2023. The '50s and '60s were a time of rapid change that saw trends come and go. Japan, like all other industrial countries, saw its youth move from one musical sensation to the next. And in the early '60s, there wa..

2011. This first ever retrospective of Japanese guitar pioneer Takeshi Terauchi charts his career from the 1960s surf boom, via groovy instrumentals, through to 70s fuzz freak-outs and funk rock. - GANROKU HANAMI O..

1973. The first ever official CD reissue of The Rational's highly ragarded s/t LP from 1970. The rationals, featuring cult hero Scott Morgan on guitar an vocals, played an exciting blend of rock and R&B, absorbi..

2013. 23 track CD. "Nippon Rock'n'Roll" documents the rise of Masaaki Hirao. Dubbed "The Japanese Elvis", he was one of the famed Rokabirii Sannin Otoko (Three Rockabillies), alongside singers Mi..

2021. The mysterious combo from unknown territories strikes again. Their telepathic connection with Joe Meek, Tom Dissevelt and Takeshi Terauchi surely pays off with two brilliant intergalactic instrumentals. Don't ..

2021. Japanese garage rockers The Routes deliver a second 100% instrumental album that blends surf, psychedelia and so many other influences, from the '50s all the way to the now, that it's basically unclassifiable...

2020. Modern surf rock icons The Coffin Daggers deliver a unique album featuring cover versions of vintage Japanese "Eleki" surf rock tunes, known from bands such as Yuzo Kayama, The Spacemen, The Sharp Fi..

2023. The Routes are back with their fourteenth studio album 'Reverberation Addict'. Having tackled the music of Kraftwerk on their 2022 album 'The Twang Machine', the band has now found inspiration by Pete Shelley ..