tight” long playing record

you said (10:00)
snow girl (6:30)
letter hero (5:00)
live at showboat 2007.6.3 (20:45)

may 2009 release ; absolutely gorgeous edition from kotomi “molehill” kuroda :: gold-stamped lp sleeves with a 12-page booklet with an overview of the band written by mms’ customer takuya sakaguchi ...

three “studio” takes from mr. mikawa & mr. kosakai (heavy on the low-bit grit & gristle) coupled with an extended “live” flare-out from 2007 in which the duo’s apeshit-but-eminently-controlled harsh noise fury goes un-checked ...

kind of the perfect noise lp on a lot of levels ; highly recommended !!!

dogma chase press release...

[dogma 001] incapacitants "tight" lp

absolutely most awaited full-length vinyl from incapacitants, is the purest noise enthusiast, originally formed by t. mikawa since 1981 in japan. here is the first ever solo lp vinyl in 20 years since the legendary album 'repo' published by alchemy records in 1989.

side-a titled 'k's family' features three brand new recordings with solid sense of direction keeping vigorous strength and stormy dynamics on each track. side-b is a long piece excerpted from overwhelming live recording as typical supreme tag team formation with f. kosakai at showboat in tokyo, 3 june 2007.

this is not only the new testament for all of noise fundamentalist, but also the shining introduction for those who are going to be resident in true noise fields. maximum purity as psychosomatic union proved by intensive electronics causing ghostly and fertility atmosphere filled with harshness. 'tight' is the same pronunciation with the most complex kanji character formed by three dragons and three clouds.

hand-numbered limited edition to 620 copies, comes in silk-screened sleeve with a golden kanji 'tight'. 12 paged booklet contains photos and japanese / english liner-notes by takuya sakaguchi.

$29.01

back in stock as of
december 12th, 2011

first in stock on
july 21st, 2008

threads:
digital-musics
harsh-noise
concert-recordings
minimalism-drones

best of 2008 !!!

editions mego (austria) #emego 013 lp

russell haswell “second live salvage” double long playing record set

2000, museu de cièmcies, valencia. (08:12.14)
2002, färgfabriken, stockholm. (10:53.82)
2002, schirn kunsthalle, frankfurt. (16:02.84)
2004, engine rooms, brighton. (18:37.59)
2006, point éphémère, paris. (5:08.62)
+ 'bonus recording', russell haswell & toshiji mikawa: 2007, ikki, kita kyushu. (10:12.81)

june 2008 release ; the second collection of live sorties & room-tone blasts from gescom / hecker & haswell member russell haswell ... blistering shards-of-sound ranging from straight-up harsh noise walls (including a piece done in collaboration w/incapacitants’ toshiji mikawa - listen to the sound-sample) to woozy, granular smear & some rather fierce stutter/click reminiscient of label-mate/owner/ally pita ...

editions mego press release...

emego 013
russell haswell: second live salvage 2x12" vinyl
release date: 30.06.2008

cut by rashad becker at dubplates & mastering, berlin, april 2008.

follow up to the award winning ‘live salvage 1997->2000’ cd (mego 012, 2000).

hot on the heels of recent collaborative releases with florian hecker (as haswell & hecker) on warner classics and warp records, russell haswell (b.1970. coventry, uk) presents the second volume of his live salvage archive series. documenting improvised real-time, computer-generated audio-presentations given over the past 10 years, in different types of venues all with contrasting acoustics and audiences.

editions mego is proud to announce this double vinyl set.

$14.28

back in stock as of
march 11th, 2011

first in stock on
february 6th, 2008

threads:
harsh-noise
concert-recordings

best of 2008 !!!

pica disk (norway) #pica 006 cd

incapacitants “burning orange” compact disc

incapacitants - orange smoke (28:27)
fumio tommikawa - out of schnaps (26:25)

january 2008 release ; smoldering remnants jointly conjured out of the cold winter mist by fumio kosakai & toshiji mikawa (with a guest appearance by tommi “anoema” keränen) at the 2008 all ears festival in oslo ...

pica disk press release...

incapacitants: burning orange

pica006. cd. released winter 2008.

incapacitants needs no introduction; the duo of fumio kosakai and t.mikawa; veterans and originators of japanese noise music; cult band number one for noise fanatics worldwide; a band whose infamous status as the best live noise act ever has continued to grow over the years because the duo almost never plays outside of japan.

in january 2007 incapacitants performed live, for the second time in europe in 25 years, at the all ears festival in oslo norway for an overly enthusiastic audience (people from all around europe had travelled to see their heroes). the band later described the two shows as highlights of their career.

burning orange documents these concerts. the cd consists of two complete sets; one incapacitants as a duo and on the second joined by finnish noise-connoisseur tommi keränen (testicle hazard) as a trio under the name of fumio tommiakawa (a take on gomikawa fumio; the trio of pain jerk and incapacitants).

the sound of incapacitants is described in the liner notes of burning orange by tommi keränen as "an inspiring, pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic storm of sound that has a power of near-religious proportions – and that alone, without any unnecessary gimmicks". that celebratory ecstasy certainly comes across on burning orange, of which keränen also handled the post-production under the supervision of mikawa.

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