la musica discography

[alancummings]

My feeling is that those later titles only really existed in Nanjo's fevered imagination. Or perhaps even he baulked at the number of people he was bootlegging...
Some of the material was possibly released either prior or later on other labels - the Baroque Bordello stuff was surely part of that 10cdr set of Kawabata's, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Toho Sara and Musica Transonic stuff at least partly corresponds to the later releases on PSF and Fractal. 163 to 165 were tapes on Kawabata's Tenkyo no To label.

I would have loved to hear the Daiyon Kobo Tapes comp though...

[mewash]

hey, i am in tokyo now, any places other than modern music i should hit up for interesting stuff?

[alancummings]

Check out Jimmy Dee's guide here:
http://www.ongakuweb.com/tokyo_guide/index.html

It's a few years old, but most of the places are still there. Of the record stores, Fujiya Avic is probably the only one that's gone.
For noise, extreme electronics, avant-garde composition etc, I'd add Omega Point:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/paganmusik/omega/top.html

For straight noise, Neds:
http://www.neds-records.com/

If you're looking to get your hands dirty in Tokyo's hundred odd second hand record stores (and you have any Japanese reading friends), pick up the latest Record Map, basically a book that lists virtually every record store in the whole country, with maps:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%97-CD-%E2%80%9908-%E2%80%9909-%E7%B7%A8%E9%9B%86%E5%B7%A5%E6%88%BF%E7%90%83/dp/4313881085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217069104&sr=8-1

For assorted weirdness, Shultz's guide is pretty useful:
http://www.hellodamage.com/tdr/travelguide.htm

[LBx]

would love to hear this one...

[nicepooperzine]

Hello all... I have been trying to find some info on the La Musica Tapes Vol 3 10 CDR Box from Nanjo. I traded for it years ago and recently dug out the CDrs, but can't find any of the data sheets/information. I posted one disc here:

http://nicepooperzine.blogspot.com/2011/10/acid-mothers-sunday-vol-35.html

In hopes of truly identifying this stuff. I have lots of other La Musica stuff posted there, always looking for more.

Thanks
andyp