Call And Response Records

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Independent record label, based in Koenji, Tokyo.

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Our new Japanese underground compilation is out now and it's chock full of disconcerting and disorientating avant-bangers: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/music-...

Music For Tourists, by Various Artistscall-and-response.bandcamp.com 16 track album

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I used to write a blog about all the Japanese underground and indie music I discover through my busy life as a brilliant but unpopular organiser in the local scene here, but I stopped because the internet became bad. Now it's a photocopied annual zine: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/merch/last-y...

Last Year's Sounds (2023) from Call And Response Recordscall-and-response.bandcamp.com Last Year's Sounds (2023) from Call And Response Records

ON SALE NOW! Cyber Cherry「Fake California Forcefield」 New album with 10 lovely songs. CD and download available here: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/fake-c...

Fake California Forcefield, by Cyber Cherrycall-and-response.bandcamp.com 10 track album

Cyber Cherry’s new CD just arrived from the factory! On sale next Wednesday, or if you want to enjoy it without any of us getting any money from it, I think it’s already available to listen on Spotify etc.

NEW STUFF COMING SOON! Tokyo-based lo-fi pop newcomer Cyber Cherry's CD album "Fake California Forcefield" is out on June 27th. You can listen to 2 preview songs, "Jewels" and "Write Me a Letter" on Bandcamp now: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/fake-c...

Fake California Forcefield, by Cyber Cherrycall-and-response.bandcamp.com 10 track album

For anyone curious about our newsletter but wary of taking the leap, you can get a sneak look at our most recent one here for the next few weeks: eomail6.com/web-version?...

Call And Response Newsletter, May 2024eomail6.com

Our newsletter went out a couple of weeks late today, what with a busy early May and no urgent announcements that time anyway, but it's another emotionally charged tour de force of too-long rambling about record label life that half the recipients don't open. Check your inboxes!

Kazehito has now been in jail for 20 days without charge. Even if he's released soon, he's still lost 3 weeks of his life for doing what anyone with a conscience might do. He needs money and support from any with some to spare in these troubled times.

Our friend Kazehito Seki has been arrested in Tokyo for his graffiti Gaza protest. This EP featuring anndoe from Jailbird Y (whose album Kazehito contributed to) is out now, with funds going to support Kazehito and to the UNRWA: pexpox1.bandcamp.com/album/free-k...

For the rest of April, all digital sales from jailbird Y's album "DUALITY" will go to support Kazehito Seki, who was recently arrested in Tokyo for his graffiti protests in support of Gaza. He guests on the album and deserves our solidarity at this time: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/duality

Duality, by jailbird Ycall-and-response.bandcamp.com 7 track album

Our April newsletter went out a couple of days ago and contains a thrilling rundown of P-iPLE's Kyushu tour among the usual event and release news. If you haven't received it yet, check your inbox/spam folder. If you want to sign up for future ones, here: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/

We helped organise this cool little experimental and psychedelic show at Koenji Substore this Friday 4/5, starring Lillie Creatures and our friend Yvko Under:

NEW RELEASE! LeakLeek「Leek」cassette EP! 6 NEW TRACKS： 1. L 2. 猫ハポニーニ乗リマシタ 3. ドイツ 4. 悪魔 5. Alabama Song 6. Your Television ¥1300+tax LeakLeekのようなサウンドは世界中どこを探しても見つからない！ Nothing in the world sounds quite like LeakLeek! call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/leek

Our informative and dryly witty newsletter went out this afternoon. If you've signed up, it's in your inbox somewhere. If you haven't but want to hear what we're up to in one monthly blast rather than dribs and drabs on this lovely website, you can here: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/

If anyone's in Tokyo, we've got a little hangout planned this Friday... 「FASHION CRISIS」 Date: 1/26 (Fri) Place: Koenji SUBstore (substore.jimdo.com) Time: 19:00 Cost: ¥500 + drink DJs: - dj amigo 3 - Ayumi (Chicks Riot / Vamp!) - James Hadfield - Ian Martin

Our January newsletter is out now, so all you good subscribers check the appropriate folders in your email dingdongs! If you don't subscribe but would like to be part of our friendly family/cult, you can join here: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/

Japanese music mailer Make Believe Melodies expanding their best-of-the-year rundown from 50 to a top 100 means there's space for a couple of CAR releases this year. Check out the full list here: mbmelodies.substack.com/p/make-belie...

Make Believe Mailer #100: Make Believe Melodies' 100 Favorite Japanese Albums Of 2023mbmelodies.substack.com Good Year

「角を曲がり、違った通りに出ればそこに何か面白いことが待っていそうな、そんな感覚がなんともワクワクさせてくれるのだ。」 "There's something so exciting about turning a corner and finding something interesting waiting for you." ele-kingがWaikiki Championsんおレビューを出版された！ ele-king published a review of Waikiki Champions! (Japanese) www.ele-king.net/review/album...

Waikiki Champions - 街～MACHI | ele-kingwww.ele-king.net 街。ポップ・ミュージックと街は切っても切り離せない関係なのではないかと思う。新しいバンドを知らせる紹介文に躍る文字、そこには必ずとい��...

MERRY CHRISTMAS! For the Christmas period, our 2020 label sampler compilation "Call And Response is Half Dead" is free/pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp. If you're interested in what we do but haven't dived in, now's a great chance: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/call-a...

We have a new album out today, by Sendai-based band Waikiki Champions. It takes a sort of Gang Of Four-influenced post-punk as a starting point but takes it in all manner of experimental, electronic, hip-hop and R&B-influenced directions. Check it here: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/machi

Hello! We've been hiding here for a while, but circumstances mean it's time to start posting. We're a small independent record label based in Koenji, Tokyo, and we want you to be a fan of the stuff we put out. Please like us.

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