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Call And Response Records

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Independent record label, based in Koenji, Tokyo.

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For any of you who subscribe to our newsletter, it woke up after its summer hibernation (éténation?) the other day, so if you haven't received it, look in your spam folder.

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our last Kyushu music #BandcampFriday post is this compilation. Initially a pandemic fundraiser for our favourite Fukuoka venue, it features nearly all the Kyushu acts we've worked with and it's still interesting as one label's window on a region's music. call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/883km

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883km, by Various Artists

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another Kyushu band we put out was Hakuchi, from Saga. Absolutely demented band. The drummer is now a fitness influencer or something but the bassist is still doing some cool stuff when he’s not busy being a dad and stuff. call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/ding-d...

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チンドンDING DONG! ～みのくるいマーチ～ / Chindon Ding Dong! Minokurui March, by 白痴 / Hakuchi

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For our next #BandcampFriday post of a Kyushu bands, Futtachi were the singer from Zibanchinka and a changeable cast of members. This album is a single 30-minute song in a duo configuration and it’s dark, gothic, industrial, doom-laden and psychedelic. call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/tane-t...

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Tane to Zenra, by Futtachi

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For all these links I’m posting today, DM us if the physical version isn’t listed. We have them but we’re just lazy!

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Next #BandcampFriday link from our archives, looking at Kyushu artists is Zibanchinka’s album Hatsubai Chushi. They should’ve been huge but imploded before the initial buzz could stick. Disarmingly intelligent garage-punk from Kagoshima that hits HARD: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/hatsub...

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発売中止 / Hatsubai Chūshi, by 地盤沈下 / Zibanchinka

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hyacca were (along with Mir) the band who really got Call And Response Records motivated in the early days. Their second release from us, Hanazono, is a series of tighter, more refined detonation as than the first, but if anything more devastating. #BandcampFriday hyacca.bandcamp.com/album/hanazono

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花園 / Hanazono, by 百蚊 / Hyacca

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We really ought to put the CDs of this up as merch. If you want a physical copy, DM us.

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Since we're off to Fukuoka and Kumamoto for a while next week, this #BandcampFriday we're going to celebrate just a few of the great releases from the wonderful island of Kyushu that we've put out. Here's the album Sashitai by the incredible Hyacca (from Fukuoka): hyacca.bandcamp.com/album/sashitai

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刺したい / Sashitai, by 百蚊 / Hyacca

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

NOW FOR SALE IN JAPAN! New at our permanent pop up at Tokyo, Koenji Substore: ・Library Music Volume Two - The Leaf Library ・After The Rain, Strange Seeds - The Lead Library ・A Short Survey Of Annotated Musical Equipment - Matt Ashton ・Dream Archipelgo: A Forecast For Imaginary Islands - Matt Ashton

The Leaf Library’s album “Library Music Volume Two” being held up in front of the Call And Response Records permanent pop-up store at Koenji Substore in Tokyo.

The Leaf Library’s album “After The Tain, Strange Seeds” being held up in front of the Call And Response Records permanent pop-up store at Koenji Substore in Tokyo.

Matt Ashton’s zines “A Short Survey Of Annotated Musical Equipment” and “Dream Archipelgo - A Forecast For Imaginary Islands” on display in the Call And Response Records permanent pop-up store at Koenji Substore in Tokyo. Next to them are a few copies of our own “Last Year’s Sounds” zines of reviews of local Japanese underground releases.

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

CALL AND RESPONSE IS GOING ON HOLIDAY! This means from Sept 1 to 14 we won't be able to fulfil any orders of physical goods. Any orders we get this week will go out before 5pm Monday 31st, but any shipping after that will be delayed until the 14th. Also, if you're at End of the Road, come say hi!

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We absolutely should do something more, yeah. We're probably going to be putting out Takeshi's new solo album before the year's out so we're still very much actively working with the lads.

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Matt Ashton @matthewjashton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Dream collaboration here that just sort of came out of nowhere. I would love to do more with them!

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A soundtrack to a dark, brooding, psychedelic dream in the form of a single 30-minute long track. Futtachi「Tane to Zenra 」 1. 過去を想う者が見た夢

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Tane to Zenra, by Futtachi

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you're over the UK side of the world, you can also get it from Objects Forever: sundrawingsounds.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...

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Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

More translation than a collaboration perhaps. Of course in language, but also from one place to another, one idiom to another, one time zone to another. London-based Sun Drawing's acoustic album made in Helsinki, re-formed and built upon in Fukuoka. Sun Drawing+SEA LEVEL「Afternoons At The Library」

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Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A lot of Former Airline's full length albums seem to be born out of transitional moments. No Man's Land came from the before-and-after of pandemic life, and this was his farewell to Tokyo after moving to Osaka: former_airline「Breath of the Machineries」 (track list's too long to list here!)

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Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yesterday's future musik former_airline「Postcards from No Man's Land」 1. In Today's World 2. Geometries of the Imagination 3. Insane Modernities 4. On the Sea of Fog 5. Dubby the Heaven 6. Paint This December Blue 7. Destroy What Destroys You 8. Walking Mirrors 9. S. Sontag in the Psykick Dancehall

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Postcards from No Man's Land, by former_airline

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today, we're taking a little tour through the abstract/ambient/post-rock/krautrocky corners of our catalogue: Lo-shi「Ninjin」 1. Albertine 2. Yage! 3. Yoron-tō 4. Le pistolet d'os 5. Les amis de la prostate 6. Naruhodone 7. Yūkaku 8. Machiawase basho wo kimete okō 9. Allez tous vous faire foutre 4

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NINJIN, by Lo-shi

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Man, we've put out so much awesome, batshit, cool stuff over the years. Every one a lost future to some place wonderful. And a lot, like Nakigao Twintail, hails from somewhere or other in Kyushu: 泣き顔ツインテール「イチジク」 1. 金魚 2. 植木 3. オリモノ 4. 祈り 5. 道路 6. 発芽 call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/ichijiku

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イチジク / Ichijiku, by 泣き顔ツインテール / Nakigao Twintail

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Since we're on a frenzied junk noise tip... LIYL Beefheart, King Crimson, Boredoms, Gong... Cardiacs? Punk-prog-sorcery. 光分解「8555」 1. vaporwave 2. ランチ 3. 市のベージュ 4. 東湖 5. Tom Um 6. おさけ (feat.青木陽南) 7. 35.2_1 8. min haya 9. Hotbone 10. 会える日 11. 8555 12. 豫 call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/8555

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8555, by 光分解

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Wait... at THESE insanely reasonable prices? Oh baby, the Yen-to-Euro/Pound/Dollar exchange rate is the best friend you'll ever have in your hunt for madcap punk trash from our forgotten little corner of the otherwise hippest city on Earth!

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Does that whet your appetite for even more such giddy, queasy thrills? On CD? WELL... worst taste「悪夢に笑え！」(2022) 1. 悪夢に笑え！ 2. ウルトラパワー 3. お願いシンパシー 4. 蒼白 5. 奪還コントロール 6. シットガール 7. 脱走 8. アーバンシティを飛び越えろ 9. ストレンジパラダイス call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/--3

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悪夢に笑え！, by worst taste

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Want some fresh, frenetic, disconcertingly vaudevillian Japanese punk? On cassette? WE HAVE SOME OF THAT! worst taste「Bastard City EP」(2026) 1. Bastard City 2. ニュークリエーションA1 3. 地獄の門へ 4. Bastard City [DJ MEMAI remix] 06:34 call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/bastar...

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Bastard City EP, by worst taste

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

London-based Koenji Music still has it listed, so you mail order folk should grab a copy from them if you can: koenjimusic.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-... Or if you're in Japan, there still seem to be copies at Koenji SUBstore, Koenji Uptown Records, Shindaita Like A Fool, and Fukuoka Record Polis.

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Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Grandma's Garden are a bunch of sellouts... That's right, congratulations GG on their debut cassette EP "Sweet Dystopian Daydreams" being sold out on Bandcamp! You can get it digitally: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-... And a few physical copies are still knocking around elsewhere.

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Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden

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Ian (F) Martin @ianfmartin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

But since it *is* Bandcamp Friday, why not check out my little record label for some pop/noise/other from Japan (and one or two other places): call-and-response.bandcamp.com

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Call And Response Records

Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

NEW RELEASE! worst taste「Bastard City EP」 Cassette EP, ¥1300+tax 1. Bastard City 2. ニュークリエーション 3. 地獄の門へ 4. Bastard City（DJ MEMAI remix） call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/bastar...

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Bastard City EP, by worst taste

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just spent the last hour making a detailed plot of where all the songs appear, for any interested parties:

00:00 - Akumu ni Warae! - worst taste
00:18 - Kiku No Tsuyu - Lo-shi
00:48 - Akumu ni Warae! - worst taste
01:16 - Tohyo - Hikari Bunkai
04:20 - vaporwave - Hikari Bunkai
07:42 - A Brief Ode - Sun Drawing + Sea Level
11:30 - Dassou - worst taste
13:38 - Second Poem - Sun Drawing + Sea Level
15:20 - Silence is a Commons - Sea Level
17:59 - Hotbone - Hikari Bunkai
23:06 - The Sea In October - Sun Drawing + Sea Level
25:02 - Kiku No Tsuyu - Lo-shi
26:06 - Draw to the End - Sea Level

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This new NHK World documentary about CAR's home neighbourhood of Koenji is not only entertaining and informative but also features a lot of music we've released! Needle drops from Worst Taste, Lo-shi, 光分解, Sea Level and Sun Drawing: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Koenji - Backstreets Buzzing with Subculture Spirit - Dive in Tokyo | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

Home to musicians, comedians, writers, and more, Koenji is known as a subculture hub. Join us as we explore its shopping streets and countless alleys and learn the origins of its maze-like layout.

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I saw your repost of the Hikari Bunkai album and figured someone that enthusiastic about that sort of music would be interesting. Which it was, instantly. This account still isn't that active because the Japanese music scene is still married to Twitter, but I post more on @ianfmartin.bsky.social

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Cheers. Bought your album before the doors shut on BCF last night and I'm digging it.

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Released just a few weeks ago, young jazz-punks 光分解/Hikari Bunkai's debut album 8555 is a ultra-condensed King Crimson skronk blast of semi-improvised wig flipping mayhem: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/8555

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8555, by 光分解

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday, so that means it's time to jolly you all along into checking out or refreshing yourselves on our recent releases. Miu Mau make beautiful avant-pop/new wave with a sharp, glacial edge. London's The Leaf Library are on remix duty: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/motif-21

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Motif 21, by miu mau

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Out now! 光分解 / Hikari Bunkai 「8555」 The debut album by Tokyo's coolest, youngest, hottest, nicest, fucked-uppest multi-instrumentalist jazz-prog-punk trio. Listen in full and buy (in full!) here: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/8555

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8555, by 光分解

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Our friends at Blossom Rot Records in Australia are tantalisingly close to their $1K fundraising goal for the Desert Divas programme supporting female First Nations musicians. CAR acts P-iPLE, Grandma's Garden and Cyber Cherry all feature on this album: blossomrotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blosso...

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Blossom Buddies IV, by Various

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Today is the day the 光分解 album was supposed to be released, but this is your reminder that we've had to push it back a couple of weeks. Very sorry and please bear with us.

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Bad news! Due to a massive production snafu, the new Hikari Bunkai album release, which was scheduled for this Friday March 27th, has been put back 2 weeks to April 10th. Huge apologies, especially to those of you who have pre-ordered the CD. The problem will be fixed soon.

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Check out the Miu Mau EP for a slightly different window into some similar psychic raw materials: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/motif-21

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Motif 21, by miu mau

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Leaf Library, who recently remixed Miu Mau's "Furidashi" for us, just released their new album "After The Rain, Strange Seeds" and it's a masterpiece. It tightens and hones to perfection their expansive yet intimate, drizzle-swept yet sometimes sun-dappled, melancholy yet joyous musical vision:

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The band have also made a music video for the song: youtu.be/Zns52ifb1M0?...

光分解「min haya」Music Video(旧)

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

One more new preview track "min haya" is now available to whet your appetite for 光分解 (Hikari Bunkai)'s album 8555, out next Friday. Skronk freely here: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/8555

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8555, by 光分解

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We've updated the pre-order page for Hikaribunkai's blistering avant-punk-prog mindmelt debut album "8555". You can now listen to the track "市のベージュ " in addition to "ランチ" which was made available last week. You can check both tracks out here: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/8555

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8555, by 光分解

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The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We also did a remix for the new Miu Mau EP on @callandresponse.bsky.social (bringing the Flying Saucer Attack lo-fi drones to the original's sweet avant-pop): call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/motif-21

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Motif 21, by miu mau

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Bandcamp Friday is also a great opportunity to lay down an early preorder for our next release, 光分解 (Hikari Bunkai)'s forthcoming album of prog-skronk-jazz-punk mayhem "8555": call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/8555

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8555, by 光分解

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Happy Bandcamp Friday! If you've been holding off on buying Miu Mau's excellent new Motif 21 EP, now's your chance to make the biggest impact with your love! call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/motif-21

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Motif 21, by miu mau

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

P-iPLE, Cyber Cherry and Grandma's Garden all participated in this online compilation from Australian indie label Blossom Rot Records. It's released for International Women's Day 2026 to raise funds for a project supporting indigenous women in music. blossomrotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blosso...

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Blossom Buddies IV, by Various

Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This year, our Fashion Crisis DJ nights are travelling through time, decade by decade, to figure out our alternative history of popular music. We're starting in the 60s (because none of us is confident we could do justice to the 50s) on March 6th.

Fashion crisis presents An Alternative History of Popular Music Part 1: The 1960s.

Date: 3/6 (Fri)
Place: Koenji SUBstore
Time: 19:00
Price: ¥500 + 1 drink
DJs:
- Evil Penguin
- Mittu
- BB Clarke
- James Hadfield
- Ian Martin

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Our next release! "Tokyo Avant-garde Propeller Postcard Band" 光分解/Hikari Bunkai's wild ride of a debut album "8555" is open for pre-rders now, with the song "ランチ" currently available for early listening: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/8555

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8555, by 光分解

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Ian (F) Martin @ianfmartin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I've been a fan of Miu Mau for years and it's a profound pleasure to be able to finally put something by them out from my little label. That I've been able to get The Leaf Library to remix them as well is just a wonderful feeling.