Hyperdub collects pioneering video game music on Diggin’ In The Carts deluxe 2xLP compilation

New Ryuichi Sakamoto documentary provides an intimate portrait of his creative world

Takashi Kokubo’s little-known music for a 1987 luxury air conditioner reissued on limited vinyl

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Brazilian jazz legend Hermeto Pascoal’s No Mundo Dos Sons released on vinyl for the first time

A zen journey through the world of Wes Anderson’s soundtracks

WRWTFWW launches new sister label with two elusive Ryo Fukui album reissues

Kimiko Kasai and Herbie Hancock’s Japanese jazz-funk opus Butterfly reissued on vinyl

Tokyo producer Videotapemusic samples Japanese VHS tapes on new album

Yasuaki Shimizu’s zany and elusive Subliminal LP reissued in new version

Eighties Japanese fusion group Atlas’ elusive Breeze LP reissued

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