Tuesday, July 7, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
頭文字D 主題曲合輯 (Initial D Theme Song Collection)
Marking 30 years of Initial D, avex Infinity presses the long-awaited anime theme-song collection to vinyl, gathering m.o.v.e and other classic Eurobeat anthems. Issued as two volumes — pure adrenaline and nostalgia for fans of the series.
Yearnalism
Baby Rose's smoky, world-weary voice folds psych-rock, jazz and R&B into one. A collaborator with BADBADNOTGOOD and Robert Glasper, her latest album carries that singular tone forward — one of the rarest voices in contemporary soul.
Teodros Makonnen With His Organ
A long-lost gem from Ethiopian keyboardist Teodros Makonnen, originally released only on cassette. Recorded in a single all-night take after he met a Saudi diplomat who owned a Yamaha double-decker organ, it weaves keyboards, drum machine and traditional Ethiopian melody into dreamlike digital Ethio-jazz — now pressed to vinyl for the first time by Muzikawi.
Sweet Agnes
Guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka's meaningful debut single, released in 1976. The title track was written for the short film Agnes Lum, Lover of the Sun, while the B-side "Tokyo Reggie" — lyrics by Yukihiro Takahashi — is a sun-soaked City Pop classic. Reissued here as a 12" 45rpm colored pressing, remastered by Abbey Road's Alex Wharton.
Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk From The South China Sea (1974-88)
"Let's go disco" in Malay — UK world-music label Soundway gathers ten golden-era dancefloor cuts from 1974–88 Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei, on vinyl for the first time. Drop the needle and your living room becomes a 70s South-Seas nightclub.
Visions of Sodal Ye
A legendary 1976 album self-pressed in just 150 hand-assembled copies by two fans in Lille, France — now regarded as one of French underground electronica's finest. Side A channels Heldon and Amon Düül's electronic prog; Side B is a 22-minute cosmic voyage inspired by Terry Riley. Reissued by Born Bad as a 2LP, the second disc collecting unreleased material.
ИМА (イマ)
Musician Shinya Ohno worked on the construction of Tokyo's legendary hand-built "Arimaston Building," recording its hammer blows, girder echoes and lunchtime chatter — then built a second "house of sound" atop them, anchored by the Bulgarian gaida bagpipe with accordion, flute and xylophone. Like a gentler, more spacious Einstürzende Neubauten, released on Tokyo's conatala.
There Near
After a five-year gap, the core trio led by J Mascis reunites. Using their first-generation amps to revive the straight-line, guitar-forward feel of their debut, it's the effortless product of forty years of internalized craft — the distance isn't hard to reach, because it's always been near.
Death Stranding (Songs from the Video Game)
The curated song collection from Hideo Kojima's landmark Death Stranding, gathering the indie and electronic cuts that defined the game's mood. This 3LP has sold out on every restock — back in stock this month.
Death Stranding (Original Score)
Composer Ludvig Forssell's original score for Death Stranding, laying out the game's lonely, expansive world in electronics and ambient texture. A 3LP set, as sought-after as its companion song collection.
YASE
Actor-musician HIMI inherited fine DNA from father Tadanobu Asano and mother Chara, yet carves out a path entirely his own. This home-recorded new album, made at a friend's house in Kyoto, trades his usual lyricism for more folk-tinged sound — like drifting onto a laid-back island. Released on his own ASILIS label, its cover cat drawn by Tadanobu Asano himself.
SEVILLA BREEZE
A 1988 Latin-jazz/fusion classic from top Japanese keyboardist Himiko Kikuchi, inspired by Bizet's opera Carmen and Spanish music. Amid explosive rhythm and sharp brass, her fluid, elegant piano touch rings clear, with members of Spectrum and AB'S taking part. Its first-ever vinyl reissue, a strictly limited pressing.
Musician-architect Riccardo Sinigaglia studied electronic music under figures like Iannis Xenakis before turning to musique concrète, collaging field recordings from his travels in Africa and Asia with murmured voice and electronics into cinematic, three-dimensional sound. Black Sweat gathers his unreleased 1974–84 works — shaped by the era's anti-psychiatry movement, seeking healing at the far edge of an anxious modern world.