Air's second album and the score to Sofia Coppola's directorial debut The Virgin Suicides, one of the great French soundtrack records. This 25th-anniversary Redux is a brand-new analog remix from the original tapes, on black or white vinyl.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
The Virgin Suicides Redux
Air's second album and the score to Sofia Coppola's directorial debut The Virgin Suicides, one of the great French soundtrack records. This 25th-anniversary Redux is a brand-new analog remix from the original tapes, on black or white vinyl.
Live At Carnegie Hall
A document of Geese frontman Cameron Winter's landmark December 2025 show at Carnegie Hall: alone at the piano, he reworks songs from his acclaimed solo debut Heavy Metal and debuts three never-released pieces, hinting at what comes next. 2LP on red or black vinyl.
Bon Appetit!
Mariya Takeuchi's ninth original album from 2001, on vinyl for the first time in 25 years. Written entirely by Takeuchi and arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita, it's packed with hits like 'Mainichi ga Special', 'Konya wa Hearty Party' and 'Camouflage' — several songs also tied to actress Ryoko Hirosue. New 2026 remaster and cut, 180g 2LP.
FLYING BEAGLE
The 1987 fusion classic from keyboardist Himiko Kikuchi, now a sought-after dig as Japanese jazz/fusion finds new audiences abroad. Jazz fusion, funk and 80s Japanese urban sheen, led by the breezy title track, with a top-tier session cast including Akira Okazawa, Naoki Watanabe, Yuichi Togashiki and Jake H. Concepcion. Official Japanese 180g limited repress.
MIGNONNE
Taeko Onuki's third album from 1978, arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Kazumi Seo with Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi and Shigeru Suzuki aboard. 'Yokogao' captures barely-there feelings with uncanny precision, the guitars of Suzuki and Kiyoshi Sugimoto shine even in the instrumental passages, and overseas favorite '4:00 A.M.' is here too. Fifth vinyl reissue, first on 180g, cut by Bernie Grundman.
Nepa Oh Nepa
Swiss-Nigerian flautist Tee Mac, classically trained, took Tee Mac & Afro Collection to Europe and played on many 70s–80s Afro boogie records. This compilation pulls seven rare cuts from Party Fever (1978), Mixed Grill (1979) and Night Illusion (1980): razor-sharp flute over a heavy rhythm section, wild yet polished. Released by French label HOT CASA on 180g vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.
Live at The Shinjuku PIT INN
82-year-old Japanese jazz saxophone legend Kosuke Mine cut his quartet's first official live recording at Shinjuku PIT INN in May 2026, with Eriko Shimizu (piano), Takashi Sugawa (bass) and Ittetsu Takemura (drums). No frills — just four players in tight, improvisational dialogue, capturing the room as the club turns 60. CD release.
To: HANA
Korean singer-songwriter Meaningful Stone won Rookie of the Year at the Korean Music Awards for her 2020 debut A Call from My Dream. To: HANA trades her heavier alt-rock sound for soft guitars and floating, dream-pop and folk-tinged arrangements — bright but wistful, like the end of summer. Jay Som co-produces and plays on '1+1=0'. Limited 180g pink vinyl, with instrumental versions on side B.
REWIND 2014
Taiwanese dream pop/shoegaze band Manic Sheep reunite their original lineup to finish songs recorded in 2014 but never released — twelve years in the making. Gentle noise, floating melodies and quietly burning guitars link the band's origins to its present, plus 'Invisible Discord' featuring DYGL's Nobuki Akiyama.
O ritmo do sonho
French quintet Beyond Brazilian Stories fuse MPB, samba and bossa nova with jazz — bright, exuberant, and named a 'Révélation' by Jazz Magazine. 'Mico leão dourado' features Brazilian percussion legend Edmundo Carneiro in dizzying, joyful improvisation; 'Laiao Baião' threads nimble piano through Brazilian rhythm. Guests include flautist Mariana Zwarg and ONJ trombonist Jessica Simon. 2LP.
Sun Tan Club For "Light Tanning"
A hidden 1984 gem from PIPER keyboardist Takashi Shima — volume one of the 'Sun Tan Club' series of 'good music for tanning', which originally shipped with tanning tips and sunscreen advice and a Hawaiian Tropic tie-in. Cool and breezy, it works just as well as autumn sets in. First-ever vinyl reissue, the debut release from HAWARA INTERNATIONAL.
The Aeroplane Flies High
The Smashing Pumpkins' 1996 box, originally five CDs, collecting every single from the Mellon Collie era — 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings', '1979', 'Zero', 'Tonight, Tonight', 'Thirty-Three' — plus a trove of B-sides, outtakes and covers: 43 tracks from their peak. Out of print for over a decade since the 2013 pressing, it returns as a 5×180g LP box.
Osaka's Daisuke Honda recorded Love Songs at 20 in a makeshift studio inside a friend's family textile factory; just 200 copies were pressed in 1977. Soulful, faintly melancholy folk, rock and blues in the line of Neil Young, Dylan and Heron, with traces of Japanese folk like Masato Tomobe and Kenji Endo. Now one of the rarest 70s Japanese private presses, it gets its first vinyl reissue on California's First & Last Records — 250 copies, restored by Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves.