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

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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

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Forthcoming:

Bibiotheca Hermetica "One" LP (BE-LA 003/002)
Musica Transonic + Mainliner "Solid Static" LP (BE-LA 009/1002)