Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit: Axis/Another Revolvable Thing 1 vinyl record

Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit: Axis/Another Revolvable Thing 1 vinyl recordPart 2 and CD version also available Axis Another Revolvable Thing is the second installment of Blank Forms archival reissues of the music of Japans eternal revolutionary Masayuki Takayanagi, following April is the cruellest month, a 1975 studio record by his New Direction Unit. Comprised of recordings of a September 5, 1975 concert by the New Direction Unit at Yasuda Seimei Hall in Tokyos Shinjuku district, the two volumes showcase Takayanagi in deep

and later musical collaborators Werner Durand and Ute Wassermann

Although the band’s sound morphs considerably during this time period

but even at its most limitless hurdling Takayanagi’s playing is propelled by the dexterous grasp of his foundations

—Adam Shatz

A two-volume collection of her writing is forthcoming from Blank Forms

Text by Keith Knox

Her recorded appearances include Tashi Wada’s Duets

formerly known as Haribo

” for well-tuned Yamaha

The previously unpublished interview with Imai was conducted by Blank Forms’ Editor and Artistic Director Lawrence Kumpf during Imai’s first trip to the United States

Recorded in London shortly after Waxwork Echoes (Corpus Hermeticum

a retrospective exhibition and performance series devoted to the work of pioneering Danish composer and artist Henning Christiansen (1932–2008)