Saturday, May 18, 2013
Question
So it was brought to my attention that MU has browser restrictions. and i'm already not happy with the service. and i'm not super keen on others life MF either right now (also with bandwidth restrictions, and a history of deleting things quickly. what do people think about using a public tracker like pirate bay and doing torrents? chime in.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Hatch Hatchell (ハッチ・ハッチェル) - Hope My Cigarette
Hatch Hatchell
(2002.10.30) (album) Hope My Cigarette [320kbps]
I've been on the look-out for anything from the Office Barbeque label for a long time after seeing some releases from it on this page when I was looking for information on the illusive Tiger Shovel Nose a long long time ago. This popped up for a dollar and I couldn't pass it by, especially with such a rad cover. I was delighted to get something not entirely unexpected, but still surprising. It is a lo-fi old-timey porch rock delight singin' about whiskey and cigarettes. Anyone who likes old-timey stuff, especially in the vein of anything from the incredible Get Hip Records label like Bogalusa, will fall in love with this album. I can't wait to get my hands on more. There are a few overpriced ones on ebay, but I think I'll hold out for more $1 treats, as infrequent as they seem to be. Flac will be available at the appropriate place in the near future, as soon as I get my PC back up and running with a new CPU.
TASTE IT
we're gonna test run public tor's too.
(2002.10.30) (album) Hope My Cigarette [320kbps]
I've been on the look-out for anything from the Office Barbeque label for a long time after seeing some releases from it on this page when I was looking for information on the illusive Tiger Shovel Nose a long long time ago. This popped up for a dollar and I couldn't pass it by, especially with such a rad cover. I was delighted to get something not entirely unexpected, but still surprising. It is a lo-fi old-timey porch rock delight singin' about whiskey and cigarettes. Anyone who likes old-timey stuff, especially in the vein of anything from the incredible Get Hip Records label like Bogalusa, will fall in love with this album. I can't wait to get my hands on more. There are a few overpriced ones on ebay, but I think I'll hold out for more $1 treats, as infrequent as they seem to be. Flac will be available at the appropriate place in the near future, as soon as I get my PC back up and running with a new CPU.
TASTE IT
we're gonna test run public tor's too.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Indies Magazine Vol. 1
Indies Magazine Vol. 1
1995
I first discovered the Indies Magazines through a fellow Japanese music collector on soulseek (the ancient p2p network. Thanks Big Murph!) who had several rips of random volumes, many of which were missing tracks or proper titles. I was familiar with a lot of the groups that were one them, but there were also a lot that I didn't know. And when there are comps like that, they intrigue me. Especially when they span so many genres. So I couldn't stay away. After a lot of hunting and not turning up anything, out of the blue on a search on noppin.com (the best middleman service for buying from yahoo auctions japan), an auction popped up for the first 22 volumes, plus two others. The price was astonishingly low, and even with shipping costs i got 24 volumes for probably less than $4 a volume. It was one of the most exciting finds ever. And then I got them, and opened them.
What I discovered was an endless pit of information. And I don't even know how to read Japanese! But the magazines highlighted each artist that was included on the awesome comp cd's, highlighted other new releases, and highlighted specific indie record labels and their catalogues. I had already been sort of on a Label binge, trying to acquire everything by particular labels. But it had been better known ones. This gave me a gateway to the stunning underground of the 90's rock scene, and cultivated an obsession and appreciation for what a LABEL actually is. Or should be anyway. The magazines essentially became giant shopping lists for me, and so far, after hundreds of purchases, rarely am I disappointed with the music that has been highlighted here. I make it a mission to track down releases by any artists featured, especially ones I hadn't heard of before.. because if I haven't heard of it.. it's pretty obscure. Or at least has been forgotten or overlooked by people who take the time to spread stuff on the internet.
It took me many hours to carefully dissect the magazine, scan and do cropping and straightening and resizing and all that good stuff. I had decided not to do further issues in this way at the time, because it was after voodoovault v1.0 had gone offline and I didn't have a proper outlet for it to make it worth my while. But since I am relaunching, I think it's motivation to work through the other volumes. I've also picked up two more since that initial batch, and am on the lookout for more. Below are the featured artists from the compilation cd that came with the magazine (provided here in 320kbps). This cd has been posted both on the original blog and in several other places. So you may have it already. Though note, I believe much of what is circulating had incorrect track lists. When I took the time to do the scans I noticed a slip of paper that was included that corrected a misprint both on the disc and the magazine. Some of the tracks were labelled in an incorrect order. This version is the correct one. There are also smaller 72 dpi scans, and high resolution 300 dpi scans. Please enjoy!
Hi-Standard
Lolita No. 18
Naomi Araki (あらきなおみ)
Eastern Youth
Hidetoshi Sakurai & Pioneer Combo (桜井秀俊 & パイオニア･コンボ)
Homo Sapience Sapiens (ホモサピエンス･サピエンス)
The Beat Girl
Guitar Wolf
Wrench
Foul
Dog In Blanket
Sugar Plant
Cokehead Hipsters
Penguin Noise
Pealout
Kaminari Ya (雷矢)
The Juice
CD
72 dpi Scan
320 dpi Scan
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1995
I first discovered the Indies Magazines through a fellow Japanese music collector on soulseek (the ancient p2p network. Thanks Big Murph!) who had several rips of random volumes, many of which were missing tracks or proper titles. I was familiar with a lot of the groups that were one them, but there were also a lot that I didn't know. And when there are comps like that, they intrigue me. Especially when they span so many genres. So I couldn't stay away. After a lot of hunting and not turning up anything, out of the blue on a search on noppin.com (the best middleman service for buying from yahoo auctions japan), an auction popped up for the first 22 volumes, plus two others. The price was astonishingly low, and even with shipping costs i got 24 volumes for probably less than $4 a volume. It was one of the most exciting finds ever. And then I got them, and opened them.
What I discovered was an endless pit of information. And I don't even know how to read Japanese! But the magazines highlighted each artist that was included on the awesome comp cd's, highlighted other new releases, and highlighted specific indie record labels and their catalogues. I had already been sort of on a Label binge, trying to acquire everything by particular labels. But it had been better known ones. This gave me a gateway to the stunning underground of the 90's rock scene, and cultivated an obsession and appreciation for what a LABEL actually is. Or should be anyway. The magazines essentially became giant shopping lists for me, and so far, after hundreds of purchases, rarely am I disappointed with the music that has been highlighted here. I make it a mission to track down releases by any artists featured, especially ones I hadn't heard of before.. because if I haven't heard of it.. it's pretty obscure. Or at least has been forgotten or overlooked by people who take the time to spread stuff on the internet.
It took me many hours to carefully dissect the magazine, scan and do cropping and straightening and resizing and all that good stuff. I had decided not to do further issues in this way at the time, because it was after voodoovault v1.0 had gone offline and I didn't have a proper outlet for it to make it worth my while. But since I am relaunching, I think it's motivation to work through the other volumes. I've also picked up two more since that initial batch, and am on the lookout for more. Below are the featured artists from the compilation cd that came with the magazine (provided here in 320kbps). This cd has been posted both on the original blog and in several other places. So you may have it already. Though note, I believe much of what is circulating had incorrect track lists. When I took the time to do the scans I noticed a slip of paper that was included that corrected a misprint both on the disc and the magazine. Some of the tracks were labelled in an incorrect order. This version is the correct one. There are also smaller 72 dpi scans, and high resolution 300 dpi scans. Please enjoy!
Hi-Standard
Lolita No. 18
Naomi Araki (あらきなおみ)
Eastern Youth
Hidetoshi Sakurai & Pioneer Combo (桜井秀俊 & パイオニア･コンボ)
Homo Sapience Sapiens (ホモサピエンス･サピエンス)
The Beat Girl
Guitar Wolf
Wrench
Foul
Dog In Blanket
Sugar Plant
Cokehead Hipsters
Penguin Noise
Pealout
Kaminari Ya (雷矢)
The Juice
CD
72 dpi Scan
320 dpi Scan
.jpg)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A New Beginning
Hello Friends,
So my life is coming back into my control. The last year+ has been a real roller coaster, and now I am very nearly back to the way I want things to be. Its a big long story that I need not go into. But I am now able to devote time back to my true passion, and that is discovering, devouring and sharing Japanese music. The blog is henceforth back in action. While I doubt that the Voodoovault will ever reach the vastness that it once did before the travesties that took place across the internet such a long time ago, I have complete confidence that it will be a place of great riches, and lead to even better things (its a secret). I may have jumped the gun with the relaunch.. as I thought I was about to settle in and get back on track.. and yet I find that delayed momentarily, for possibly a few weeks, I will make an effort during that time to post as much as I can. Possibly once a day. but I may miss a few here and there. Once this current transition is over however, this place will be blossoming with music and information.
While I've been gone I have continued my obsession with purchasing Japanese music from my favorite marketplaces, so there is a huge catalog for us to discover together here. The blog, I am happy to say, is going to host these albums for your enjoyment. I will provide them in a certain format...(320), but they will also be available elsewhere in even better rips (flac). I will provide complete high res scans for everything I do myself, and for now, this will be the entirety of what is posted here (i.e. only my own rips will be discussed here). I also have growing collections of magazines, vhs tapes and dvds that will find exclusive homes on the blog.
It may take me a while to get the blogger chops back and get the blog formatted properly and neatly and nice for you to read and navigate.. but bare with me, ok? cool. here we go.
oh, also.. i'm sure many former fans of the blog have wandered off and written off blogs or this blog in particular and cleaned out their bookmarks and that sort of thing. spread the word. tell your friends. voodoovault is back.
P.S. sorry for the teaser! first upload coming tomorrow. and its pretty cool.
So my life is coming back into my control. The last year+ has been a real roller coaster, and now I am very nearly back to the way I want things to be. Its a big long story that I need not go into. But I am now able to devote time back to my true passion, and that is discovering, devouring and sharing Japanese music. The blog is henceforth back in action. While I doubt that the Voodoovault will ever reach the vastness that it once did before the travesties that took place across the internet such a long time ago, I have complete confidence that it will be a place of great riches, and lead to even better things (its a secret). I may have jumped the gun with the relaunch.. as I thought I was about to settle in and get back on track.. and yet I find that delayed momentarily, for possibly a few weeks, I will make an effort during that time to post as much as I can. Possibly once a day. but I may miss a few here and there. Once this current transition is over however, this place will be blossoming with music and information.
While I've been gone I have continued my obsession with purchasing Japanese music from my favorite marketplaces, so there is a huge catalog for us to discover together here. The blog, I am happy to say, is going to host these albums for your enjoyment. I will provide them in a certain format...(320), but they will also be available elsewhere in even better rips (flac). I will provide complete high res scans for everything I do myself, and for now, this will be the entirety of what is posted here (i.e. only my own rips will be discussed here). I also have growing collections of magazines, vhs tapes and dvds that will find exclusive homes on the blog.
It may take me a while to get the blogger chops back and get the blog formatted properly and neatly and nice for you to read and navigate.. but bare with me, ok? cool. here we go.
oh, also.. i'm sure many former fans of the blog have wandered off and written off blogs or this blog in particular and cleaned out their bookmarks and that sort of thing. spread the word. tell your friends. voodoovault is back.
P.S. sorry for the teaser! first upload coming tomorrow. and its pretty cool.
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