les rallizes denudes rfi

this is all so much in character, happy to remain confused (esp if we get better quality recordings that aren't on that fucking Phoenix guy's pirate label)

https://thequietus.com/articles/30783-makuto-kubota-les-rallizes-denudes-interview

Interview with former bassist Makoto Kabuta, who's overseeing the remastering

that was fabulous, thanks. I hope they sue the shit out of the Radioactive/Phoenix dude.

My copy of '77 Live (retitled Le 12 Mars 1977 à Tachikawa is on the "Over Level" label, which only put out two releases according to Discogs; the other one is another Rallizes bootleg from 1972.

that was fabulous, thanks. I hope they sue the shit out of the Radioactive/Phoenix dude.

does seem like he's probably made a decent chunk of change off of this music. also he is very lame.

amazing interview though! excited to see what comes next... LRD deserves way better than what they've gotten, will be great to have official, well-done versions of these records. will remastering change the entire vibe, though??? (probably not)

lol I hope not!

Decent masters should only enhance the vibe! Had no idea about the Hosono / Sandii & the Sunsetz connection.

Glad I offloaded most of the boots I had (especialy from the aforementioned organisation) but I'm sort of expecting releases to trickle out at most if the family don't get someone experienced to take it on. Great interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_34Jq5pTDSU

Just got round to this now, good interview. Doubt we will learn anything new from the remasters though, but nice to get some info on what that kind of scene might be like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrQL7K-BdOU

fantastic

oh wow - https://pitchfork.com/news/les-rallizes-denudes-officially-release-white-awakening-listen/

Well this'll keep ya going

https://lightintheattic.net/releases/8593-the-oz-tapes

Operating out of a small upstairs space just around the corner from the train station in the Kichijoji neighborhood of Tokyo, OZ was a scruffy, DIY affair that lasted not much more than a year. Between June 1972 to September 1973, the cafe and performance space became the nerve center for the city’s burgeoning underground and counterculture set.

Hadaka No Rallizes, aka Les Rallizes Dénudés, the psychedelic noisemakers originally from Kyoto, was one of the marquee names at OZ. Led by the enigmatic Takashi Mizutani, the now-legendary band was one of the earliest bookings for the venue, and would ultimately close out OZ Last Days, a raucous five-day blowout to celebrate the short but wonderful world of OZ. To commemorate the occasion, recordings made at OZ were released as OZ DAYS LIVE, a private press 2LP set featuring Miyako Ochi, Acid Seven, Masato Minami, Taj Mahal Travellers, and four tracks by the Rallizes—which constituted just a fraction of what had been recorded at the time. For nearly 50 years, these songs remained the only official appearance of the Rallizes on vinyl LP—until now.

With The OZ Tapes, we are finally able to hear the missing pieces. Stored on reels of Scotch analog recording tape, these recordings had laid dormant in storage for almost half a century. The previously unheard material reveals the Rallizes at some of their most unhinged and experimental, as well as moments of delicate tenderness—the two sides of Mizutani that would come to define his band’s legacy. Taken as a whole, The OZ Tapes help to demystify the band’s murky history, yet this vibrant and seemingly relatively innocent era only hints at the explosive, uncharted worlds into which Mizutani would lead the band.

Vinyl only (so far at least), due in November.

so psyched for this. november so far away though...

Ah, very happily there is a full digital edition of this also coming via https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/

Also per John Whitson of Holy Mountain: "There’s also going to be a 3CD with the other groups on the original Oz Days comp plus extra LRD some time next year."

gahhhhhh so cool

Annnnd that digital release of their OZ Tapes material is now live.

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/the-oz-tapes

brb hittin the bong and pressing play

Thanks for the reminder!

Nice! Still excited for the 3xCD thing too.

so stoked for this

it sounds so CLEAR

i'm so happy. dream come true

really sounds good. what a cool band!

BTW looks like there was a listening party-only release just now, as in a party for this release:

https://www.discogs.com/release/22958801-%E8%A3%B8%E3%81%AE%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA-Les-Rallizes-D%C3%A9nud%C3%A9s

That was vague: a party for the OZ Tapes release, but now there's this something else out there:

A1 A Shadow On Our Joy = 僕らの喜びに影がさした (Ver.2) 6:44
B1 Wilderness Of False Flowers = 造花の原野 (Ver.2) 18:30

Only 100 copies pressed, sold exclusively at the "Fall and Rise of Les Rallizes Dénudés Vol.2" event.

And it was on Temporal Drift so it's legit, whatever it is.

I really do want to hear this alternate "Wilderness of False Flowers" because it's over twice as long as the version on the new album!

both those tracks will be (are?) on the 3CD (2.2 and 2.3)

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/les-rallizes-denudes-masato-minami-miyako-ochi-acid-seven/oz-days-live-%E2%80%9972%E2%80%93%E2%80%9973-kichijoji-50%E1%B5%97%CA%B0-anniversary-collection/

but that Wilderness Of False Flowers is indeed 3 minutes shorter than on the vinyl EP/single - weird

https://www.lesrallizesdenudes-official.com/en/information/2022-04-06_841/

New feature/interview up at Bandcamp

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/les-rallizes-denudes-the-oz-tapes-feature

nice to see that

And Light in the Attic has the Oz Days 3xCD up for pre-order, out in October. Looks like a great package:

https://lightintheattic.net/releases/8890-oz-days-live-72-73-kichijoji-the-50th-anniversary-collection

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/les-rallizes-d-nud-s

the 12"" single with the two tracks that will be on the 3CD now available digitally

the mail said this but I don't see that anywhere (or they're gone already) - "Available now—Bandcamp Friday 9/2/22—we have the remaining 150 copies of the 12" for sale. One copy per person/order. $20 + Shipping. Thank you for supporting Temporal Drift and Les Rallizes Dénudés here on Bandcamp.” "

150 copies? Glad to see they are honoring the tradition of making LRD product impossible to procure

that long slow version of Wilderness Of False Flowers is pretty great

saw this posted elsewhere, from the Temporal Drift Facebook page:

"We can now officially share the news that Temporal Drift will be reissuing "67-'69 Studio Et Live," "MIZUTANI / Les Rallizes Dénudés," and "'77 Live" by Les Rallizes Dénudés. Originally released on CD by Rivista Inc. in 1991, these are the only official albums released during the band's lifetime, other than 1973's OZ DAYS LIVE.
Pre-orders for the CD and LP will begin on 9/28. Our reissues will be available throughout the world, other than Japan and Asia.
We can also share that there will be a new 12" single made up of bonus tracks from the CDs.
More details soon..."

Reminds me, you can get the Oz Days digitally here:

https://temporaldrift.bandcamp.com/album/oz-days-live-72-73-kichijoji-the-50th-anniversary-collection

77 Live is a fucking amazing record; I have a really good bootleg version with the title in French, but I will absolutely buy this new version if they've done anything noticeable about cleaning it up. Maybe the others, too.

I feel like they would have said remaster or remix if they did a lot of work on them, reissue feels like... not? Not 100% sure though

I've emailed the label to ask. If I get an answer I'll post it.

We know you've been waiting for the OZ DAYS LIVE Book+3CD set, and we promise it's coming very soon, after a short manufacturing delay! In the meantime, we are very excited to share that the album is now available to stream everywhere. Find it on your preferred platform here: temporaldrift.ffm.to/ozdayslive

Digital downloads are also available from our Bandcamp. Featuring the complete recordings of Les Rallizes Dénudés at OZ, this release features essential and many previously unheard performances by Masato Minami, Miyako Ochi, and Acid Seven.

temporaldrift.bandcamp.com/album/oz-days-live-72-73-kichijoji-the-50th-anniversary-collection

Oh darn, more reissues are live, oh no

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/mizutani-les-rallizes-d-nud-s

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/67-69-studio-et-live

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/77-live

oh no! :-)

All three have this: "features newly remastered audio by former Rallizes member Makoto Kubota"