For Damage [Cassette Japanese import]

Yaryu - For Damage [Cassette Japanese import]

The musical collective Yaryu which keeps its fixed members to a minimum swapping out participants for each recording and live performance and continues to perform free-spirited improvisations has released a cassette tape version of their second album through Zoen Keikaku. Featuring guest appearances from a number of bands including Japan's leading guitarist Takuro Okada vocalist JC from the band oon flutist Wakana Ikeda who is also featured on Triple Fire's new album psychedelic legend Makoto Kawabata from Acid Mothers Temple Dhidalah Cybelle's Sunday PSP Social Kumagusu and more the album combines the improvisational quality of spiritual jazz the heat of psychedelic rock and the spirituality of traditional Japanese music all wrapped up in a transparent ambient texture. ''For Damage'' is ambient jazz rock new age and at the same time it delves into a realm that is none of these. The cassette version also comes with a code for the unreleased music collection ''Animals of the Forest of Symbols.'' This work has been released on LP and CD in three countries: Centripetal Force in the US Cardinal Fuzz in the UK and Ramble Records in Australia but it has hardly been distributed in Japan so this cassette version will be the first time that a physical version of this work will be distributed in Japan. The cassette tape version of the 2nd Album by the musical collective Yaryu known for keeping fixed members to a minimum and swapping participants for each sound production and live performance continuing to perform freely and improvisationally is released by Zouenkeikaku. Featuring guest appearances from numerous bands including Japan's leading guitarist Takuro Okada vocalist JC from Noon flutist Wakana Ikeda who also participated in the new release of Triple Fire and psychedelic legend Hajime Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple as well as Dhidalah Sundays & Cybele PSP Social and Kumagusu. Despite these collaborations the album embodies the improvisational nature of spiritual jazz the fervor of psychedelic rock and the spirituality of traditional Japanese music all wrapped in the transparent textures of ambient music. ''For Damage'' is ambient jazz rock and new age while simultaneously stepping into a realm that is none of these. This work was released as an LP and CD in a joint effort by Centripetal Force in the US Cardinal Fuzz in the UK and Ramble Records in Australia but had almost no distribution in Japan. This cassette tape version marks the first physical release to be distributed domestically.Additionally the cassette tape version includes a code for the unreleased track collection ''Animals in the Forest of Symbols.'' LISTEN: https://youtu.be/-1Ov4Z597bg