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I am Shinobu Nemoto. MOUFU-ROKUON is a small label releasing my work. MOUFU-ROKUON = BLANKEY-RECORDINGS.
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 loops. And, I record the improvisation of the guitar and field recording by
"SHINOBU" name. I do not use a PC (DAW) for recording. My sound vibration is POST-BINARY/PC in all.
Many thanks for your support of the work. Kindest regards, 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 (11:26)
02 Facade was burnt down, glass cracks innumerably and diffused reflection, How did I come here? (11:42)
03 Summons of shining ruins (11:23) 04 Golden road, flower bloomed all over, It was only it and quiet (9:27)
05 Appearance had changed a little when I awoke, Understood it, I was left (8:26) 06 Strange shine between existence and nothing (7:15)
07 Job’s letter was not opened (7:54) 08 God's nation / God's people (6:42)
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). Brian Grainger (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 guitars is an extremely analog, noisy
instruments and it has much possibility. Dedicate to Hasuda Naoki Shinobu Nemoto
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01 His pupil was finished open, all in white, only it (8:28) 02 You better bury Ned right You better not cut up nor otherwise harm no whores
Or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches (8:30) 03 Yellow star means death. Why did they pick yellow? Sunflowers. Van
Gogh killed himself. This drawing stinks. So what? No one sees it. Some day you'll make a good drawing. I hope, I hope, I hope... (5:49)
04 Night And Fog (4:40) 05 I went down that river when I was kid. There's a place.. in the river..I cant remember...Must have been a gardenia
plantation at one time. All wild and overgrown now, but about five miles you'd think that heaven just fell on the earth in the form of gardenias...
(3:21) 06 Rosebud (9:00) 07 Deep blue sky, Deep blue air (6:14) 08 Can't you hear this ghastly scream surrounding us that people call
silence? (8:05)
I was going to acquire a real and raw noise sound on this record with an electric guitar and I did play of a melody to be opposed to it by the noise
sound. I wanted to make real Apocalypse music and to see the beacon of hope there (However, I am not a Christian). Do you hear a beautiful
sounds from this album? Or hear a real sounds from there? I recorded the sounds in reel to reel of 1 inch with an electric guitar, some analog
effects and loops. The painting of the cover is painter Frauke Boggasch in Germany. She had a very excellent matiere and had stayed in Japan
several years ago. Shinobu Nemoto
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01 VIEW 1 (6:48) 02 VIEW 2 (5:50) 03 VIEW 3 (6:06) 04 VIEW 4 (7:07) 05 VIEW 5 (7:24) 06 VIEW 6 (6:58) 07 VIEW 7 (8:19)
08 VIEW 8 (8:07) 09 VIEW 9 (3:45) 10 VIEW 10 (7:41)
Is wanting sometimes to be burnt by the conflagration of the hell only me? I enjoyed by this record enough, and I completely burnt. <br>
Dark drone and heavy riff appears alternately on this record. Anyway, play at high volume and do the full voice shout!!<br>
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01 HEAVEN'S SMELLS (32:18)
This record should say collaboration of me and Jason. I repeatedly had the dream of a yellow heaven in childhood. An extremely beautiful place
there. However, my feelings despaired completely. The awesome drawings of Jason reminds of the island where Seirenes inhabits. The singing
voice of Seirenes was so fascinating, but all the people who listened to the song died. The island where Seirenes lived in looked very beautiful in a
long distance. However, there were a human corpses and a many skeletons there. I made 1 long song with guitar and piano. It was recorded on
reel to reel of 1/2 inch.
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01 SONG 1 - UTA (3:47) 02 SONG 2 - MES (5:24) 03 SONG 3 - DEBU (5:53) 04 SONG 4 - UTYU (5:52) 05 SONG 5 - HEL (7:12)
06 SONG 6 - UTAN (6:22) 07 SONG 7 - PONKORI (5:11) 08 SONG 8 - MESUTYU (7:49) 09 SONG - 9 BONDAI (5:35)
Analog Vibrations. That points into the right direction. Summons of Shining Ruins is a project of Shinobu Nemoto, who works with electric guitar
tape delay, old rhythm machines, stompboxes and 4-track-recorders. No computer or software is used to record this work. And you can hear
that in every tone.
“BIRD REQUIEM“ sounds at the first listen extremly raw. You can not define what you hear in the first moment. But everything sounds a bit
haunting, hidden under a layer of dust. But the longer you listen, the more you can feel how warm everything sounds and how spirited this work is.
You can point out subtle melodies, coming to you through this thick curtain build by delay over delay and tone over tone. You can hear the rhythm
machine, ticking and rumbling from the past. And at some points you can imaging voices or shapes, floating by.
To follow Shinobu’s advice: Listen to it loud and feel the analog vibration. Christian Roth
I had lived with a lot of birds ever, now, they were gone. This music is a requiem for birds. What is the meaning we get over sadness and keeps
walking? Recorded at MOUFU-ROKUON on guitar, recorded in old reel to reel / January 2009. Shinobu Nemoto
Dedicate to N. Manabu
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01 loop 1 (7:16) 02 loop 2 (7:16) 03 loop 3 (7:16) 04 loop 4 (7:16) 05 loop 5 (7:16) 06 loop 6 (7:16) 07 loop 7 (7:16) 08 loop 8 (7:16)
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 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.
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01 loop 1(7:12) 02 loop 2 (7:12) 03 loop 3 (7:12) 04 loop 4 (7:12) 05 loop 5 (7:12) 06 loop 6 (7:12) 07 loop 7 (7:12) 08 loop 8 (7:12)
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. MOUFU-ROKUON
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01 loop 1 (7:13) 02 loop 2 (6:45) 03 loop 3 (7:19) 04 loop 4 (7:06) 05 loop 5 (6:23) 06 loop 6 (6:51) 07 loop 7 (6:24) 08 loop 8 (6:57)
Loop Collections 3 is the record ran tow loops at the same time. I did live mixing of sounds of tow loops. These are eerie loops.
And, differentiation does loops to two reel to reel.
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01 Elephant Talks 1 (30:00) 02 Elephant Talks 2 (30:00) 03 Elephant Talks 3 (30:00) 04 Elephant Talks 4 (30:00)
05 Elephant Talks 5 (30:00) 06 Elephant Talks 6 (30:00) 07 Elephant Talks 7 (25:30) 08 Elephant Talks 8 (23:30)
Elephants are doing the communication with super-low, I was thinking about it for a long time. The speed of super-low is dull we do not hear
of the sound directly. However, the vibration of the sound advances slowly toward the distant place. I tried what kind of influence this super-low
had on us. This record handles a low frequency band mainly, there does not have the gorgeous high bandwidth and a lot of super low of the
silence is included in there. Turn on the power if you have subwoofer, and do play by the high volume as much as possible. what will happen
there? Please experience it by yourself. I recorded the sound of electric guitar by 4-track. Shinobu Nemoto
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01 18:55 09 jan. 2009 (21:28) 02 13:33 11 jan. 2009 (12:47) 03 11:46 13 jan. 2009 (17:23) 04 16:27 14 jan. 2009 (16:07)
05 22:34 14 jan. 2009 (16:16)
I used the electric guitar, some stomp boxes and those sounds were recorded by 4-track, no overdub.
Enjoy.
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01 His head had beams like star beams (8:40) 02 Headless (7:28) 03 Dimensions of height are mind seduction (6:34) 04 UFO or DIE (5:53)
05 DISPEL SPACE-TIME LUST (6:12) 06 The ax is sharpened and makes a needle (5:48) 07 Blood Will Sing (5:23) 08 Purple Boots (6:32)
09 still early though late (6:18) 10 Indicates, not looking for (5:21)
"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. Shinobu Nemoto
This record is collaboration of Jason Adams (HEPTANGULAR) and Shinobu Nemoto (Summons of Shining Ruins).
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01 Arihagne (7:11) 02 Night Shards (8:34) 03 Lethe (8:47) 04 Smoke (8:11) 05 Red Sun (5:43) 06 Hanging Garden (7:35)
07 Sirenes (7:39) 08 Sleeping Village (6:19)
A new collaborative record with Shinobu Nemoto (also known as Summons Of Shining Ruins) that was principally conceived and recorded from
Spring to Fall 2008. I've been a longtime admirer of Shinobu's work (and his expansive studio) and this album is really something special to me
because of it. Outside of my work with David Tagg in VCV, I haven't really "clicked" with another guitarist THIS well, until now. Musically it has to
be one of the saddest, most achingly beautiful guitar albums I've ever heard...but it isn't just limited to guitars either; Shinobu plays piano on a
track, and I played organ and bass in addition to my guitar parts. It isn't really that far off from something like "Of The Apple" as far as sad
melodies and textural overload goes, and it's also close to things like the first two VCV records or "Porous Variations" in parts where the drone
overtakes everything. Thanks to Shinobu's inimitable style that really shines through the fog here, making this one of my favorite releases of the
year, without a doubt. Brian Grainger
This record is collaboration by Brian Grainger (Milieu) and Shinobu Nemoto (Summon of Shining Ruins). My guitar sounds and "Brian Tone" fused very well.
When we lived in the same town, we would surely form a band. We do anything only with the guitar. And, Cho Cho gave the chance to make us this record.
(Cho Cho is a cat living with Brian, we were going to record it for our pets at first. Thank you Cho Cho!!). I talk about nothing else. Music talks all.
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This record is collaboration of Danielle Demos (owl dreams) and Shinobu Nemoto (Summons of Shining Ruins).
01 clock talk (3:19) 02 Crayon Roar (8:11) 03 hate love and serendipity (4:30) 04 preschool for dollar bills (7:42) 05 exfoliating bumble bee (3:01)
06 No Compass (5:15) 07 boiling point hypnosis (5:23) 08 boiling point hypnosis (5:23) 09 ample trees (2:48) 10 goblin tango (3:25) 11 a butterfly
drinking tea (7:30) 12 time by time (9:09) 13 In between (4:00) 14 welding crystals out of sand castles (6:38)
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This record is split CD of Davit Tagg and Shinobu Nemoto (Summons of Shining Ruins).
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This record is collaboration of Brian Grainge David Tagg and Shinobu Nemoto.
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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
Josef [K]
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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 iscomplete 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
Josef [K]
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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
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