{"product_id":"hikashu-1978","title":"HIKASHU - 1978","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__title\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"artist_name\"\u003eHIKASHU - 1978\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__store-info d-flex flex-row pt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"album_reference mr-1 pr-1\"\u003eP-VINE PLP-8396\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-9730322858229\" class=\"product__buy-options\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__option-btns d-flex justify-content-between align-content-between flex-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btw-grid-16 container-fluid as-album p-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__buy-options\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__option-btns d-flex justify-content-between align-content-between flex-wrap\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__selling-points fw-demi\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst-ever vinyl edition of the legendary 1978 recordings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes 3 previously unreleased tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssential release for collectors of Japanese new wave, experimental music, and early electronic sounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapanese New Wave\/Proto-Techno\/Rare Archive Recording\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"Release-Detail\" class=\"acordion_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-description product__info-description--full product__info-description--open\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"section_title\"\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_height\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechno, Mondo, Lo-Fi—HIKASHU had already anticipated entire musical planet in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded on a 4-track tape recorder before the band's official debut, 1978 is a legendary collection of early recordings that remained largely unknown until its acclaimed CD release in 1996. Now, nearly 30 years later, these pioneering recordings are finally being released on vinyl for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded three previously unreleased tracks. Among them an alternate version of \"Confusion,\" which was originally available only on a highly sought-after fan club flexi-disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A year before releasing our debut album on Toshiba EMI, HIKASHU had already developed a distinctive and intrest music. Working in a small house near a railway line in Tokyo's Nerima district, the band transformed a makeshift recording space—windows shuttered, blankets hung on the walls—into a laboratory of sound, where rhythm machines resonated a sound around .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Kouichi MAKIGAMI (Leader of HIKASHU)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LIMINAL Music Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52554755277112,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/4280\/2232\/files\/11F9A9A3-9C12-49EE-B534-E03D1DDAC152.jpg?v=1782280208","url":"https:\/\/liminalmusic.shop\/products\/hikashu-1978","provider":"LIMINAL Music Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}