Phew / John Duncan / Kondo Tatsuo – Backfire of Joy [LP] Outer Rock (Noise / Psych / Free) I was struck by the

I was struck by the need to return and record the sounds that so entranced me

Both have a leather-bound folder full of underground back-story -- Hasegawa was the lead singer of seminal early eighties Japanese punk/hardcore group Aburadako (Greasy Octopus)

It marked the beginning of an incredibly productive and wildly creative era for Mikami that extends to the present day

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Kusafuka also ran his own record label from initial period of his activity and released a lot of amazing and terrific tapes

Phew / John Duncan / Kondo Tatsuo – Backfire of Joy [LP] Outer Rock (Noise / Psych / Free) I was struck by the"Black Truffle announce Backfire of Joy, a previously unheard recording from Phew, John Duncan, and Kondo Tatsuo, documenting a concert at Tokyo's Hosei University in 1982. Though the fertile exchange of 'zines, tapes and records between the Japanese underground and the Los Angeles Free Music Society meant the artists were familiar with each other's work, this performance (occurring on Duncan's first visit to Japan) was their first meeting and only