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GOVERNMENT ALPHA : The Human Race Was Restored To Life Repeatedly

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Format: LP [UMA190]
Shipping Weight: 0.44lbs
Label: Urashima

4,860円

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'Government Alpha, the project of Yasutoshi Yoshida, is one of the central figures in Japanese harsh noise, emerging from Tokyo’s early 1990s underground scene. Through his Xerxes label, he developed a style that is both extreme and meticulously constructed, balancing ferocity and precision with remarkable control. Even at its most chaotic, every sonic eruption feels carefully placed.
Originally released on cassette in 1994, The Human Race Was Restored To Life Repeatedly captures a pivotal stage in Yoshida’s artistic development. At this point, he was still refining his unique musical language. The album is raw, unstable, and charged with experimental energy, yet it already reveals the defining characteristics of his later work.
These recordings reflect a deeply physical, hands-on approach to sound creation. Worn electronics, manipulated tapes, feedback, and metallic objects become sonic material, each noise bent, reshaped, and reassembled into new forms. It is harsh noise in a state of constant transformation, still free from rigid conventions.
The album moves through continuous walls of distortion and corrosive frequencies. Beneath its abrasive surface lies a wealth of detail, pulse, and texture, where chaos is organized into shifting, layered structures. It is precisely this balance between violence and composition that defines Yoshida’s work.'

A1 Artificial Fertilization
A2 Crystallization
A3 Anesthesia
A4 Caress
B1 Mixed Parentage
B2 Pleasure And Shiver
B3 Critical Condition
B4 Correspondence To Heaven

Mastered By – Lasse Marhaug
Regular edition.
Limited Edition of 199 copies.