Friday, July 10, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Brian Jones Plays With The Pipes Of Pan At Joujouka
In 1968, Rolling Stones member Brian Jones recorded these millennia-old Sufi trance rituals in Morocco's Joujouka village, then reworked the tapes with a psychedelic hand. His death in 1969 wrapped these final recordings in a tragic, mythologized aura — one of the most iconic and most contested cases of ethnic music's commercialization, where fusion and appropriation are two faces of the same coin. This is the 1971 US pressing.
12 Conversations
Recorded in 2022 and closely tied to Sakamoto's "12," this set gathers twelve musical fragments. Continuing the pair's long partnership since "Vrioon," Sakamoto's mature piano tone melds with Alva Noto's precise electronics into subtle dynamics and natural breath — a soundscape as beautiful as its cover, twelve meditative conversations with the self. The sleeve features Carsten's special coated design.
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic's funk / psychedelic-rock masterpiece, its master newly reworked by ORG Music, which promises the highest-grade treatment for this P-Funk milestone. Once that opening guitar has scorched you, you'll understand. Note your preferred version when pre-ordering.
The Keyblade War
An album reworking music from the Kingdom Hearts series, joining the Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir and the ETHEReal String Orchestra to reimagine the saga's classic scores through symphony, chorus and electronics. Limited double-color vinyl from Materia Collective.
ファッション・エナジー／黄昏の恋人たち
A phantom recording unearthed: "Fashion Energy," a techno-pop piece Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote for a fashion-brand commercial, sung by Nanako Sato with Sakamoto himself playing; the flip, the ballad "Tasogare no Koibitotachi," was composed by Motoharu Sano. Both were cut during the sessions for her classic "Kissing Fish," reissued here as a double A-side 7-inch with cover art by Isamu Gakiya, arriving for this year's Record Day.
Reverse It
Japanese keyboardist Himiko Kikuchi's fifth album, from 1984, home to boogie-fusion staples "Get Hot!" and "Long Long Time Ago." A special mention for "Emotions" — its opening ninety seconds of piano carry a Keith Jarrett–like stillness before the whole thing shifts gears into impassioned piano and guitar. Limited vinyl, reissued for Japan's Record Day.
NieR:Automata / NieR Gestalt & Replicant Original Soundtrack Vinyl Set <Reconstructed Edition>
The wildly popular NieR soundtrack vinyl set — a strictly limited 2017 production — returns with new cover art by Tokyo Ghoul artist Sui Ishida, freshly pressed on double clear vinyl with an MP3 download code for every track. Collecting the beloved scores of both NieR Gestalt & Replicant and NieR:Automata. Restock expected in August.
This & That
Stray Kids' new album "This & That" arrives in a "SOLAR ECLIPSE VINYL" edition (out 8/7), packaged with a jacket, solar-eclipse disc, folded poster, disc sleeve, lyric sheet, bookmark and group photocard.
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro O.S.T.
1979's "The Castle of Cagliostro" is the second Lupin III feature and Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut in cinema. Car chases, the clocktower duel, Clarisse and Lupin's farewell — those immortal scenes are carried entirely by Yuji Ohno and You & Explosion Band's jazz, funk and balladry. First time on transparent light-green vinyl.
Thru Traffic
A pinnacle of Japanese AOR and a holy-grail record for city-pop collectors. Tohoku Shinkansen — the duo of keyboardist Hiroshi Narumi and arranger Etsuko Yamakawa — left behind this lone 1982 album, all exquisite mellow tones and urbane arrangements. Ignored in its day, now unearthed by city-pop fans worldwide as original prices keep climbing. Includes Narumi's signature "Summer Touches You." Reissued here on transparent deep-blue vinyl.
Flashing
Himiko Kikuchi's second album, from 1981, long out of print — a landmark of '80s Japanese fusion, performed by the band DEAD END with American saxophone great Ernie Watts guesting. Built around synths, electric keys and acoustic piano, yet threaded with a tropical breeze — the bossa-nova-tinged "Sunday Morning" and Brazilian-fusion "After the Festival" both linger. The album where you most hear her play "cold and hot."
森羅万象
Himiko Kikuchi's 1985 "Shinra Bansho" is a singular record that gathers in every kind of sound. The opener "Utage" folds Balinese kecak-style chant into an electrified fusion groove; "Hoko" conjures a drifting mood with glassy synths; "Zatto" lays a thick funk groove under her flashes of piano inspiration. Shot through with the light bounce of synth-pop.
Adventure Time: Come Along with Me
The score to Adventure Time's finale, "Come Along with Me," written by Tim Kiefer, helping shape a tender yet sweeping farewell. A generation grew up hearing Finn sing the island song, and Rebecca Sugar's "Time Adventure" is here too — a story about time, and a must-have this year.
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
The score to Adventure Time's parallel-universe spinoff "Fionna and Cake," composed by Amanda Jones with contributions from Rebecca Sugar, Tom Kenny, Brian David Gilbert and Open Mike Eagle — a deeper, bolder, tender expansion of the Adventure Time universe. Double vinyl, expected in October.
A captivating Italian library record — breezy funk grooves, whistle-and-flute strolls, and a second half that turns toward abstract experiment. Jazz at its core, spanning lounge, funk and experimental music, with contributions from behind-the-scenes players like Romano Rizzati, Luigi Zito and Italo Fischetti — rarely on stage but known for their daring. First issued in 1973 on Lupus Records in tiny quantities; reissued now by REDI EDIZIONI.