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Kiki Hitomi –
Karma No Kusari

19
Aug

KIKI HITOMI
“Karma No Kusari”

JTRLP08
release date: 19.08.2016
LP vinyl (€16,99), digital

Belt up for a mind-altering journey through time and space stopping by Japanese enka, 8-bit psychedelica and mutated digi dub on this genre-defying long player from King Midas Sound’s Kiki Hitomi and Jahtari bossman disrupt.

Set against an intergalactic backdrop of riddims and soundscapes “Karma No Kusari” (“Chain Of Karma”) unfolds piece by piece, with Kiki’s otherworldly tone of voice providing a ghostly atmosphere that is at times unsettling but always achingly beautiful.

This gritty disc of cosmic vintage pop – entirely done without a computer – includes compositions by Maffi, the mysterious Tapes plus a transmission from the immortal Space Ape. With stunning artwork by Kiki herself “Karma No Kusari” is indispensible for any true space cadet.

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KIKI HITOMI DISRUPT

Cosmic Threat – Cosmic Threads (LP)

WaqWaq Kingdom – Live at Bassmæssage (tape)

WaqWaq Kingdom – WaqWaq Kingdom EP

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 2 (LP re-issue)

WaqWaq Kingdom –
Shinsekai (LP)

Roger Robinson –
Dis Side Ah Town

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KIKI HITOMI NEWS

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JAHTARI RELEASES

Danny Dread –
Chatty Mouth Defeat

NoinoNoinoNoino –
8

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12"s, RELEASES

Tapes –
Where Is The Time

09
Mar

Tapes
“Where Is The Time EP”

JTR13
release date: 10.03.2013
12″ vinyl, digital

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The master of the magnetic scrolls is back at the boombox with his second Jahtari EP, once again exploring the more rugged corners of the dub universe. On Side A ‘Where Is The Time’ creates a rhythmical space-time paradoxon straight away, with harmonies that stream right off a dysfunct flux capacitor module. Next up ‘Persian Pulse Width’ switches the tape heads into heavy current mode, driving a battery of damaged 8-bit-chips into a thermal meltdown.

Side B contains two special cuts of older Tapes gems: a 12″ extended dub mix of Vernon Maytone’s ‘Old Pan Sound’ that originally came out on a now hard to find 7″ on Tape’s Selah Wadadda label. And an ultra-heavy, extra-crackling cassette mix of the ghostly ‘Pipe Cleaner’ with haunting flutes by Diggory Kenrick that recently appeared as limited 7 on Meeuw Muzak. Serious voltage baked on tape here!

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TAPES

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Tapes – Funk Plates Vol. 1

Tapes –
Hissing Theatricals (re-issue)

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 4 (LP re-issue)

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 2 (LP re-issue)

Kiki Hitomi –
Karma No Kusari

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 3

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JAHTARI RELEASES

Mr. Williamz –
Dancehall Hobby EP

Monkey Marc vs.
The Panet Smashers

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CDs, LPs, RELEASES

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 3

17
Apr

JAHTARIAN DUBBERS
VOL. 3

JTRLP04
release date: 17.04.2012
LP vinyl, CD (€ 8,99), digital

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The tape heads of the Jahtari echo machines have been finetuned, the reverb modules are rewired, the bass implant is set to maximum blast and now the third episode of our ongoing series called “Jahtarian Dubbers” is ready to rock your walkman for a long time to come.

Mikey Murka went up to the dancehall again, John Frum is back with a hauntingly beautiful dub, Maffi team up with Ranking Levy from MyLord Sound while the Jahtari Riddim Force is on the loose, El Fata rinses Tapes‘ smashing “Gold Love Riddim”, disrupt dug out a forgotten treasure from the vault and Rootah runs his tube delays into the red zone.

Wearing the black belt for beatmaking and new in the Jahtari camp is Monkey Marc (who supplied a wicked instrumental to the last Roots Manuva album). Our favourite sound system champions Mungo’s Hifi are about to blow your speakers alongside veteran Jim Nastics, plus there’s a very special Rootah version of a Dub Syndicate / Adrian Sherwood classic – with Lee Perry (!) on the mic, lazergun in hand, straightjacket and all. So better pack enough supplies for an interstellar trip – this one might take a while.