V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Funeral Doom Those familiar with this corner

Those familiar with this corner of minimal and ambient music will recognise the terrain

Das Warten hat ein Ende

Úlfarsson gave Bertoni a carte blanche for how to handle the instrument

the geometry of an open field: these are part of the record

V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Funeral Doom Those familiar with this cornerEmerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the rykka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music. This collection of 1920s & 30s rykka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread