Pablo Picasso - Soft Type LP (Telegraph Records, 1983)

Side A

Yah!

MANY MANY

内側の歌 Part 1

Side B

内側の歌 Part 2

Sign

Not Movin'

Following the 7" I posted earlier, here's the brilliant and only LP from this cacophonous Tokyo no-wave trio. Super dubbed out and effects-laden scrawl somewhere between The Pop Group's Y and PiL's Metal Box. The production on this one is so 'out there' at times, it had me checking the insert to see if it was produced by Kaoru Sato (it wasn't). Amazing stuff!

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Urban Dance - s/t LP (Non-Standard, 1985)

Tracklisting

Side A

Why

Hitokoma No Ame

Ceramic Love

Subete Wa Himitsu No Yoru

We All Go Down

Side B

Hammer

Dr. Diet

Dreamer

Remaking of Non-Standard Music

Debut record by this stylish techno-pop group lead by Shinobu Narita, fresh from disbanding his previous group, 4-D (one of their members left to join P-Model). The production, by Yukihiro Takahashi and Haruomi Hosono of YMO, is head-spinning, featuring the kind of sharp-focus wackiness you have already have a taste for if you enjoyed the Momoyo and Yoran singles over at Habit of Sex. Listen close for some pretty silly lyrics too: I desire your VCR, I'd like to watch you in slow-motion (Ceramic Love), and So don't put your hands on those Rice Krispies (Dr. Diet) are personal favorites.

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Minca Panopica - Heckell Jackell 12" (Nagomu, 1989)

Tracklisting

Side In

Heckell Jackell

Trouble Western

Chikyu Wa Mawaru

Oh! Maria

Side Out

Chu-Chu

Go Go! Oscar

Bali-Hi

More doinko pop naiveté from the Nagomu crew. Just when you thought it couldn't get stupider, here comes electropop hoe-downs, children's choirs, rubberized guitar solos and other such nonsense. Sorta like a mass-market Picky Picnic, I suppose. Great!

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Pablo Picasso - s/t 7" (Telegraph Records, 1981)

Tracklisting

Side A

紫外線

Side B

Not Movin'

Tangled no-wave groove from the rather reliable Telegraph label. If you like the skritch-skratch guitar of DNA, Mars, et al, this one's for you!

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Yasuaki Shimizu - IQ 179 LP (Columbia Japan, 1981)

Tracklisting

Side A

Crow

Lizard Hako

Doll Play I

Puzzle 34

Cloud 9

Side B

△E=△mc²=Amnesia

IQ 179

Little "L"

Doll Play II

Shashin

Lost Horizon

Confounding electro-jazz-fusion moves from this ex-Mariah saxophonist. Just when you think you've got this record figured out, it turns on a dime. Seriously, the range of quality here is astounding, whizzing from Wha-Ha-Ha-esque levels of synth blippiness to white wine soaked Mom-Jazz, Grover Washington Jr style. I sure hope that comparison didn't just turn you all off from downloading this, as there are some pretty brilliant moments to be heard!

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