{"product_id":"ohkami-no-jikan-black-tape-ii","title":"OHKAMI NO JIKAN - Black Tape II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Black Tape II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is only the second widely available release by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eOhkami No Jikan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (The Time of the Wolf), one of the more esoteric groups of the 1990s Tokyo underground. Recorded in 1992, it illuminates a largely undocumented facet of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNanjo Asahito\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's psychedelic cosmology, distinct from his better-known work with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh Rise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusica Transonic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eToho Sara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Aside from a handful of limited, handmade cassettes and CD-Rs on his La Musica label, there's only been one Ohkami No Jikan album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMort Nuit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, that made it beyond the collector inner circle. One of Nanjo's longest-running, most mysterious outfits, Ohkami No Jikan's conceptualization -- as a psych outfit \"that explores 'stasis' and 'motion,' both actively and philosophically\" -- hints at the intensity of the music here. There's a pellucid beauty to much of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Tape II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with the simplest, most erotically charged chord changes descending from the heavens, Nanjo moaning consumptively as the songs slip by in an acid daze. The 1992 line-up here, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsai Fumiyo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on bass and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNagao Kouji\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on drums, was one of many variations of Ohkami No Jikan; simultaneously languorous and heavy, at times pushed into the red with arcing blasts of feedback, the group feels cosmically aligned with Nanjo's purity of vision. Housed in a custom die-cut, \"Uni-Pak\" style gatefold with metallic ink, spot finishes and matching La Musica inner sleeve. La Musica Records was a label founded by Asahito Nanjo in Tokyo during the 1990s. It released nearly 200 cassettes and CD-r's, all handmade in micro-editions and sold at shows. The catalog featured artists and recordings largely of obscure, often completely unknown origin, sanctioned and \"grey-area\" documentation of the Tokyo psychedelic underground. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Tape II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is part of Black Edition's work to bring La Musica's unique and confoundingly beautiful catalog to light.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1736167478\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Editions\/La Musica","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":48512573538523,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/files\/a3371710180_10.jpg?v=1774473133","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/ohkami-no-jikan-black-tape-ii","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}