Call And Response Records

2人組パンクバンドGrandma's Garden
初EPはCall And Responseから発売
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Call And Response 20th Anniversary PART 1: Call And Response's End Of Innocence Place: 東高円寺UFO CLUB Date: 11/2 (日) Time: 18:30 Price: ¥2800 adv / ¥3000 door (+1 drink) LIVE: ・P-iPLE ・Jocko ・デーメーテール ・Slowmarico ・DopeDobutu DJs: ・Sumire (Girlside) ・Daizo

The first of our 20th anniversary events is coming up in a couple of weeks at Higashi-Koenji UFO Club on November 2nd. Post-punk music, indie DJs, and heaps of loud, rhythmically obtuse, discordant fun. A good friend once called it "stupid fucking childish noise" but we just call it pop.

Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden 6 track album

Super fun debut EP from Grandma’s Garden on @callandresponse.bsky.social

call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...

Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden 6 track album

The Grandma's Garden debut EP is available now in full on our Bandcamp. Check it out for 20 minutes of spiky, riff-heavy, indie-punk party songs from Tokyo's hottest new duo: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...

In our productions, we always feel it’s important to give ‘em enough Rope (1948).

I directed and edited* this! Please watch it!

*Editing was very easy because it’s an unbroken 3.5-minute shot! I’m the Orson Welles of Koenji, baby.

YouTube video by Call And Response Records Grandma's Garden「だから、さよなら」

The Grandma's Garden EP is out next Friday, but in the meantime, @mattschley.com made this fantastic video for the song だから、さよなら. Really pleased with this one. Thanks to all who helped out with their time and good spirits (and shitty yet affordable spirits):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...

Call And Response Records 20 Years of Pop! November 2nd, Sunday, 18:30, Higashi-Koenji UFO Club ¥2800 advance, ¥3000 door Title: Call And Response’s End of Innocence LIVE: - P-iPLE - デーメーテール - DopeDobutu - Jocko - Slowmarico DJs: - Sumire Taya (Girlside) - Daizo (Identity Parade) December 13th, Saturday, 16:00, Higashi-Koenji Ni-man Den-atsu ¥3000 advance, ¥3500 door Title: Call And Response is Old Enough to Drink LIVE: - Cyber Cherry - worst taste & special magic - Looprider - Grandma’s Garden - Praha Depart - Saladabar - Jebiotto - Melt-Banana December 27th, Saturday, 19:00, Koenji Substore ¥1000 Call And Response is Sorry for What Happened LIVE: - Masami Takashima DJs: - Ian Martin (Call And Response) - James Hadfield - DJ Rally (Tropical Death)

I don't know who's in Tokyo this November and December, but our label is somehow 20 years old and we'll be celebrating with a colourful crowd of artists across three different events.

Duality, by jailbird Y 7 track album

Another of Sumita's old bands, and one he does play on, is Hiroshima-originated noise-punk maniacs Jailbird Y. If you're a fan of raucous, playful, hardcore-adjacent Japanese junk in the tradition of the Boredoms, then this is well worth a listen:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/duality

Missing Idols, by P-iPLE 6 track album

While GG are a new band, drummer Sumita has been around in a great many projects over the years including a couple of ours. He played with P-iPLE for a while, and while he isn't on any of the recordings, fans of skronky punk trash should check them out: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/missin...

Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden 6 track album

After a year spent in the abstract realms, our scuzzy indie-punk face is back on with the debut EP from Tokyo duo Grandma's Garden out on 10/17 and available for pre-order now. Available to download or on cassette with a lovely little accompanying zine: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...

if yr looking for thursday tomorrow this is what the future sounded like

Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline 12 track album

NEW RELEASE!
former_airline「Breath of the Machineries」
カセット+ダウンロード on sale now!
東京
・下北沢Pianola Records
・新代田Like A Fool Records
・高円寺SUBstore
・高円寺Uptown Records (後少し)
大阪 Forever Records
名古屋File-Under Records
オンライン call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...

Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline 12 track album

It's September 12th in Tokyo now, so here you go, you lucky people: 12 tracks full of glorious post-kraut modernist sci-fi indie call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...

I am actually Princess Anne.

Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL 10 track album

Then late last year we partnered with Objects Forever in London to release this collaboration between Fukuoka's Sea Level and @matthewjashton.bsky.social's Sun Drawing project, which you could take as the rural or leafy 1st part of the journey:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...

In a way, that album is the urban-tinted 3rd part of a triptych of releases we've been putting out. Earlier this year, we released Lo-shi's album Moro-Q: a more ambient take on the same kraut-ish tendencies, which I think of as the more suburban 2nd part:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q

Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline 12 track album

Since our current preorder release, Former_Airline's new album Breath of the Machineries, leans on what I'd call the abstract pop side of the label, I'm gonna use this thread to highlight some higlights of that side of what we do:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...

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

If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com

We've other releases by Former_Airline, Lo-shi and Sea Level (some hosted on our Bandcamp page and some linked away to the bands' own pages), so if you dig these releases, please explore. They're all excellent.

Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL 10 track album

Then late last year we partnered with Objects Forever in London to release this collaboration between Fukuoka's Sea Level and @matthewjashton.bsky.social's Sun Drawing project, which you could take as the rural or leafy 1st part of the journey:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...

In a way, that album is the urban-tinted 3rd part of a triptych of releases we've been putting out. Earlier this year, we released Lo-shi's album Moro-Q: a more ambient take on the same kraut-ish tendencies, which I think of as the more suburban 2nd part:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q

Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline 12 track album

Since our current preorder release, Former_Airline's new album Breath of the Machineries, leans on what I'd call the abstract pop side of the label, I'm gonna use this thread to highlight some higlights of that side of what we do:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...

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

If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com

Date: 8/29 (Fri) Place: Koenji SUBstore Time: 19:00 Price: ¥500 + 1 drink Live: - David Thomas Broughton - Rob Noyes DJs: - Sawari On - Kyo - James Hadfield - Ian Martin

Fashion Crisis is our irregular Koenji music lab for musically inclined people to try stuff out or just do their thing, whether live or just spinning tunes that make them happy. This month we're delighted to welcome live guests David Thomas Broughton and Rob Noyes, plus guest DJs Sawari On and Kyo.

Have you checked out “My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After)” yet?

SHOKO from shoegaze band @collapsejpn.bsky.social
came in to do vocals for us on “Satellite” and “Farewell”. Thanks SHOKO for helping us!
　
📸 by Josh Lee at Studio Chaosk

#looprider #myelectricfantasy10

My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After) Retrospective Podcast

Ryotaro sat down with @ianfmartin.bsky.social label head of Call And Response Records, to reflect on the original EP and discuss what went into the new re-recordings.

youtu.be/KxoSo7b14UU

#looprider #myelectricfantasy10

Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline 12 track album

New album coming in a few weeks from Former Airline, and by way of piquing your excitement, we've made a few tracks available to listen in advance.

Broadcast fans check out his cover of Roses Red from last year's Spell Blanket demos collection: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...

We swear our monthly newsletter will never be more than like 2000 or so words, including the gig listings. That's the Call And Response promise.

If you want concise yet entertaining insights into life in a Tokyo indie label straight to your spam folder: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/

If you're interested in the Japanese independent music scene or even just indie music in general this release will reward you in spades. So much good stuff on here.