Tracks:
A1. Part 1
B1. Part 2
Credits:
Michio Kadotani: Guitar, Vocals
Nanjo Asahito: Bass
Kira: Piano
Masaru Hirano: Drums
Recorded Live at Studio Jam February 5, 1982
Music: Nanjo Asahita
Words: Kadotani Michio
Mastered at La Musica Studio '96
Produced: Nanjo Asahito
Special Thanks: Dai Yon Kobo and PSF Records
Additional Mastering by Timothy Stollenwerk, Stereophonic Mastering
Lacquers by Phillip S. Rodriguez, Elysian Masters
Executive Produced by Peter Kolovos
Originally released by La Musica Records, Japan on cassette (LA-107) c. 1996
BE-LA 007/107
Rotting Telepathies
Rotting Tapes II
Limited vinyl LP in Unipak gatefold with die-cut window
RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2026
Gatefold LP- $25
Also available as part of a specially 6 LP "La Musica Flight 1" Bundle that ships early. Includes albums by Musica Transonic + Mainliner, Nanjo Asahito, Ohkami No Jikan, Nean and Bibiotheca Hermetica. $120
The first full-length document of Rotting Telepathies, the group of the late Japanese post-punk legend, Kadotani Michio and Nanjo Asahito. Kadotani’s music has previously only been documented on a 1991 CD on P.S.F. (entitled Rotting Telepathies), and the recently rediscovered ’87 KAD 3:4:5:6 set, which makes this disinterring of a highly limited 1990’s La Musica cassette edition particularly significant. The unrelenting dunt of the rhythm section here, locked-in and revolving around Nanjo’s bowel-rumbling bass, is the perfect foil for Kadotani’s guitar – sometimes cutting, sometimes spindly – and the stream of babble that was his vocal style. It’s frazzled but underpinned by viciously sharp logic. A beautiful representation of Kadotani, the man Nanjo once called “the only real punk in Japan.”
“Document of a live performance from February ‘82, where they “deliberately” brought in some alternative punk-style tunes and displayed the most band-like of all the incarnations of Rotting Telepathies. As a result, Kadotani’s madness is not so much to the fore as usual, but this is still one of the best recordings still extant.” - from the original La Musica cassette release
Other releases in the Black Editions / La Musica Series:
High Rise “Disturbance Trip” 2LP (BE-LA 008/1001) Available Now
Nanjo Asahito "M" LP (BE-LA 005/045) Pre-Order
Nean "Dooh Dah Nean" LP (BE-LA 004/017) Pre-Order
Ohkami No Jikan "Black Tape II" (BE-LA 006/077) Pre-Order
Forthcoming:
Bibiotheca Hermetica "One" LP (BE-LA 003/002)
Musica Transonic + Mainliner "Solid Static" LP (BE-LA 009/1002)