Masami Kawaguchi – Self Portrait [LP] Musique Concrète / Sound Collage yet no other record captures

yet no other record captures -- so completely and instantly -- the intersection of avant-garde and rock forms

you are treated to a remarkable ten-minute sequence moving organically from spaced-out synth and radio textures to a stunning finale of improvised balladry centered on piano and voice

melodic ideas

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Gutteridge’s Pure

Masami Kawaguchi – Self Portrait [LP] Musique Concrète / Sound Collage yet no other record captures"Its been almost three decades since Japanese guitarist and songwriter Masami Kawaguchi first broke cover, with his group Broomdusters and their debut album, 23 hours 30 minutes (Purifiva, 1997). In the intervening years, Kawaguchi has maintained single minded discipline, through his membership of some of the Japanese undergrounds greatest groups (Miminokoto, LSD March, Los Doroncos, Usurabi, and his projects with Keiji Haino: Aihiyo and The Hardy