Sunday, August 2, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
OST Coffee Talk
Released by Black Screen Records, Andrew Jeremy's soundtrack to the game Coffee Talk, repressed on green-tea-latte and cappuccino ink-splatter coloured vinyl. Jazz meets lo-fi beats, turning hushed late-night conversations and the ritual of brewing coffee into sound.
Yoo-hoo
The fifth solo album from Shintaro Sakamoto, formerly of Yura Yura Teikoku, that fans have awaited since 2022. The first shipment sold out on arrival — his languid, hazy vocals and singular groove intact as ever.
Jazz Dari Angkasapuri
One of the first releases on Habibi Funk's new label Audible Beauty Records, unearthing 1970s Malaysian jazz. Trumpeter, composer and arranger Johari Salleh fuses jazz, spirituality and Malay folklore, balancing between slow melodies and breezy funk. Includes a 12-page booklet and newly unearthed archival material.
Tiga Trombone
The second in Audible Beauty Records' Malaysian jazz series. Alfonso Soliano blends jazz, Latin elements and traditional Malay music; this album collects 11 classics originally recorded for Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), whose master tapes were pressed in tiny radio-only runs and preserve the playing of a whole generation of Malaysian musicians.
Copa Astral
From Rio de Janeiro, producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Fabio Santanna's new album Copa Astral moves between Brazilian disco, boogie and Balearic, distilling sunshine, sea breeze and city nights into an easy summer groove. The title-track opener rises on the traditional cuíca, while 'Jabuticaba' sways with the feel of afternoon light.
踅踅 Dub
Taiwanese reggae band Cai Neng You Xian Gong Si team up for the first time with Okinawan dub producer HARIKUYAMAKU, dismantling and remixing their 2020 EP Sehseh into a whole new dub album. Inspired by King Tubby's two-hands-at-once mixing, different players work the mixer, filters and spring reverb, cool echoes weaving through Taiwanese vocals and spoken word. Includes a DL code; Riso-printed sleeve.
LUST
A phantom unreleased album, sealed away for 29 years and now finally issued. Recorded by Nanaco Sato in 1996–97 at London's Maison Rouge Matrix Studio, released now via UK label Gearbox Records. Many rediscovered her through the city-pop revival, but LUST shows a language that resists all labels — drifting between jazz, psychedelia, folk and avant-pop, carrying a mystery no calculation could produce.
maison brooks
Japanese newcomers brooks, winners of the 'Student Creation' prize at MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026, range from folk to psychedelic rock, their singer's voice recalling Maki Asakawa. Released by P-VINE in a strictly limited first pressing.
さそい
The debut EP from Kaki no Hana, a young Japanese indie band averaging just 21 years old. At first they recall Shintaro Sakamoto; listen closer and their melancholy edge sits nearer to motoki tanaka, who has played in Taiwan.
ささやかれた夢の話
A '90s city-pop / Shibuya-kei classic, the second album by Atsuko Hiyajo, back in stock with this batch of Japanese vinyl. Her light, delicate voice and polished arrangements have made it a treasured collector's item for years.
fabric presents Mount Kimbie
A rare dancefloor-facing turn — Mount Kimbie's own mix for London's legendary club fabric, their most club-ready outing in years. Lead single 'Monroe' nods to 2017's 'Marilyn,' reverbed vocals drifting over drums and bass with warm, breezy summer energy.
Hip Seagull
A defining Terumasa Hino record — both the start and the summit of wa-jazz — reissued by Japan's Project Re:Vinyl. In 1975 he moved to New York to hone his craft alongside Gil Evans and Elvin Jones; returning briefly in 1977, he completed this recording across Tokyo and New York with guest vocals by Kimiko Kasai, hailed at the time as 'the Japanese Bitches Brew.'
Japanese environmental music for lovers of Hiroshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Ashikawa and Klaus Wiese. Recorded by Fumio Miyashita in 1989 and issued on CD in 1991, it has circulated quietly among Japanese new-age devotees ever since. Just two long pieces — some 25 minutes waking slowly into morning light, then 25 more of prayer for the world before you — 50 minutes of near-silence to open a calm day. Finally on vinyl.