s1994 | TAKESHI GUNDAN COUNT DOWN confusion JAPAN Vinyl

Confusion is Sex is the debut album from Sonic Youth originally released in 1983 on Glenn Branca's label Neutral Records label. Reissued on vinyl for the first time in over 20 years. Limited Edition 180 gram white vinyl cut from original master recording tapes. Confusion Is Sex remains one of the most important and influential records to emerge from the American No Wave, post punk scene which thrived through the late 1970s and early 1980s in the lower east side of New York with bands like The Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Mars and DNA.TracklistSIDE A1 (She's in A) Bad Mood 5:30 2 Protect Me You 5:21 3 Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your Dog 3:31 4 Shaking Hell 3:56 SIDE B5 Inhuman 3:56 6 The World Looks Red 2:37 7 Confusion Is Next 3:21 8 Making the Nature Scene 2:56 9 Lee Is Free 3:22

Boris (Japan): Takeshi (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); Atsuo (drums); Wata (sound effects).Personnel: Wata (guitar); Atsuo Okubo (drums, percussion).Recording information: Sound Square (2005).Since their inception, Japanese metal trio Boris (aptly named after a Melvins song) have maintained a relatively underground status, trafficking in brutal stoner rock; mood-altering Pink Floyd-style experiments in ambient electric psychedelia; and collaborations with avant-garde artists like Merzbow and Keiji Haino. On PINK, their highest-profile release to date, the group tries its hand at all three, and largely succeeds. Playing with incredible force and a deft hand at tempo and mood changes, PINK is at once crushingly heavy ("Blackout"), relentlessly thrashing ("Nothing Special"), and incredibly tranquil ("My Machine"). And with a lead guitarist as adept as Wata (a rare female member in a band of this stature) and the pummeling, gong-smashing drummer Atsuo, it should be no surprise how well it all comes together.

Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) pressing of this 1983 album from the British Pop/Rock legends. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008.

Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) pressing of this 1983 album from the British Pop/Rock legends. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008.

Buro ( May 01, 2007 ), Genre: Rock & Pop

Japanese only SHM paper sleeve pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players.

Vinyl Lovers ( December 22, 2009 ), Genre: Rock & Pop

Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)

Abrasive and archaic, theatrical and confrontational, Confusion Is Sex marks the opening strides that Sonic Youth made during their long slog through the American underground scene of the '80s. And yes, this album is underground if anything - it's lo-fi to the point of tonal drabness, as the instruments seem to ring out in only one tone, that of screechy noise. Yet that tone in itself is part of the album's style, which is one of antithesis. The album isn't comprised of songs but rather soundscapes, while the instruments are your traditional guitar-bass-drums-vocals lineup but are performed most untraditionally. Taken as a whole, Confusion Is Sex is a spellbinding listen, especially the first time through. If you're a bona fide Sonic Youth fan, chances are you'll find it especially spellbinding - the more of the band's albums you've heard, the better. TracklistSIDE A1 (She's in A) Bad Mood 5:30 2 Protect Me You 5:21 3 Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your Dog 3:31 4 Shaking Hell 3:56 SIDE B5 Inhuman 3:56 6 The World Looks Red 2:37 7 Confusion Is Next 3:21 8 Making the Nature Scene 2:56 9 Lee Is Free 3:22

Personnel: Wata (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Takeshi (vocals, guitar); Atsuo (drums, percussion).Audio Mixer: Soichiro Nakamura.Recording information: Sound Square.Photographer: Miki Matsushima.Translator: Yoshiko Ikeda.Attention Please is one of two simultaneously released albums by Japan's Boris on the Sargent House imprint in 2011. The other is Heavy Rocks--not related to the 2002 album. It is also one of four planned full-lengths by the group during the calendar year. (The others are a collaboration with Masami Akita -- aka Merzbow -- entitled Klatter, and New Album, which mixes tracks from Attention Please and Heavy Rocks with other new material. The latter two are available only in Japan.) Until 2008's predictable Smile, Boris was always unpredictable. One minute they would be spiraling out of control with paint-peeling guitar histrionics, while another showcased walls of feedback and distorted percussion interspersed with moments of almost total silence. Attention Please comes as a very noteworthy and