Category: releases

A Sense Of Loss – Kazuma Kubota

OOO-35 | CD | Digital

Essential documents of the cut-up noise resurgence. Kubota’s knife-sharp compositions contain more action and more ideas than many artists’ entire careers.

William Hutson from clipping.

Kazuma Kubota, The flag-bearer of the Post Harsh Noise, His famous works that lay the foundation of his present, have been turned into CDs, and two titles will be released simultaneously!

This work is a compilation of the single-sided LP exclusively released in 2012 by an Italian label, “Dear Girl Called Wendy” and the self-released EP in 2009 with only 20 copies (!) into a single CD. “January Thirty” is a piece that wavers between the cold and intense, harsh noise, full of a break feel with many intermittences and repetitions, and the gentle ambient sound as it moves forward. “Uneasiness” is a piece with a strong drive that starts with a field recording of the sound of the rain and guitar arpeggio, then moves on to update the conventional noise perspective with its unique notion of beauty. Both are critical in foreshadowing noise development after the 21st Century and 2020.

We selected James Plotkin (ex-Khanate, OLD) as the remastering engineer for these reissues. With the skill of the master, the music’s update into a modern style with solid audio/sound image was successful. The jacket, protected by a sleeve case, also contains a 12-page full-color booklet that includes many photographs of sceneries that Kubota himself has taken. Kazuma Kubota’s unique worldview has been expressed from visual aspects as well.
He advocates a new noise format that has been gaining popularity internationally, with many followers already in various regions. The hidden masterpiece of such an artist that people should focus on!

January Thirty + Uneasiness
Kazuma Kubota

OOO-36 | CD | Digital

“Serious and sour-sweet music/sound. The sensation I felt was close to a film or a collection of short stories. The piece made me curious about how it would develop in the future.” –

Ai Aso

Kazuma Kubota The flag-bearer of the Post Harsh Noise, His famous works up to now that lay the foundation of his present, have been turned into CDs and two titles will be released at the same time!

This work is a compilation of the single-sided LP that was exclusively released in 2012 by an Italian label “Dear Girl Called Wendy” and the self-released EP in 2009 with only 20 copies (!) into a single CD. “January Thirty” is a piece that wavers in between the cold and intense harsh noise full of a break feel with a lot of intermittences and repetitions, and the gentle ambient sound, as it moves forward. “Uneasiness” is a piece with a strong drive that starts with a field recording of the sound of the rain and guitar arpeggio then moves on to update the conventional noise perspective with its unique notion of beauty. Both have the critical element in foreshadowing the development of noise after the 21st Century and after 2020.

For these reissues, we selected James Plotkin (ex- Khanate, O.L.D.) to be the remastering engineer. With the skill of the master, the music’s update into a modern style solid audio/sound image was successful. The jacket protected by a sleeve case also contains a 12-page full-color booklet that contains many photographs of sceneries that Kubota himself has taken. Kazuma Kubota’s unique worldview has been expressed from visual aspects as well.
He is the advocate of a new noise format that has been gaining popularity internationally, with many followers already in various regions. The hidden masterpiece of such an artist that people should focus on !

エントロピック – HIJOKAIDAN x SissySpacek

OOO-37 | CD

1 Hijokaidan / Sissy Spacek– Amok Time 11:42
2 Hijokaidan / Sissy Spacek– Seven Directions 4:46
3 Sissy Spacek– Necro Ton 29:16
4 Hijokaidan– Live At Akihabara Club Goodman 29:50

“KING OF NOISE”! This is the first collaboration album between the world’s leading noise band HIJOKAIDAN, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, and US blur grind SISSY SPACEK, which made its first visit to Japan last year under the management of […]dotsmark.

The album includes:

• A collaboration SISSY SPACEK with HIJOKAIDAN was recorded during SISSY SPACEK’s stay in Japan last year.
• A session at GOODMAN in Akihabara with both bands plus TENTENKO.
• A solo show by HIJOKAIDAN on the same day.
• A previously unreleased solo recording by SISSY SPACEK.

The 8-page booklet includes liner notes by Takuya Sakaguchi.

[…]… The 8-page booklet includes liner notes by Takuya Sakaguchi.

HIJOKAIDAN

JOJO HIROSHIGE (Guitar/Vocal)

T.MIKAWA (Electronic sound)

JUNKO (Voice)

FUTOSHI OKANO (Drums)

The world’s first and Japan’s first noise band, formed in Kyoto in 1979 by Hiroshige JOJO and Natsuki Toshi. After Toshi left the band in 1980, T. Mikawa, who is still a member, joined the band, and many other members joined the band, and from 1980 to 1982, the band performed on stage with killer live performances. The group became well-known in Japan and abroad through its killer live performances. After several member changes, JUNKO joined in the 1980s, followed by Futoshi Okano in 2009, making the current four-member lineup the official lineup. There is also a version in which Naska Ka Nakaya (Electronics) participates as a guest musician.

Their 1982 album “Zouroku no kibyou” is a classic in indie music history and continues to be a long seller.

 The band has also performed live in many foreign countries and has released works from the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, and other countries.

 In 2019, the band celebrated its 40th anniversary.

SISSY SPACEK

Blur / Grind unit was formed in Los Angeles in 1999. Founded by experimental musician John Wiese, the band has incorporated elements of noise core, collage, tape music, free improvisation, large scale ensembles, and much more, while continuing to work across diverse music scenes as a grindcore band. Over the years, many members have joined and left the band. The band has already released over 30 full-length albums, spanning many genres and utilizing numerous methods.

Over the past decade, Sissy Spacek has continued to release records across a wide range of genres while relentlessly pounding the crowd with grindcore that sounds like it came from hell in their live performances.

In 2018, the duo, Charlie Mumma (drums, vocals since 2008) and John Wiese (bass, electronics, vocals), as they have been organized since 2013, made their first visit to Japan to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

Session June.12.2016 – Kazuma Kubota / Mei Zhiyong

OOO-32 | CD

Kazuma Kubota, the noise artist gathering support from various strata, and Mei Zhiyong, the most important figure of modern Chinese noise music. This work is the live recording of a 2016 studio session from a chance encounter with Japanese and Chinese contemporary noise artists. It is a collaboration of a high purity that fuses the synchronicity, which can be felt from the two artists’ solo work, as a tight and stiff noise. This critical piece presents the current Japanese and Chinese noise — a limited edition of 300 copies.

Kazuma Kubota:

The harsh noise artists are active in the heart of the metropolitan area. He gathers the support from listeners who seek out the delicate yet dramatic composition style constructed by the noise that is filled with a sense of speed and breaking, a beautiful ambient droning sound and field recording, etc., as well as from those besides noise listeners, who seek electronica, shoegazer, hardcore, and all the other emotional sounds.

In 2013, He released his first full-length album, “Dis-connected,” from the American noise label, “Ninth Circle Music.”

Similarly, in 2013, he released the EP/CD “Two of a Kind” as their first domestically distributed work from the”[…]dotsmark”, which sold out immediately.

He has been gaining attention from domestic and international media for their conversation with Mr. T.Mikawa on Ototoy and publication for interviews in the Night Science magazine and the Wire magazine etc.

In August 2016, they were invited as the headlining act for the “Amplified Humans Festival” in Dayton, Ohio, USA.

In 2017, they planned on releasing their LP record “Utsuroi”(reissue) from USA’s Amethyst Sunset.

Mei Zhiyong:

Meizhiyong is China’s most crucial international noise experimenter and hardware noise instrument DIYer.He is also active in independent film and photography, etc. Meizhiyong thinks that noise is the carrier of breaking all the rules. Only impaling nothingness will eliminate the contradiction between voice and body, body and mind. The sign of his performance is the strong acting style and the electronic musical Instruments transformed by hacking and circuit-bending. Meizhiyonghas has already toured Europe and Japan successively since 2014. He is now becoming the new blood of noise and experimental music in Asia.

Expanding Antiverse – Sissy Spacek

OOO-33 | CD+DVD

This album has been recorded to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles blur/grindcore unit “Sissy Spacek” as its 33rd release.

This bold undertaking, including intense grind and noise elements, was recorded simultaneously as the new album released from Nuclear War Now! Productions.
In a characteristic display of Sissy Spacek’s continuous original developments of the potential in noise-grind and grindcore music through raging waves of sound, this album generously implements tape manipulations, noise, and other experimental techniques, not as systematic features of the songs, but by using sound itself to approach grindcore.
The DVD includes over 70 minutes of rare footage, such as the live performance with Sara Taylor (Youth Code), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Mike Dubose (Raw Nerves, Superbad), rehearsal, and a Destructive gallery performance. The gatefold disc cover includes artwork referencing the performance art “The Haters” as designed by John Wiese.

Sissy Spacek:
A blur/grind unit was formed in 1999 in Los Angeles. Established by experimental musician John Wiese, various members have entered and left the band throughout the years as it overlapped different scenes, considering itself a grindcore band while employing noisecore, collage, tape music, free improvisation, large-scale ensembles, and more. The band has already released more than 30 full albums, within different genres and methods.
During live performances, Sissy Spacek, in the last 10 years, has been an unrelenting hellish grindcore assault, while releasing a wide variety of genres in their records.
Since 2013, the band has been a duo with Charlie Mumma (drums, and vocals since 2008) and John Wiese (bass, electronics, vocals), and is coming to Japan for the first time to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Accumulation – 黒電話666

OOO-31 | CD | Digital

BLACKPHONE666’s music is fast, outline of each sound is very clear. He uses many high frequency sound, and play with real black phone, His show is awesome. I never get tired of listening to his songs with high volume at home. And he is a good guy. There are many points we, MELT-BANANA like about him!
[AGATA from MELT-BANANA]




BLACKPHONE666 is a very gentle guy, but his sound is noisy and fierce. What a difference between his personality and sound!
[kohei matsunaga (NHK yx Koyxen)]



I LOVED the new BLACKPHONE666 track !! Sick as fuck and soooo “Alien” !!!
[Eric Wood (BASTARD NOISE)]




BLACKPHONE666 is the most consumed harsh noise artist at today’s nightclub scene in Tokyo, Everyone should definitely listen, because almost all the people don’t even know the existence of current harsh noise.
[LOSSANGELS (ENDON)]



A telephone is a transmitter, a receiver, and also a part of symbol of cutting-edge technology in our daily lives. Its shape keep changing with the times. His intense scream through a receiver is very spontaneous, and he perfectly mixed his voice as harsher sound material in tracks. (Extract from main text)
[PAINJERK]


それぞれ異なる音楽的背景を持つ若い音楽家たちが集う21世紀の東京の地下に、まるでノイズが憑依しているかのような状況そのものに僕は注目している☎黒電話666はこのような場をオーガナイズしながら15年にわたり演奏活動を継続してきたノイズ音楽家であり、このEP『Accumulation』は黒電話666より提出された、現在“そこ”で起こっている出来事についての最新のレポートだ☎（※本文より抽出）
［アート倉持 （黒パイプ）］

to such noise-obsessed underground music scene in Tokyo with young musicians having each different musical background☎BLACKPHONE666 has been active for 15 years as a noise musician, also organizes many gigs, and this EP “Accumulation” is the recent report about “the scene” from him☎(Extract from main text)
[Art Kuramochi (Kuropipe)]

BLACKPHONE666 is a very gentle guy, but his sound is noisy and fierce. What a difference between his personality and sound!
[kohei matsunaga (NHK yx Koyxen)]

BLACKPHONE666 is a very gentle guy, but his sound is noisy and fierce. What a difference between his personality and sound!
[kohei matsunaga (NHK yx Koyxen)]

Extreme electronic music act/original harsh noise sound seeker from Tokyo, renowned for tons of gigs, “BLACKPHONE666” drops his long-awaited 1st official release.

“BLAZE” is started with nervy electronic sound, then, gradually torture your ears. “OXD” destroys your audible field with rough energy.
When you listen these 2 tracks, you must notice why worldwide listeners from various genre rocks out by his sound. 
“BLACKPHONE666” is the leading act of relentless electronic music in the 21th century. The time has come when his “Accumulation” of pitch-black noise overflows from speakers around the world.
The remix tracks by ENA (Samurai Horo, KYOKA (raster-noton) are recorded as the bonus tracks only for CD.
These 2 impressive artists create edgy and dope re-construction of his blackphone noise, like no one else can do.The mastering is by noguchi taoru, who has worked with Nisennenmondai ,Kukangendai, Atsuhiro Ito, etc, as the recording/mastering engineer.Masterd by noguchi taoru
Art work & Designed by ticotu YOKO
Movie Edited by Masashi Narita



黒電話666 （Blackphone666）

http://www.geocities.jp/made_in_nakano/

BLACKPHONE666

http://www.geocities.jp/made_in_nakano/

Extreme electronic music act from Tokyo, who pursues original harsh noise sound.He has unique playstyle at his show, with old dialer style desk phone and tons of effector pedals.
He “plays” noise tightly with dynamism of harsh noise and musical development.

His tough, strong and furious sound is created from his skill and considerable experience of his fierce gigs. His music follows noise music manner, but also has great expectation for new development of extreme electronic music and attracts attention in various areas.
His sound is extreme characteristic, excessive sound density, solid and stiff sound is opposite to psychedelic, and massive sound pressure has affinity for dub.

He plays gigs anywhere and borderless, like at live bars, nightclubs, galleries, etc, and genre of gigs are noise, hardcore, techno and electronica. He is like a cross-over bridge between noise music and various genre of music.

BLACKPHONE666 is started on 2001, continues to be active mainly for live performances.
He has good relationship with a lot of underground artists in Tokyo. In 2007 to 2012, he organized electronic music event called “Discord Proving Ground”(http://www.geocities.jp/made_in_nakano/dpg/index.html).
Tujiko Noriko, Ichiro(ex-Yurayura Teikoku), NUMB, AGATA(Melt-Banana), Tomomi Adachi, MARUOSA, PAINJERK, Fuyuki Yamakawa, KYOKA, T.Mikawa(Hijo Kaidan), Kukan Gendai, Atsuhiro Ito, and many more artists played at this event.

His overwhelming live performance was spread as a rumor and attracted eager support worldwide. Before his first independent release, he toured Korea on 2012, and toured EU(UK,France and Swiss) on 2013. On EU tour, he shared stages with Yoshihide Otomo, ENDON, Oren Ambarchi, Mark Fell, Jello Biafra (ex.Dead Kennedys) etc.

On 2014 to 2015, he played gigs together with many artist from overseas such as MATMOS, Russel Haswell, Bastard Noise, Sickness, Dick El Demasiado, TM404, etc.
His gig at Dommune and 2.5D was streamed online. Also he played at Red Bull Music Academy Tokyo and at Chichibu 4D.
Recently, he shared the stage with Naohiro Ukawa, Melt-Banana, DJ NOBU, Aoki Takamasa, Keiji Haino etc.

Split – Kazuma Kubota / GUILTY C.

OOO-30 | C-40

00年代以降興っているハードコアとノイズのリンクのハーシュノイズサイドからの実行犯GUILTY C.。そして2014年に発表した初単独国内盤”Two of a Kind”CD(ooo-28/[…]dotsmark)が大きな反響をもって迎えられた気鋭のノイズアーティストKazuma Kubota。同世代、同時代を生き、それぞれに経験と評価を積み重ねて来た両者による初のスプリット作品。

土砂災害の如く熾烈なハーシュノイズと洗練さ れたミックス、真っ黒な雪崩の中の構成美！カセットテープ・初回プレス150本。DLコード封入。

Kazuma Kubota
都内を中心に活動するハーシュ・ノイズ・アーティスト。2004年の 冬より”BLOODY LETTER”名義で活動開始。2007年以降は本名のKazuma Kubota名義で活動。スピード感とブレイク感溢れるノイズと 美麗なアンビエント・ドロー ン・サウンド、フィールド・レコーディング等によって構築され た繊細でドラマチックな作風はノイズ・ファンのみならずエレクト ロニカ、シュー・ゲイザー、ハードコア他あらゆるエモーショナルな音を求めるリスナーへの訴求力を持つ。2013年には米ノイズの巨匠Chris GoudreauのレーベルNinth Circleから1stフル・アルバム”Dis connected”をリリース。

GUILTY C.
1999年 から活動を続けるドクロの使者。フィードバック・ノイズと淀んだ音の波が寄せては返し、幾重にもなる怪しいノイズの壁が砂の ように崩れ落ちる、残虐無慈悲なダークノイズ・プロジェクト。

observation about air – Abisyeikah

OOO-28 | CD/Digital

Abisyeikah is a unit that has been both silenced and enthusiastically praised for its lo-fi/nonsense, bad taste, thought-provoking performances, unscalable two-match progressive style, and thoroughly underground and homemade terroristic sound. Noise” unit Abyshakah.

This is their 4th original album and first pressed CD/regularly distributed album.
If you ignore them now, when will you?

The DL version is available from the following distributors.
iTunes/Amazon/Bandcamp/Ototoy

Abisyeikah
They were formed in 2004. They have been hiding in Gunma, Gyoda, Koenji, Roppongi, and Shibuya and consistently playing shows and releasing music.
Since their debut, they have advocated “gore grind” and “noise grind” and have repeatedly expanded or misunderstood these keywords to create extreme music, noise, and performance art.

He has performed at actual underground events wherever he has been invited and with such Japanese punk/rock giants as Tsunematsu Masatoshi, OH MY COW! He has performed with serious noise/electroacoustic groups such as Shunji Mikawa + HIKO, Dave Phillips, Francisco Meirino, Yousuke Fuyama, etc. He also collaborated with Mirai Moriyama, an artist, at the collaboration with Refrigerator Man and Kawasaki CHITTA. He has had borderless opportunities to perform with artists from all scenes and countries, regardless of genre, industry, career, overground or underground.

In 2012, he released a 3-way remix with JESUS OF NAZARETH and KUSARI GAMA on “GRINDCORE KARAOKE”, a label run by J.Randall, a member of AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED in the USA. KUSARI GAMA KILL released a 3-way remix album with JESUS OF NAZARETH and KUSARI GAMA KILL.

In 2013, his live video was highly acclaimed by U.K. beatbox champion “Beardyman,” and he gained international attention.
Furthermore, he has received respect from Australian Horrorcore/Breakcore “Passenger of shit”. He plans to participate in his V.A. project and produce a collaboration work with Passenger of shit & Abisyeikah. He has also decided to collaborate with Passenger of shit & Abisyeikah to make a new album.

Two of a Kind – Kazuma Kubota

OOO-27 | CD | Digital

Kazuma Kubota、この名前は覚えておいた方が良い。年寄りが跳梁跋扈する日本のノイズを、この男はいずれ背負って立つことになるのだから。理由？この作品を聴きなさい。それで分からないようなら、自分を諦めることだ。

美川俊治(非常階段/INCAPACITANTS)

00年代以降の日本ノイズ急先鋒Kazuma Kubota。
日本より先に海外のノイズ・コミュニティにおいてその評価が堅実なものとなっている彼の、満を持してリリースされる初の国内正規流通品。メ ランコリックなアンビエントサウンドとフィールドレコーディングそして切り刻まれたハーシュノイズの高次元融合によって紡ぎ出された独自の繊細な 世界観を3つのトラックで表現した小品。限定300枚(CD版)。
DL版は下記配信先からご利用頂けます。
iTunes/Amazon/Bandcamp/Ototoy

Kazuma Kubota. All heads has to know this name. This man is going to stand on the Japanese noise scene that have been dominated by old guys for a long age . Why? The reason? Just Checking this album. nevertheless, if this still shit for you, you should abandon yourself.
-Toshiji Mikawa(HIJOKAIDAN/INCAPACITANTS)

4tracks/CD(Edition of 300) or DL(iTunes,Amazon,Bandcamp,Ototoy)

真実は詐欺師の発明/TRUTH IS INVENTED BY LIARS – 5way split

OOO-25 | CD

2012年4月～5月にかけて敢行されたスイスのアーティストDave PhillipsとFrancisco Meirino両者の日本ツアーを記念して制作された5way Split CD。

両者に加え、Dave Phillipsを擁したアクション・ユニットSchimpfluch-Gruppeでも知られ、現在は大阪に在住、EXTREME RITUALとも形容される独自の世界観での音響パフォーマンスを続けるRodolf.Eb.Er(R&G)、ENDONのノイズ奏者によるソロノイズユニットMASS PHALLOCENTRISM ATTACK、知性とナンセンスの強引な配合によって全く独自の表現実験を続けて来た群馬のノイズ／アバンギャルドユニットABISYEIKAH(アビシェイカー)の計５組のオリジナル曲と、Dave&Franciscoによるコラボレーショントラックを収録。スイスアヴァンギャルドと、それをリスペクトする日本の新しい才能とを橋渡しする日瑞友好盤。

This CD was produced according to the 2012 Japan tour of Dave Phillips & Francisco Meirino.
CD with 5 Noise/Avant-Garade/Electro acoustic artist from Japan and Switzerland.

Original songs from each artist, and included the collaboration track of dave with francisco.
Dave Phillips is an noise actionist of Switzerland has been active since 1987.He is a member of art group “Schimpfluch-Gruppe”, and in the past was the main member of the legendary grindcore band “FEAR OF GOD”.
He has built dense tracks by voice, sound, field recordings,for problems of modern society.
Francisco Meirino is an sound artist working in Switzerland since the 1990s.He makes a live performance using the multi-channel also pluralistic, field recordings and Electro acoustic using.
Rudolf EB.ER is a founding member of “Schimpfluch-Gruppe”, Swiss artist currently working in Japan.
The above three artists, supported on this tour Corrupted,Hijokaidan,Endon and more.
Abisyeikah is an lo-Avant-garde unit working in Japan since the 1994.They sound production are humorous,lo-fi and very free.They have released a 3 albums and many VA so far.
MPA is a Japanese young noise collage unit.solo project by noise player of the noisecore band ENDON of Japan.