MICHEL HENRITZI / JUNKO / MASAYOSHI URABE
Ecstasy Of The Angels
(Opposite) Used CD $6.00
Talk about a power trio. Dustbreeders’ Michel Henritzi creates bleak, fractured landscapes with snare drum, wood and metal junk, turntable and feedback. Cult favorite Masayoshi Urabe adds uneasy atmosphere with alto sax and guitar. Junko’s vocals bring almost indescribable dread to the mix. From 2009
Solos
(PSF) Used LP $35.00
Soaring beyond where Kaoru Abe left off, Urabe explores the possibilities of human breath and forged brass. Gatefold paper folder jacket. No obi
Sooingyokusaiseyo
(Elevage de Poussiere) Used LP $25.00
“Urabe stands right in the middle of the intersection of the two major roads that have crossed the fertile landscape of Japanese avant-garde music for the past decade,” explains Paris Transatlantic. “Harsh, expressionistic noise and near-empty reductionism. The alto saxophonist has a large palette of sounds to paint with, from shrill multiphonics to tremulous, emotion-charged wails and spastic splattering. Recorded live in France 2001.