Mesh-Key

MUKAI,CHIE + JUSTIN SIMON - Hi Tsuki

Mesh-Key is pleased to announce the release of a lavish, limited
edition run of this heretofore unheard collaboration, finally seeing
the light of day 15 years after its recording. Acoustic instrumentation
and synthesizers meet Mukais haunting voice for four sparse,
minimalistic compositions unlike anything in either artists previous
output.Each record comes folded inside thick Italian pastel paper, and each
copy has been individually decorated with a design in sumi ink by
Simon. The titles and inserts were silkscreened by Keegan Cooke at The
Circadian Press.


Chie Mukai is a composer and musician from Osaka, Japan, best known for
her underground improv-folk group Ché-SHIZU (PSF), which she founded in
1981. In addition to her song-based work, Mukai has been an active
improviser since 1975, when she joined the East Bionic Symphonia group
under the leadership of Fluxus violinist-composer Takehisa Kosugi at
the Biggako Art School of Tokyo. She has since collaborated with Keiji
Haino, John Duncan, Agata Morio and many others. Her primary instrument
is the bowed Chinese er-hu, but she also plays piano and percussion.
Justin Simon records as Invisible Conga People and runs Mesh-Key
Records. One-time edition of 300 copies. - Mesh-Key.



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After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.

This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).

Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.

Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.

Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).

So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we’ve been surprised by what’s been turning up, and there’s much more to come.
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