GRIM : Folk Music [Black Vinyl]

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Format: LP [IF-141LP]
Shipping Weight: 0.44lbs
Label: Infinite Fog Productions

6,980円

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'Originally released in 1986, Folk Music stands as one of the most uncompromising statements to emerge from the Japanese industrial underground. Created by Jun Konagaya after the dissolution of White Hospital, the album marked the beginning of Grim as a singular and fully autonomous project.
Influenced by the early extremity of SPK and Whitehouse, Konagaya developed a sound built from metallic percussion, distorted bass pressure, detuned organ textures and heavily processed vocals. The physicality of the recording is central: rhythm is hammered rather than programmed, tones feel unstable, and silence carries as much weight as noise.
What distinguishes Folk Music from many contemporaneous power electronics releases is its structural range. Moments of stark organ and guitar compositions interrupt the density, introducing melodic fragments that feel austere rather than sentimental. The contrast does not soften the record; it expands its emotional spectrum.
The title should be taken seriously. Konagaya pursued a raw, direct expression music stripped of refinement, rooted in instinct rather than virtuosity. In that sense, Folk Music is less about genre and more about essence.
Four decades later, the album remains a crucial document of 1980s Japanese experimental music disciplined, severe and unmistakably individual.
This reissue reaffirms its historical weight while preserving the album’s original dynamics and physical force.'

A1 Grove
A2 Frozen Limit
A3 Bremen 1
A4 Mountain
B1 Bourgeois
B2 Alps Noel
B3 Bremen 2
B4 Fragment
B5 Holiday
B6 Heil

Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Effects, Synthesizer, Voice, Producer [Produced], Performer [Performed], Engineer [Engineered], Mixed By, Percussion [Oil Tank, Oxygen Cylinders, Pulsecussion, Watercussion], Design [Cover Design] – Jun Konagaya
Remastered By – Dainichi
2nd edition of the remastered reissue from 2022.
Limited to 200 copies on black vinyl. Overall limited to 300 copies.
Includes a printed sturdy cardboard inner sleeve.