‘Tapestry: Koto’ is a 3-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s dedicated to one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music: Koto.
Originally released in 2015, Sounds from the Far East' features highly sought after material by legendary Japanese house producer Soichi Terada and fellow producers Shinichiro Yokota, Manabu Nagayama.
First released in 1976, Shakuhachi master, Kifu Mitsuhashi and jazz musician, Kiyoshi Yamaya blend their individual musical disciplines to compose an album that beautifully captures the spirit of both traditional Japanese folk music and jazz.
This work, which fills the missing piece of Japanese techno, which is being rapidly unearthed, is now being reissued for the first time with Kayama's approval!
Originally released in 1975 on legendary independent label Elec Records, Tobimasu is a masterpiece of melancholy carried by one of the most beautiful, moving, melodic, and haunting voices in the history of Japanese music.