V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Funeral Doom which would be highlights on

which would be highlights on anyone’s LP

the psychedelic

“To get that sense of place and time

the geometry of an open field: these are part of the record

Úlfarsson gave Bertoni a carte blanche for how to handle the instrument

V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Funeral Doom which would be highlights onEmerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the rykka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music. This collection of 1920s & 30s rykka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread