Various – Bird Cage: Birdfriend Archives
Various – Bird Cage: Birdfriend Archives

Various – Bird Cage: Birdfriend Archives

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Label: EM Records – EM1190DLP
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Japan
Released: 20 Mar 2020
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental, Techno

Enter a world unknown! Birdfriend is a cassette label run by Japanese musician/composer Koshiro Hino, aka YPY, who is also a founding member of the Osaka band goat. This compilation, available on CD and double vinyl, features 18 tracks by Japanese artists, from 2013-2017, previously available only on hard-to-find cassettes on the Birdfriend label, now available to you, the curious and courageous listener, worldwide on EM Records. Rejoice and enjoy the fractured rhythms and future-now timbres, questing intelligences and D.I.Y. energy, conveyed to you through hand-made synths, custom electronics, synths and samplers. Compiled by Hino, who also provides liner notes and cover art, these Japanese artists share a love of texture, semi-skewed rhythm, simple-yet-evolving structure, and a sense of humour; yet despite these similarities, there is a great variety across this release, making for an exciting and cohesive musical experience.. (Mint / New)

Tracklist
A1 Sofheso– M.N.L
A2 Shimettainu– Bird Peck at Dead Dog
A3 New Manuke– Fastest Motor
A4 YPY– BFMIX B-3
A5 JMT Synth Pinosaku– Tansun
B1 Shimettainu– Dog is Surrounded by Birds
B2 UNBE– Vector Milk
B3 YPY– The Damo UFO
B4 Micro Futoshi– Reforest 1
B5 Inoue Shirabe– Sleep Talk
C1 Futoshi Moriyama– Time Limit
C2 OPQ– ENT
C3 Futoshi Moriyama– Nico Electro
C4 H. Takahashi– 4
C5 Micro Futoshi– Reforest 2
C6 UNBE– 5 Cubic Meters
D1 Bonnounomukuro– Enter The Exit
D2 Futoshi Moriyama– Piano and Sampler