Edition of 350 copies LP on 180g vinyl and presented in heavy stock linen paper hand-screened sleeves, Lovers… represents the first ever vinyl release from this wild Chinese guitarist with a bunch of releases on PSF. Two sides of extreme amplifier worship and squealing solo guitar. The first piece has the kinda suspended planetary gravity of Robert Fripp’s work circa his collaborations with Brian Eno, only pushed into a post-High Rise heavy psych environment. The second side is even more amped-up, with screaming single notes soaked in F/X and building to the kind of climactic end-of-the-world bombast previously the domain of Keiji Haino. An iconoclastic psych guitar side, sure to be a heavyweight in years to come. Highly recommended.

New compilation from PSF that parallels the Tokyo Flashback series by compiling a clutch of previously unknown acid/psych/folk/avant/unknown tongue moves from across Asia, peppered with a few better known names that have done much to foster links between Japan and Asia at large. This one pretty much hands you your ass on a plate if you figure yourself any kind of ‘expert’ on the far out sounds of the far east, with a jaw-dropping selection of off-the-map action that feels as revelatory and mysterious as the first time you were hipped to the sound of the Tokyo underground. Tracks from players like Munehiro Narita (High Rise guitarist), drummer Shoji Hano and guitarist Li Jianhong and his group D!O!D!O!D! work as convenient map-points from which to navigate the insane selection of sounds here, with newcomers like Mustangs, Kiyasu Orchestra, Mafeisan, 10, Xiao He, Sato Yukie, Yoshiteru Koga Jizo, Kim Young Jin, Li Daiguo, Amature Amplifier, Soonie. The set runs from flat-lined psychedelic electronics, to proto-Fushitsusha death jams, oblivions of harsh noise, stoned folk mutterings and high-wire free improvisation. Highly recommended.