Kazuki Tomokawa: Kazuki Tomokawa 1975–1977 Format:3xCD

Kazuki Tomokawa: Kazuki Tomokawa 1975–1977 Format:3xCDFor November 2021 release. Kazuki Tomokawa 19751977 (Finally, His First Album Straight from the Throat A String of Paper Cranes Clenched between My Teeth) A poet, soothsayer, bicycle race tipster, actor, prolific drinker, self taught guitarist, and living legend of Japanese sound, Kazuki Tomokawa catapulted into Tokyos avant folk scene in the mid 1970s, forging a sound and sensibility marked by throat wrenching vocals and searing ennui. Among his

cross-disciplinary downtown New York arts scene of the ’60s and ’70s

I felt left out

journalism

antiquated electronic instruments abound—7 employs the Ondioline

Kazuki Tomokawa stands as a pioneer of radical individualism—forging a sound and sensibility marked by shocking intimacy and blistering honesty

— Benjamin Piekut

and living legend of Japanese sound—catapulted into Tokyo’s avant-folk scene in the mid-1970s with his cathartic and utterly electrifying performances

the players used music as their common means of communication

“The Dancing Ear

“The Pointed Time Bus”)

Originally trained in trombone performance

with Salmon Run and Softly Softly Copy Copy available on vinyl for the first time