tatsuya yoshida appreciation thread

Yes that is put together by Hoppy Kamiyama, who used to run the great God Mountain in the 90s, and had his hand in a ton of proggy Japanese noise-rock bands. I don't remember being that into Daimonji, but it's been years since I heard it.

i rather liked that "soft mountain" record - hoppy and tatsuya with hugh hopper and elton dean doing some lovely improvs in fusion-softs style.

This almost flew under my radar, acoustic versions of Korekyojinn tracks (I don't think there's anything brand new here) but it's good:

https://korekyojinn.bandcamp.com/album/kaleidoscope

I didn't know until recently that he's put a load of Magaibutsu releases on bandcamp, it's meant that I've been able to fill some gaps in my Tatsuya Yoshida collection like I've been meaning to for ages!

Angherr Shisspa = god tier. god damn do I love this album.

what's he been up to lately? seems to still do a ton of shows and there was a new Korekojinn disc recently, but his recent output seems to be limited to these improvised (?) and hard to find discs with the likes of Richard Pinhas. is he not composing new stuff anymore?

Someone with a work ethic like his is bound to be cooking up something...

Wasn't there a new Koenjihyakkei album somewhere on the horizon or did I imagine it

vaguely recall hearing something about a new koenji too... 🤔

it does seem like yoshida's calmed down a bit lately. a magaibutsu bandcamp went up semi recently but just catalog releases on there for the time being. maybe he's a dad or something now?

starting to dig more into these semi-improvised collabs. the one under the name Imahoritsuneoyoshidatatsuya called "Territory" is excellent, full of all sorts of gonzo noise and suitable bizarre rhythms. never a dull moment. Erans with Satoko Fuiji (a pianist) is great as well. this guy is one of the best musicians ever, really

*cough*

https://koenjihyakkei.bandcamp.com/album/dhorimviskha

omg second track is a shameless rip-off of...the mars volta?

sounding good tho!

Oh yea!

the main thing i'm getting here is a love of 60s and 70s psych coming through as the main flavour :)

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

so, DHORIMVISKHA rules imo. sounds like a refinement of, or at least, a denser version of angherr shisspa to me. production on here is similarly sedate (for this band anyway, so I mean this relatively vs. nivraym or viva koenji) and I love the stretch from "DJEBELAKI ZOMN" to "PALBETH TISSILAQ".

listened to this while driving around ireland when it came out and found it complemented that nicely - lots of winding twists, routinely being impressed by everything you're taking in, undeniably kinda claustrophobic + stressful.

right now I think it's their best album and potentially Yoshida's crowning achievement. amusingly it's the only Koenjihyakkei album that really sounds like a follow-up to the last one, even though that one was 13 years ago.

Found a cheap copy of Ruins - Mandala II in a second hand section. Is this any good? Might be signed, or maybe someone not in the band just scribbled on it.

I love this dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5i5Q9LmPX0

That's great!

Is that a baby in the background doing a death metal scream?

lotta stuff on Bandcamp

https://magaibutsu.bandcamp.com/music

ever dip into this? so much live improv. it’s a little overwhelming!

a set with haino just went up the other day!

yeah if anyone recommends something in particular I'll check it out

I do dig his live improv stuff but I've got a lot of it already

yep, same

finally grabbed that Ruins Alone record. my one word review: LMAO

also it has a track which doesn't sample but kinda replicates Autechre's "Arch Carrier"??? like it can't be a coincidence (its "Obthecklomtz" if you're curious...1:10 on)

hahaha I would have never thought of it myself but I can totally hear it

awesome record. so wild, even for one of his projects.

yeah there's a real "who's gonna hold me back" vibe to it