Tomo Akikawabaya – The Castle II, 2xLP (黑色)

双黑胶，限量400。

这张发行于2024年1月的作品《城堡II》是日本艺术家Tomo Akikawabaya （秋川早友）在1986年至1989年间创作和录制的作品集。这张专辑充满了晦涩的氛围、催眠的节奏、电子旋律、实验插曲和他独特而迷人的声音。

秋川早友是一位来自日本的神秘极简合成器音乐家，他在 20 世纪 80 年代发行了几张单曲，随后消失。

他于1983年以单曲“Mars”首次亮相，随后于1984年发行了2x12“The Castle”，1985年的“Anju”和“1985”，以及1986年的“Kojiki To Onna”。这些作品后来被收集在 一套非常有限的套装，名为“Rivage de la convulsion”（仅 30 份）。 他几乎所有的唱片（除了《Kojiki to Onna》）的封面都是同一个模特 Rena Anju。 她的日语名字“安珠”，曾在电影《PROPAGANDA》中扮演主要角色之一。 她曾经是一名时装模特，现在实际上是一位相当知名的专业摄影师。 

人们对秋川早友知之甚少，因为没有他的照片，他从未现场表演，也从未接受过采访。 唯一可用的信息可以在他发行的专辑的封面注释中找到，所有这些都在同一工作室 Bea Pot Studio 录制，使用同一位工程师 Takaaki Han-ya。

“The Castle II” is a collection of works composed and recorded by the Japanese artist Tomo Akikawabaya between 1986 and 1989. An album filled with obscure atmospheres, hypnotic rhythms, electronic melodies, experimental interludes and the unique and mesmerizing voice of Akikawabaya.

Since the release of the album “The Castle I” in 1984, Tomo Akikawabaya became disappointed with the music scene in Japan and thought that the only way to continue as a musician was to release his music abroad. After finish to record some new songs, he embarked on an adventurous trip to London in order to look for an opportunity for a new release. Unfortunately, after three months and despite meeting many artists and important people in the music industry, luck was not on Akikawabaya's side and with time running out he had to return to Japan without a concrete proposal. In the following years, although he continued to work with his long-time partner Takaaki Han-ya with a project called Beata Beatrix, he never published anything and later focused to other activities. It was until 2015 that the New York label Minimal Wave released “The Invitation of The Dead” compiling songs from “The Castle” (1984) and “Anju” (1985), both originally released on his own label Castle Records. Tomo Akikawabaya is currently working under the moniker of Th, together with his wife Rinko, on a project called The Future Eve.

Limited to 400 copies. Double vinyl record. Deluxe gatefold sleeve with embossing and printed inner sleeves.