Japanese Indie / Psych Folk 2015
Kensuke Ide & The Mothership (井手健介と母船)
井手健介と母船
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Friday, October 23, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Anima Pepsi
Two rare works electronic-music pioneer David Tudor created for the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, reissued by Italy's Blume. The E.A.T.-designed dome, wrapped in perpetual fog, housed a 37-speaker system Tudor built with engineers, turning the building into a playable instrument. "Pepsibird" draws on human and animal brainwaves and nerve signals; "Anima Pepsi" transforms mosquitoes trapped in jars, flies on flypaper and chewing wasps. Limited to 300 red vinyl copies worldwide with a 20-page booklet by Tudor scholar You Nakai.
innn HAWAII
The opening chapter of Kyoto DJ/producer HALFBY's "Hawaii trilogy," blending Hawaiian music, exotica, electronic beats and Japanese indie pop into a miniature tropical garden. Alfred Beach Sandal, Tsubasa Hashimoto (cero) and VIDEOTAPEMUSIC contribute, including the fan favorite "Slow Banana" sung by Alfred Beach Sandal. The 2016 vinyl has long been a pricey secondhand item; this tenth-anniversary reissue is remastered, expanded to a gatefold 2LP and adds two bonus tracks, "Bathrobe (innn HAWAII Version)" and "Steel and Slide."
Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
A 25th-anniversary vinyl edition of The Cranberries' fifth studio album from 2001. Featuring the singles "Analyse" and "Time Is Ticking Out," it captures Dolores O'Riordan and the band in their mature turn-of-the-century form. Out January 29, 2027.
Celebration
Ten Madonna classics gathered on a single colored LP for the first time — "Hung Up," "Vogue," "4 Minutes," "Holiday," "Like a Prayer," "La Isla Bonita" and more spanning decades of pop history. Includes an 11×11-inch poster.
Sucker
Charli XCX's 2014 second studio album, home to breakout hits "Boom Clap" and "Break the Rules" — a loud, punk-charged pop statement, back on vinyl.
Number 1 Angel
The 2017 mixtape Number 1 Angel, made with A. G. Cook, SOPHIE and the PC Music orbit — the pivotal turn toward her avant-electropop era, back on vinyl.
Pop 2
Late-2017 mixtape Pop 2, executive-produced by A. G. Cook with guests including Carly Rae Jepsen, Tove Lo and Kim Petras — widely regarded as a founding document of hyperpop, back on vinyl.
Vroom Vroom
The 2016 Vroom Vroom EP produced by SOPHIE — metallic synths and jagged beats that kicked off her PC Music era, on 12-inch vinyl.
Digger (Original Soundtrack)
British musician Cosmo Sheldrake's first full feature score, for Alejandro González Iñárritu's 2026 film Digger starring Tom Cruise. A composer, field recordist and anthropologist, he weaves woodwinds, real birdsong, brass, whale song, synths and acoustic percussion into a surreal environmental symphony. Pressed on ocean-themed eco vinyl, so every copy's color varies slightly.
Twelve Carat Toothache
Post Malone's 2022 fourth studio album, featuring "One Right Now" with The Weeknd and "I Like You (A Happier Song)" with Doja Cat — restocked as red or blue 2LP at nearly half price.
The First Time
Australian singer The Kid LAROI's 2023 debut studio album, with "Too Much" (with Jungkook and Central Cee) and "Bleed" — the deluxe double-vinyl edition, restocked in small quantity.
TEXT059
Kieran Hebden's new Four Tet record, titled in an unpronounceable string of symbols and released on his own Text Records. Compared with his early ambient, folk-sampling electronics, this one leans toward the dancefloor, mixing house, UK garage and slightly experimental rhythms — but the tiny sounds, shifting loops and deceptively casual layering remain his signature.
Evita (The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack)
The soundtrack to the 1996 film Evita starring Madonna, adapted from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical — with "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Buenos Aires" and the Oscar-winning original song "You Must Love Me." For the film's 30th anniversary it arrives on vinyl for the first time, as a red 3LP.
The 2015 self-titled debut from Japanese indie oddball Kensuke Ide under the Mothership banner, featuring regulars like Gezan's Hakaba Getaro and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto plus guests Eiko Ishibashi, Toshiaki Sudoh and Satoko Shibata. Standout "Aoi Sanzoku" opens in hazy pastoral calm before flute and piano break in, joined by sweet harmonies with Shibata. A former nine-year employee of Kichijoji's legendary Baus Theater who has directed videos for Shintaro Sakamoto and Ayano Kaneko, Ide makes music with an uncanny cinematic quality. The 2017 first vinyl pressing sold out fast; this reissue is freshly remastered by Soichiro Nakamura.