{"product_id":"va-music-vanity-records-box","title":"va - Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs new, played once. Comes with (unworn) T-Shirt in size Large + certificate no. 093\/500.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page__abstract\"\u003eA minimal electronics masterpiece and pinnacle of the Japanese underground music scene of the late-70’s, perhaps the rarest and hardest to find find of all of the LP's released on the legendary Japanese experimental label Vanity Records.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page__description\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"1118\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/42XOoeuhKdY\" title=\"Various Artists — Music (Vanity Records) (Japan, 1981) Full 2LP\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMusic (or Musik)\u003c\/em\u003e was a compilation originally released in 1981 as a double vinyl box. It is a selection of thirteen artists’ tracks that were chosen from over 100 cassette tape demos sent to Rock Magazine from all over Japan. It is also a monumental piece of work that documents early, experimental home recording music from Japan that emerged out of the advent of affordable synthesizers and multi-track recorders in the mid-1980s, stimulating the underground music scene of the era. With the exception \u003cstrong\u003eAdode\/Cathode\u003c\/strong\u003e (who released music from \u003cstrong\u003eDaigoretsu\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePinakotheka\u003c\/strong\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eTokyo\u003c\/strong\u003e led by \u003cstrong\u003eMunehiro Narita\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Rise\u003c\/strong\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003ePlazama Music\u003c\/strong\u003e (predecessor of \u003cstrong\u003eB.C. Lemons\u003c\/strong\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eArbeit\u003c\/strong\u003e (a group by designer \u003cstrong\u003eAchim Duchow\u003c\/strong\u003e who created front cover artwork for Rock Magazine), \u003cstrong\u003eKiiro Radical\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eInvivo\u003c\/strong\u003e who separately released cassettes on Vanity, and \u003cstrong\u003eYuzuru Agi\u003c\/strong\u003e’s solo alias \u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003c\/strong\u003e (that featured his field recordings from a visit in New York), all other artists are anonymous and their information is shrouded in mystery. Riddled with tape hiss noise and exceedingly low-fi sound quality, it is an accumulation of various ideas and DIY style from early ‘80s Japanese underground. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Horn of Plenty","offers":[{"title":"Retail \/ 2LP Box + T-Shirt","offer_id":51941103305046,"sku":"VOD161","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/6043\/7590\/files\/musicbox.jpg?v=1763977183","url":"https:\/\/centralbazaar.org\/products\/va-music-vanity-records-box","provider":"Central Bazaar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}