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At 61, TOWA TEI's output is unrelenting — barely a year after AH!! comes his 14th solo album ZAMBIENT, named for the idea of a 'mongrel ambient' that blends sounds, smells and rhythms into a floating drift. Bose of Scha Dara Parr guests as a rapper on 'NOTHING ELSE 2'; Chappo (Fukuhara Oto) contributes harmonies elsewhere. The vinyl gets a 200-copy run via TOWA TEI's MACH STORE before this small Taiwan import drop.

現年 61 歲的酷大叔 TOWA TEI 創作能量驚人，距離前作《AH!!》僅相隔一年，便推出第 14 張個人專輯《ZAMBIENT》，命名意為「雑種的 Ambient」——把各種聲音、氣味與節奏混融成 ambient 式的浮游。收錄曲〈NOTHING ELSE 2〉邀來 スチャダラパー 的 Bose 擔任饒舌，福原音（Chappo）亦參與和聲。黑膠先於 TOWA TEI 官網 MACH STORE 限定 200 張販售，台灣店家少量引進。

Japanese new-wave artist Le Makeup builds a world between alternative and ambient pop with sparse synths and emotionally heavy vocals. The Crying Xpress is an album about fragility — a kind of online murmuring that hopes someone, somewhere, will hear. Guests include Telematic Visions, Satoko Shibata and Dove; Shibata sings lead on 〈Kizu〉, a meditation on trauma and reality, while 〈Kono Yoru ga Owaru Made〉captures nights you cannot face alone. 13 tracks, vinyl from AWDR/LR2.

日本新生代音樂人 Le Makeup 以簡約合成器與情感濃烈的歌聲，構築介於 alternative 與 ambient pop 之間的世界。全新專輯《The Crying Xpress》是一張關於脆弱的作品，如同在社群平台上喃喃自語，不向誰傾訴，卻希望被某人聽見。邀來 Telematic Visions、柴田聡子、Dove 等人客串，柴田聡子主唱的〈傷〉以創傷與現實為題；〈この夜が終わるまで〉則描繪獨自迎來無法獨自承受的夜晚。13 曲收錄，黑膠由 AWDR/LR2 發行。

Singapore five-piece dream pop / shoegaze band Motifs recorded this 12" at Sigur Rós's Sundlaugin studio outside Reykjavik, and you can hear the Icelandic stillness running through it. 'If This House Was Bigger' is back in stock, containing 'Aug 16', 'Heavy is The Air', 'Himri', 'Maybe in Another Dream' and 'Later On'.

新加坡五人 dream pop / shoegaze 組合 Motifs，錄製於 Sigur Rós 位於冰島雷克雅維克郊外的 Sundlaugin 錄音室，作品反映出冰島日常的靜謐與遼闊。12 吋黑膠《If This House Was Bigger》近期補貨，收錄〈Aug 16〉、〈Heavy is The Air〉、〈Himri〉、〈Maybe in Another Dream〉、〈Later On〉等曲。

The first volume from Quebec duo Angine De Poitrine — endlessly looping melodies that hit like Lightning Bolt-style linear math laced with African rhythms, performed by two figures whose identities remain unknown. Since their KEXP appearance the demand has been relentless. The Vol. 1 cover shows the cream-coloured masked figures.

魁北克雙人組合 Angine De Poitrine 第一張，以超越國界的迷幻席捲而來，反覆的旋律線令人目不暇給，世人始終不知道兩位的真面目。如 Lightning Bolt 般的直線數學夾雜非洲旋律，KEXP 亮相之後銳不可當。封面為白底彩繪面具圖樣。

The duo's second volume, keeping the black sleeve with two masked musicians at bass and drums in front of a golden pyramid. The same insistent loops and African-tinged rhythms; since the KEXP set the project has been unstoppable, and the shop is bringing in Vol 1 and Vol 2 together.

魁北克雙人組合的第二張，延續黑底封面與面具樂手在金字塔前演奏的視覺。反覆的旋律線、夾雜非洲節奏，自 KEXP 亮相後銳不可當，店家現場一同引進 Vol 1 與 Vol 2。