Ultra Bide
The Original Ultra Bide
Ultra Bide was an underground avant-garde/noise-punk band that was originally active as a central member of Kansai No Wave from 1978 to 1980 (together with Aunt Sally, Friction, Inu, Ss), the album released from Alchemy Records in 1984 is finally remastered and reissued! Ultra Bide was a quartet consisting of Jojo Hiroshige(who later formed Hijokaidan), Taiqui, who became the drummer for Ain Soph, Hidè, punk legend who is still active in Kyoto, and Koichiro, who was a member of Maher, Shalal, Ha…
Improvisation Anarchy
With a title like ‘Improvisation Anarchy’, you pretty much have the blessed assurance that the record will be either a right-on, spontaneous surge of electricity, or at least an entertaining disaster. Recorded in 1978-79, this patchwork quilt of straight-arrow punk and meandering synth-assisted psychedelia manages to be both at the same time. It should be noted that this kind of music was not common for 1970s West Japan before the ‘bubble economy’ of the 80’s allowed for more impulsive consumpti…