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Minoru Fushimi – Thanatos Of Funk LP [180GRELP02]

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Thanatos Of Funk is a milestone in Japan’s underground music and electro funk/early hip hop history. Entirely self-produced, designed and distributed in 1985 by Fushimi, a high-school teacher by day and music experimenter by night, Thanatos Of Funk is a love-letter to counter-culture, DIY, drum machines and synthesizers blent with some killer shamisen and guitar playing. Comes with a 4 pages insert including the original hand-written insert/comic by Minoru Fushimi, with English translations. Minoru “Hoodoo” Fushimi’s most wanted and impossible to find first album Thanatos Of Funk is finally reissued for the first time ever, in collaboration with Fushimi himself.

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Minoru Fushimi – Thanatos Of Funk LP [180GRELP02]

VA – Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76 [180GWALP04]

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YAMAYA, Kiyoshi/TOSHIKO YONEKAWA/KIFU MITSUHASHI - Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76

Following the already classic Wamono A to Z trilogy, 180g presents an exceptional collection of jazz funk / rare groove tunes recorded in the mid-seventies at the Nippon Columbia studios by three giants of Japanese music: arranger Kiyoshi Yamaya, koto legend Toshiko Yonekawa and shakuhachi master Kifu Mitsuhashi.

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VA – Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76 [180GWALP04]

VA – Wamono A to Z Vol III: Japanese Light Mellow Funk Disco & Boogie 1978-1988 [180GWALP03]

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DJ YOSHIZAWA DYNAMITE JP/CHINTAM/VARIOUS - Wamono A to Z Vol III: Japanese Light Mellow Funk Disco & Boogie 1978-1988

For this third chapter of the Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam unheart some of the best and rarest light mellow funk tunes and disco boogie bangers produced in Japan between 1978 and 1988. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound – the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan.

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VA – Wamono A to Z Vol III: Japanese Light Mellow Funk Disco & Boogie 1978-1988 [180GWALP03]

VA – Wamono A to Z Vol. II: Japanese Funk 1970-1977 [180GWALP02]

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DJ YOSHIZAWA DYNAMITE JP/CHINTAM/VARIOUS - Wamono A To Z Vol II: Japanese Funk 1970-1977

Wamono A to Z Vol. II: Japanese Funk 1970-1977, selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam. Following the highly acclaimed Volume I, dig further into the Wamono sound – the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan. Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring rarities from Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media, Hiroshi Sato, Bread & Butter, Hatsumi Shibata, Fujio Tokita and more.

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VA – Wamono A to Z Vol. II: Japanese Funk 1970-1977 [180GWALP02]

VA – Wamono A To Z Vol. I: Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 [180GWALP01]

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DJ YOSHIZAWA DYNAMITE JP/CHINTAM/VARIOUS - Wamono A To Z Vol 1: Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 (reissue)

Wamono A to Z Vol. I – Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980, Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam. Dig right now into the Wamono sound – the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan. Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring Akira Ishikawa, Jiro Inagaki, Chikara Ueda, Kifu Misuhashi, Toshiko Yonekawa and more! Tracks selection by Japanese super diggers and Wamono specialists DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam.

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VA – Wamono A To Z Vol. I: Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 [180GWALP01]