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Hello everyone,
I am Shinobu. I play the electric guitar and live in japan with a bird, a dog, two cats and a
broken tape recorders. - I want to live with the orangutang and the chimpanzee some time -
It was piano that I did play first. However, I kicked piano at 13 years old and have begun to goddamn turn an
electric guitar. I formed a band and enjoyed a roaring sound, my guitar always did howling...
I worked as an assistant of Noriyuki Haraguchi of the Japanese contemporary artist at one time.
He was not a musician, but I learned most from him. I love him, and much respect.
I am in charge of a guitar and a vocal in "Josef [K]", "SUMMONS OF SHINING RUINS" is my guitar solo by old
memory, "DARK SIDE OF THE AUDIO SYSTEM" is an experiment with a broken recorder and loop.
You may use PayPal. We ship the same day funds are received. Many thanks for your support of the work.
Kindest regards, Shinobu Nemoto
It seems that Shinobu and I were meant to cross paths at some point or another - he got
in touch with me and Wordsalad after he bought my "Of The Apple" CD in a record store in
Japan, and after a little emailing. he shared this record with me, which is simply epic and
mindblowing, to say the least. It's some of the best guitar-based drone/doom/noise I've
heard since I discovered Boris (and no, I'm not just connecting him to them because of the
Japanese thing), and I'm honored to say that Install will hopefully be pressing up a proper
digipak release of this album this year.
Brian Grainge (milieu)
This is the first record of - Summons of Shining Ruins - .
Each tune was inspired with my first memories.
The ruins had burnt down. It is an innumerable crack in the glass. The light of the sunbeam
at a low position shone on the ruins. Crazy power of diffused reflection. I was standing in front
of the ruins when noticing by chance. I was a small child. And now, shining ruins summons me
again. I used the electric guitar, tape echo and some stomp boxes and those sounds were
recorded by 4-track. I love organic saturated sound and physical glitch. The electric guitar is
an extremely analog, noisyinstruments. Still a lot of possibilities have been left in electric guitar.
Shinobu Nemoto
01 Boy is surrounded by old friends and stopping at loggia, It seem to be the mausoleum built from early time for him
02 Facade was burnt down, glass cracks innumerably and diffused reflection, How did I come here?
03 Summons of shining ruins 04 Golden road, flower bloomed all over, It was only it and quiet
05 Appearance had changed a little when I awoke, Understood it, I was left
06 Strange shine between existence and nothing 07 Job’s letter was not opened 08 God's nation / God's people
Self title
2007
Label :
INSTALL
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Cover design : J Adams
My space
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I use the broken recorder and I like dismantling a machine. The inside of an old recorder is
a architecture-like. I become a dwarf and search for the inside.
The scenery is barbarous, but comfortable and I am ecstasy for a noise to sound from
the various places. I did not record music with this broken recorder. This CD is a work that
amplifies the sound of a broken recorder and the loop running with feeding back.
I did not think, wanted to add something a musical element there. There was already all there.
I was fascinating by barbarous scenery and sound there. In a sense this is field recording.
Shinobu Nemoto
He was interested in the dark side of audio and interested in the movement of a machine broken
than the machine which worked normally. The situation that control is impossible, or the
movement that is impossible of a prediction and outside of the program. How is the energy of the
exercise saved? A certain structure and the surplus. He was excited whenever he came across it.
The broken machine is new type of life, and the sound is seeding.
moufu - rokuon
loop collections 1
loop 1 loop 2 loop 3 loop 4 loop 5 loop 6 loop 7 loop 8
loop collections 1
2008
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MOUFU-ROKUON : mo - 002
Free zip
The second loop collections of - dark side of the audio system - . He began various experiments
by using SONY TC 357 reel to reel. This recorder is very old ( It was made at the early 1970
its really tattered machine ). And, it is a hotbed of electric glitch and physical glitch. The
sound of this recorder very from far away and the glitch occurs by close at hand. He was
possessed by this fascinating ambivalent. And, the improvisation of the piano was recorded
with this reel to reel. Afterwards, dozens of loops were made based on it. He got a lot of
discoveries by this process. This experiment of - dark side of the audio system - will continue
more.
moufu - rokuon
loop collections 2
loop 1 loop 2 loop 3 loop 4 loop 5 loop 6 loop 7 loop 8 loop 9
loop collections 2
2008
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Cover photo : Jaime Mtzz
coming soon
"The music of Jason & Shinobu is like a heavy green atomic cloud filled with howling spectres.
A great ball of flames rises from the abandoned lake and electrifies the clouds."
Jason Adams
This record is collaboration of Jason Adams (HEPTANGULAR) and Shinobu Nemoto (Summons
of Shining Ruins). We met on the Internet accidentally. There was a common point in the music
we created. We had a psychedelic, raw and organic sound, noisy and obscurity. We began
collaboration at the next day. We played a guitar and scattered a noise. The words were unnecessary
for our collaboration. I asked Jason once. - What do I say to creep neighbors? - He said.
- DISPEL SPACE - TIME LUST !! -
Shinobu Nemoto
01 His head had beams like star beams 02 Headless 03 Dimensions of height are mind seduction
04 UFO or DIE 05 DISPEL SPACE-TIME LUST 06 The ax is sharpened and makes a needle 07 Blood Will Sing
08 Purple Boots 09 still early though late 10 Indicates, not looking for
Dispel Space - Time Lust
2008
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Cover design : J Adams
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This is the first record of - Josef [K] - Its called SPIRYTUS.
Josef [K] started as a punk band of the three-piece. They stayed in the home, and started
recording afterwards. They succeeded in packing this record with all of their spirit. They did
not adopt unity bythe structure and tone with this album. It is intentional. They were suicide
persons for drunkenness and only recording was the help. This work searched for new order
and the possibility of the houserecording. This is an experimental work.
Please shuffle it and enjoy.
moufu - rokuon
There is the standard that a work is formed as music, It is one unwritten law. At first we
doubted the standard. Because the standard is worthless. Do not want to persist in a
trifling style. We hate predetermined harmony, generalized standard and we respect an
experiment than the experience. In that sense, this album is experimental and methodical.
The Integration feeling of one album is a problem of the recognition of the listener.
It happens in listener's mind through the sense organ. Stop persisting in a dull style.
Feel most more freely and the music is creation.
Shinobu Nemoto
01 ゴアイサツ / introduction 02 スピリタス / spirytus 03 1982 / 1982 04 國歌第二 / second nation
05 石 / stone 06 東邦チタニウム / far east empire factory 07 外国から見た日本 / fourth eyese
08 サンシャイン / sunshine 09 アラビアのロレンス / lawrence of arabia 10 ダブスリー / dubthree
11 プルップ / puluppu
spirytus
2005
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MOUFU-ROKUON :
moCD - 001
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This is the second record of - Josef [K] - Its called KARAKARA - GARAGARA.
What is the krkarakara_garagara? It is secret. Because it is a code. "karakara_garagara" is
nostalgia, and Seed, Surprise, Epic, Throb feeling, Possibility, Hand of saving, Despair, Blink
of star and It is a new start during a day. It is self-dismantled in a determinate outline. We
will say, "karakara_garagara" instead of 'Good morning". Only "There are three tomatoes
on the table, and surprise that I am ahead of that" this is "karakara_garagara". This is music
of hope. Please shuffle it and enjoy.
moufu - rokuon
We drank only spirits. Therefore previous work "SPIRYTUS" was a watery sound.
However, the sound of this "KARAKARA - GARAGARA "is dry. This album is our dead body.
Our spirit disappeared. We were cremated. We who became smokes from the chimney rose
and it was scattered in whole town. However, it is harmless lethal ash.
We experimentally used various methods for this album.
Shinobu Nemoto
01 首 / be head 02 カラカラのガラガラ / karakara_garagara 03 照明弾 / RXA 04 この世は完璧 / world is
complete 05 air_bondai / air_bondai 07 しかられて / god. rid. 06 NHKアーカイヴス / NHK Archives
08 P.B.R. / P.B.R. 09 電子中国 / illuminated china 10 七夕 / july 7 11 howling / howling
karakara - garagara
2006
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MOUFU-ROKUON :
moCD - 002
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Shipping is included
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TAE made this music with her friend MUNEKAWA in the days of the teens
（TAE is a bassist of Josef [K] now). TAE wrote lyrics and sang and played a harmonica.
MUNEKAWA plays the other part. TAE ride the cloud which swirled and she sang the throb
of the life. TAE loved Jim Morrison and danced like Edie Sedgwicke. MUNEKAWA was crazy
about Joy Division. They were going to never understand the life. It does not still change.
She never does the work for money. However, TAE began a part-time job recently. Is it
thought to be her human growth? No, it is wrong. TAE and MUNEKAWA hate The military
forces and the factory.TAE loves comics and a small animal. TAE, you know your right.
moufu - rokuon
01 Festival of the backyard 02 JUMP 03 I put much thought on the green grassy plain 04 GOLDEN VOYAGE
05 Anger turns into tears 06 Super Awakening 07 Spirit 08 You are free 09 Vacant night
10 I ride on the cloud and do a trip
Solo Recordings
2008
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MOUFU-ROKUON : mo - 001
Free zip
Cover drawing : TAE
