NEW RELEASES

JAPAN
Anri and Momoko Kikuchi reissues on vinyl. Yumi Seino vinyl reissue. Kiyotaka Sugiyama new album and best of. CDs of Sotaisei Riron and TsuShiMaMiRe. Radwimps soundtrack on vinyl. Reissue of The Fools on CD + DVD. Vintage jazz on vinyl. Ann Young classic jazz reissue. Ryuichi Sakamoto soundtrack and new compilation. Tokyo Minyo Club and Mioko Yamaguchu classic album reissed with extra CD. New Akiko Yano CD + Blu-ray. Victor Treasure Series of songwriters from 1950s to 70s. Amamiaynu on vinyl. New Shuta Hasunuma, Eiichi Ohtaki new compilation on CD and vinyl. Minako Yoshida and Tomoko Aran vinyl reissues. New World Standard and Makoto Kubota vinyl reissues. Japanese traditional meets dub and Thail morlam on 7 inch. Jakam a.k.a. Moochy meets Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions sax player. Motoharu. Cornelius 12 inch, Shintaro Sakamoto latest album on CD, Shin Sasakubo vinyl. Tatsuro Yamashita eight vinyl and cassette reissues coming out this year. City pop and avant-garde reissues. New Ryuichi Sakamoto on vinyl and CD. New CD and vinyl in the Music for Sauna series. Eiichi Otaki first solo album 50th anniversary edition on CD and vinyl. 1970s jazz / trad vinyl. New chindon band, SACD reissues of classic albums. Jagatara Blu-spec CD2 reissues and remasters.
OKINAWA/AMAMI
Fantastic 5 CD box set of the history of Okinawan music and new album by Shuken Maekawa. 1970s 7 inch singles. New album from Kenji Yano playing kalimba. Original Okinawa vinyl LP and 10 inch records. Anna Sato and Yoshiyuki Sasaki. New albums from Yusa, Shunichi Irei, Toru Yonaha and compilation of Seishin Taba. New album from Hajime Chitose. Misako Oshiro 7 inch and Sadao China vinyl reissue. Uchina Jazz. New album from Maltese Rock. Latest from Amami island singer Anna Sato. Mina Hirata new album. Ikue Asazaki on vinyl. Misako Oshiro compiation. Okinawa Electric Girl Saya new album. Taiko based album from Keiko Higa. Music from Yonaguni. Blue Asia's Sketches of Myahk on CD and vinyl.
REST OF ASIA
New album from Thai singer Phum Viphurit on CD and vinyl. Vietnamese 1960s/70s compilation on vinyl and CD. Teresa Teng SACD reissues. Several wonderful albums of South Korean neo-traditional and avant-garde music. Indonesian 1980s City Pop. Korean new style ponchak / dance. Myanmar 1990s trad/pop mixtures. Silk Road vinyl. Chinese/Hong Kong vintage 40s-60s recordings on CD. Japanese unit Taikuhjikang playing Indonesian gamelan / steelpan mix. Brilliant new album from Thai singer, Rasmee. Vietnamese 60s compilation. Balinese gamelan. Roots and experimental sounds from Korea. Myanmar music remixed on vinyl. 1970s Korean psych classic. Sentimental pop from Hanoi.
VINYL
Anri and Momoko Kikuchi reissues on vinyl. Yumi Seino vinyl reissue. Vintage jazz on vinyl. Ann Young classic jazz reissue. Radwimps soundtrack. Ryuichi Sakamoto soundtrack and compilation. Amamiaynu on vinyl. Eiichi Ohtaki new compilation. Minako Yoshida and Tomoko Aran vinyl reissues.New World Standard and Makoto Kubota vinyl reissues. Japanese traditional meets dub and Thail morlam on 7 inch. Vietnamese 1960s/70s compilation. Cornelius 12 inch, Shin Sasakubo vinyl. Tatsuro Yamashita eight vinyl reissues coming out this year. City Pop and avant-garde jazz reissues. New Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1970s Jazz meets Japanese trad vinyl reissues. New vinyl in the Music for Sauna series. Eiichi Ohtaki first album on double vinyl with previously unreleased tracks. Tribute to Yukihiro Takahashi 7 inch EP, 1980s City Pop from Akiko Mizuhara, Hikaru Utada, First Love on double vinyl. Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto and new Ryuichi Sakamoto soundtrack to a Netflix anime. Miharu Koshi, Boy Soprano vinyl reissue. Hiroshi Sato, Orient on 2LP.
DVD / Blu-ray
Cinema Kabuki on DVD and Blu-ray. Akina Nakamori 1983 Europe Blu-ray. Fishmans the movie on Blu-ray. Buddhist chants ceremony. Alfa Music live, Amami island traditional music and scenes, Haruomi Hosono documentary and Yellow Magic live shows.
WORLD
Bob Dylan Japan only compilation on Blu-spec CD2. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, SACD. The People's Music 3 CD set. Bossa Nova 3 CD compilation. Excellent new 'pop flamenco' from Cathy Claret. Fantastic CD and CD-R collections from the golden age of highlife and juju music from Ghana and Nigeria. SACD reissues of Western rock and pop.
BOOKS / MAGAZINES
Books of special interest including YMO, Haruomi Hosono