| Call And Response CDs, CD/Rs and DVDs (FOR ALL ORDERS, ADD JPY400 POSTAGE FEE): |
| October 2010 |
CAR-88 N'toko: Ex Shanti / Future Shanti
01 Superhuman
02 Astroboy and Catwoman
03 Masterplan Intro
04 Masterplan
05 Posing
06 Pillow Fight
07 Fashion Crisis (Featuring Kim from Uhnellys)
08 Ex Shanti / Future Shanti
09 Masterplan (BeatMyth Remix)
Price (Japanese Yen): 1600 (+postage)
Hailing from the former Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia, N'toko makes electro influenced hip hop that draws
from technopop and EBM sounds, as well as 1980s hip hop, to create a sound that brings
past and present together. This album was partly recorded in Japan and features a collaboration with
Kim, from the Japanese underground hip hop group Uhnellys.
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| June 2010 |
CAR-89 Zibanchinka: Telephone Club (DVD/R)
01 Intro
02 おしゃまします
03 体内戦争
04 いろはエンドレス
05 シロップ
06 PissしてKissして[SICCOしよう]
07 私の中味はアーモンド
08 Still I'm Sad.
09 WAREWARE[レバニラver]
10 アハン
Price (Japanese Yen): 800 (+postage)
Zibanchinka are three girls and one guy from Kagoshima, Japan's most southwesterly tip, playing short,
sharp, high octane garage punk, with gleefully messed up arrangements, all delivered with vocalist
Iguz' hyperactive vocals, switching styles effortlessly from punk screecher, to hopped up cartoon
character, to washed up, alcoholic chanteuse.
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| June 2010 |
CAR-90 Trinitron: More Real than News EP
01 The Pure Light of True Love
02 Comment is Free
03 Namida wo Misenaide (Wink/Moulin Rouge cover)
04 Sweet Blue Flowers
Price (Japanese Yen): 500 (+postage)
Trinitron are an international Anglo-Japanese-Slovenian studio project, mixing electro with 1980s
influenced new wave, and spoken word English and Japanese lyrics delivered with icy
precision by the two female vocalists. Recalling Stereolab, The Flying Lizards, Gang of Four, Wire,
and other classic post-punk and art pop bands, Trinitron's sound is cold and cynical, but laced with dry humour.
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| February 2010 |
CAR-91 V/A: Valentine's Candies (Candies tribute CD/R)
01 Sono Ki ni Sasenaide - Yamaco
02 Haru Ichiban - TE☆SY
03 Heart no Ace ga Detekonai - Umbrella-X
04 Haru Ichiban - Harukazedou
05 Toshishita no Otokonoko - cottonioo
06 Heart no Ace ga Detekonai - Trinitron
07 Anata ni Muchuu - Puffy Shoes
08 Abunai Doyoubi - Zibanchinka
09 Futaridake Yoake - Uruseeyo
10 Haru 9000 [Haru Ichiban] - Yamanoi Yuzuru
11 A muk aihsa say (plaque translation therapy) [Yasashii Akuma] - snip n' zener
12 Toshishita no Otokonoko - Jahiliyyah
13 Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu - ruruxu/sinn
14 Hohoemi Gaeshi - Killer Condors
Price (Japanese Yen): 800 (+postage)
The Candies were a legendary Japanese idol pop trio of the 1970s and this CD/R compilation pays
tribute to the amazing collection of songs they left behind them, with 14 Japan-based underground
bands covering their songs in a variety of styles, from indiepop to ferocious noise, via electro,
technopop, post-punk, garage rock, and more.
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| November 2009 |
CAR-92 Mir: Live at Koenji Pop Festival '09 (DVD/R)
01 Jidai to Kojin
02 Ai no Kobune wa Uchikudakarenai
03 Machiawase Basho wo Kimete Oko
04 Yononaka Minna Hihyoka
05 Dance
Price (Japanese Yen): 500 (+postage)
Recorded live at Koenji 20000V, this DVD/R documents the Mir live experience in all its fearsome,
bunny-eared glory. For anyone wanting to learn the complete choreography to "Dance", this should be
your first stop.
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| November 2009 |
CAR-93 Hyacca: Hanazono
01 34 DANCE
02 Olympic
03 AFLAC
04 Hair Nude
05 Charlie
06 YA SU KU NI
07 Hanazono
08 Stress
Price (Japanese Yen): 1600 (+postage)
Fukuoka post-punk/junk merchants Hyacca's second mini-album hones and tightens the band's sound, while
retaining the accessible, pop-inflected edge that made their debut so appealing. The aggression is
still there, but it's more focussed and more dangerous this time.
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| July 2008 |
CAR-94 V/A: Post Flag
01 Reuters - tacobonds
02 Field Day for the Sundays - Tiala
03 Three Girl Rhumba - cottonioo
04 Ex Lion Tamer - Totsuzen Danball
05 Lowdown - Groundcover.
06 Start to Move - Bossston Cruizing Mania
07 Brazil - Agolay Culkin
08 It's so Obvious - Worst Taste
09 Surgeon's Girl - Hyacca
10 Pink Flag - Yol in the Sky
11 The Commercial - Electric Coma Trio
12 Straight Line - Fluid
13 106 Beats That - Harukazedou
14 Mr. Suit - And About Hers
15 Strange - Panicsmile
16 Fragile - Eiko Ishibashi
17 Mannequin - Mir
18 Champs - Her
19 Different to Me - Umibachi
20 Feeling Called Love - Accidents in Too Large Field
21 12XU - Saladabar
Price (Japanese Yen): 2000 (+postage)
This compilation album takes British post-punk band Wire's 1977 debut "Pink Flag" and covers the
whole album in its entirity, with 21 Japanese underground bands covering one track each. With
some bands tackling their covers head on and just cranking up the intensity, and others interpreting
their tracks in the most abstract ways imaginable, this compilation is as thrilling a document of the
breadth of creativity and imagination in the Japanese underground scene as you will find anywhere.
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| July 2007 |
CAR-96 Mir: This Tiny World
01 Jidai to Kojin
02 Pistol
03 100nengo
04 Yononaka Minna Hihyoka
05 Damashiteirunosa
Price (Japanese Yen): 1500 (+postage)
Mir are a band of contradictions, with the glacially sweet vocals of bassist Yoko3 contrasting with
the fierce, punk screams of guitarist Hiroki, amid a cascade of beautiful, affecting melodies and
powerful, driving rhythms. Mir draw inspiration from bands such as Joy Division, Neu!, The Raincoats,
and New Order, but create something magical and unique.
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| October 2007 |
CAR-95 V/A: 1-5-1-Yeah! Call And Response Anniversary Compilation (CD/R) -- SOLD OUT
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| May 2007 |
CAR-97 Hyacca: Sashitai
01 Angel Fish
02 RIOT
03 Sashitai
04 Sick Girl
05 Single Coil
04 TELEPHONE NUMBER
05 Skyline
Price (Japanese Yen): 1500 (+postage)
Fukuoka post-punk band Hyacca take a malicious glee in attacking the listener from every angle
they can think of, and often several at the same time. Sashitai is a rollercoaster through ambient,
shoegazer influenced soundscapes, catchy new wave pop melodies, brutal intrusions of noise and
discord, and intense, high octane punk rock. It would be terrifying if they weren't obviously having
so much fun... which actually makes it more terrifying.
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| February 2007 |
CAR-98 V/A: Koenji no Himitsu Valentine (CD/R) -- SOLD OUT
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| December 2005 |
CAR-99 V/A: 1-2-3-Go! Tokyo D.I.Y. Music 2005
Phase 1:
01 Musabetsu Bop - Skyfisher
02 My Mic & Drums & Guitar - Uhnellys
03 Fatboy Shape - Saladabar
04 The Somebody is You - Deracine
05 Nagisa New Town - Drive to the Forest in a Japanese Car
06 Neu! - Usagi Spiral A
07 Business For Your Music 100,000,000yen - Deracine
Phase 2:
08 Audipops - Audipop
09 Lie Lie - Mosquito
10 Melt Ginga - Frottage
11 Life Cycle B - Shoot My Disco
12 Nigotta Kanshoku - Skyfisher
13 Momoiro - Mosquito
14 Shiratama Disco - Miami
Price (Japanese Yen): 1000 (+postage)
Call And Response's debut release is a compilation of some of the most exciting sounds to come out of
the Tokyo music scene in 2005. Phase 1 of the CD features some of the more experimental and punk
influenced bands, and Phase 2 focusses on poppier, more new wave influenced artists, although all
are linked by a strong sense of independence and an uncompromising attitude to creativity.
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