Wednesday, July 15, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
The Great Dismal
Where violent shoegaze meets existential weight, Nothing's fourth full-length (2020) circles isolation, extinction and the human condition. The wall of sound remains but gains new layers, with guest turns from harpist Mary Lattimore, composer Shelley Weiss and indie darling (Sandy) Alex G lending a classical grace to the haze. Limited colored vinyl.
Live 1974
The most legendary of krautrock supergroups — Neu!'s Michael Rother with Cluster's Roedelius and Moebius, whom Brian Eno called "the world's most important rock band." This live recording from March 1974, captured in a converted abandoned train station, sat unreleased until Grönland issued it in 2007 with five never-heard originals. Icy synths and hypnotic repetition, still startlingly ahead of its time.
XTRMNTR (Expanded Edition)
The second installment of Primal Scream's "bunker trilogy" reissue campaign. XTRMNTR's secret weapon was My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields — one track even bears his name ("MBV Arkestra"), his mix pouring MBV's noise-guitar aesthetic into the band's sound. This expanded 2LP red-vinyl edition adds B-sides, rarities and two unreleased tracks with fresh liner notes, timed to a 25th-anniversary tour.
August in the Water: Music for Film 1995-2005
uourecords' best-seller of the past two years. Composer Hiroyuki Onogawa scored many of Sogo Ishii's films through the 90s and early 2000s — music drifting between new age, experiment and industrial noise yet carrying an ethnographic vision. Personally sequenced by Onogawa, this compilation gathers scores for August in the Water, Labyrinth of Dreams and Mirrored Mind across 1995–2005: a portrait of an era that plays like a film screening itself in your mind.
LSC
The iconic blue cover — Lovely Summer Chan's early landmark LSC gets its first vinyl pressing for its tenth anniversary. Her 2016 major-label debut collects the beloved "202 feat. Izumi Makura" and a piano-and-voice reworking of tofubeats' "Suisei," distilling the essence of her early songwriting. A fully limited 2LP with her own handwritten notes.
Tsugaru Jongara Bushi
A long-guarded secret weapon, back in stock. Tsugaru shamisen master Rinsyoe Kida joins ace drummer Akira Ishikawa on this lone-wolf masterpiece of Japanese funk from 1973, now a limited reissue. Ancient shamisen tones over Ishikawa's singular groove — a rare-groove gem.
Zelda & Jazz III
The Deku Trio pays jazz tribute to The Legend of Zelda — a project of GameChops founder Chris Davidson and Chillhop's Rob Araujo. A clean trio format reimagines the games' music through delicate piano, bass and soft drums; Vol. III tenderly interprets Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Last run at this price.
にじみ
Without this album, there would be no later Ghibli anthem. Kazumi Nikaido's signature work — 2011's Nijimi — was the starting point for "Inochi no Kioku," her theme for Studio Ghibli's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. This 2026 first-limited 2LP reissue with obi collects key songs like "Onna wa Tsurai yo" and "Totsu-totsu I Love You," their overflowing tenderness preserved intact.
Youth, Romance, Shame
Bali's least Bali-sounding sound — Indonesian shoegazers Milledenials get a first-limited colored vinyl and CD in Japan. Sweet-bitter melodic lines recall 90s Lush and Pale Saints; punk drive plus floating guitar walls and deep vocals had them touring Europe (including Primavera Sound) before an album even dropped. This 14-track set distills three EPs, including the million-streamed "Precious Me."
爆弾こわい
How boldly can the Japanese do funk? This record answers. Kenta Hamano's Zainichi Funk peak captured in full on 2011's Bakudan Kowai — dense, brimming Japanese funk that stands as their career-defining work, on vinyl for the first time. Wild horns, full-throttle solos, and Japanese-language soul as raw as James Brown, with every live staple included. 2LP, first-limited, with obi.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence OST
Following the vinyl release of all five Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex volumes, the soundtrack to Mamoru Oshii's film sequel Innocence gets its first vinyl pressing in a strictly limited Japanese run. Kenji Kawai's score fuses ancient harmony, the Kugutsu-uta chant and modern textures into the ritual, ethereal atmosphere unique to Oshii's world.
Ghost in the Shell OST
The 1995 Ghost in the Shell, Mamoru Oshii's adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga — an officially licensed master-tape vinyl edition from WRWTFWW, cut at Emil Berliner Studios. Kenji Kawai's score fuses ancient harmony, percussion and modern synthesis in an uncanny balance of tradition and future. Restocked in August.
Patlabor 2: The Movie OST
The soundtrack to Mamoru Oshii's 1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie, again scored by Kenji Kawai — emotive ambient atmosphere, percussion and his minimalism blending seamlessly with neoclassicism to paint a refined picture of urban isolation, circling the film's central themes yet never losing hope for the future.
Ghibli Jazz Live
A gorgeous colored-vinyl edition of the first live album in the Ghibli Jazz series. Continuing the tradition, vocals come from COSMiC HOME's Yuriko Kuwahara, with live-only air and sparks of sax and violin improvisation bringing out the full charm of Ghibli Jazz — covering "Carrying You," "Princess Mononoke," "Country Road" and more. First-limited red vinyl with obi.
風と森のジャズ ~Ghibli Jazz 3~
After the Ghibli Jazz series went viral on vinyl, the sequel Kaze to Mori no Jazz finally gets a colored-vinyl edition. It selects favorites from Ghibli's classic scores, built on a standard piano-bass-drums jazz trio with sax and horns weaving graceful lines into richly colored instrumental jazz — plus new remixes of the first two volumes, 12 tracks in all. First-limited green vinyl.
Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from the South China Sea (1974-88)
Reissued — like a South Seas party of funk, soul, disco and boogie. Curated by Soundway's Alice Whittington (aka Norsicaa), it digs deep into the scenes of Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, editing out ten locally rooted tracks — these rare grooves officially compiled for the first time. Play it in the shop and everyone wants a copy, especially when the Tian Niu track drops.
A treasured European jazz rarity. In 1969, saxophonist/flautist Sahib Shihab led five core members of the Clarke-Boland Band to cut this LP for West Germany's Vogue — a lineup never repeated, a perfect crystallization of European modern jazz. From the elegant Latin jazz of "Seeds" to the tender waltz "Peter's Waltz" and the deep modal "Mauve," every track reveals the dream group's fine layers. German originals have topped astronomical auction prices; reissued here on purple vinyl with obi.