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Various Artists: We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1983), Yen Records Compilation

2018/12/18

Celebrating Christmas a bit early? Well, it seems I am (or for those stumble into this post in the future), you might be… Joyful, meaningful, and at times, quite lovely, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi’s Yen Records released in 1983 a special compilation for their fans of their homegrown record label, Yen Records.
Koji Ueno: Music For Silent Movies (1985)

2017/05/03

Music For Silent Movies, it’s all there in the title. Koji Ueno, one half of Japanese duo Guernica (the other half being Jun Togawa from Yapoos), takes their subversive take on the era of “The Greatest Generation” to its logical evolution/conclusion by creating a soundtrack to the lesser known sounds of that period. Thoughts of musique concrete, serialism,…
Various Artists: Yen Manifold Vol. 1 (1983)

2017/02/08

he first year of Yen Record’s existence surely must have felt like a fruitful one for its famous YMO founders Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi. Initially begun as an imprint for the Alfa Records company, Yen Records became less of a way to release YMO side projects, and more as a way to expand upon the amount of musical ideas…