Bird Cage: Birdfriend Archives

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
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.

Disc 1
1: M.N.L. - Sofheso
2: Bird Peck at Dead Dog - Shimettainu
3: Fastest Motor - New Manuke
4: BFMIX B-3 - YPY
5: Tansun - JMT Synth Pinosaku
6: Dog Is Surrounded By Birds - Shimettainu
7: Vector Milk - UNBE
8: The Damo UFO - YPY
9: Reforest 1 - Micro Futoshi
10: Sleep Talk - Inoue Shirabe

Disc 2
1: Time Limit - Futoshi Moriyama
2: ENT - OPQ
3: Nico Electro - Futoshi Moriyama
4: 4 - H. Takahashi
5: Reforest 2 - Micro Futoshi
6: 5 Cubic Meters - UNBE
7: Enter the Exit - Bonnounomukuro
8: Piano and Sampler - Futoshi Moriyama

Number of Discs: 2

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