K2 : Sexencyclopedia (2020)

'Sexencyclopedia is the crowning achievement of legendary Japanese noise artist K2. Since the early 1980's K2 has been at the forefront of noise, celebrated for intricate musique concrète, amplified scrap metal, and dynamic harsh electronics. Originally released on Kinky Musik Institute in 2001, "Sexencyclopedia" perfectly exemplifies the sprawling discography of K2, balancing shredding metal junks against lighting fast electronic destruction. Across 4 discs the original Sexencyclopedia unveiled a master-class in noise performance, composition, and editing. The tracks stop, start, and cut abruptly only to relentlessly expand in waves of screaming euphoria that are both psychedelic and pummeling. The skill exercised on these tracks is intimidating, a window into the sonic possibilities of pure sound.
One of the mandatory examples of Japanese noise, and my personal favorite in the K2 discography, the original 4-disc set has become increasingly difficult (and expensive) to acquire. New Forces is proud to make Sexencyclopedia available once more. For the reissue K2 arranged collaborations with four allies: Toshiji Mikawa, Sissy Spacek, Kazumoto Endo, and GX Jupitter-Larsen. These tracks are included on a bonus fifth disc unique to the new edition. Each of the 5 discs is housed in an individual slip case, with the entire set contained in a CD boxset with new artwork by John Wiese, based on the designs of the original 2001 edition.'



Tracklist
1-1 K2 - Dedicated To Kaprun - 21:31
1-2 K2 - Butterflyshadow - 22:00
1-3 K2 - Submerged Attack From The Sea Of Bliss - 22:02
2-1 K2 - Contaminated Body - 15:32
2-2 K2 - Scrap Plays To The Eternal Pleasure - 15:36
2-3 K2 - Molecular Plaque Control - 15:35
2-4 K2 - Fetisch For Another Mythodontix - 15:21
3-1 K2 - Cold Wave Of Her Underhairs - 24:01
3-2 K2 - Damage - 28:04
3-3 K2 - (The Princess Suffered From) Tubal Pregnancy - 21:37
Voice [Voices], Electronics – Incapacitants
4-1 K2 - Atomic Piles In J.C.O. - 15:37
4-2 K2 - Peaches On The Isotope Beach - 15:39
4-3 K2 - Invaginated G-Spot - 9:40
4-4 K2 - 17 - 11:48
4-5 K2 - Unter Die Abstinenzerscheinungen - 12:02
Collaborations
5-1 Toshiji Mikawa - Godwin Austen - 15:04
5-2 Sissy Spacek - S2K2 - 26:33
Composed By [De-Composed] – John Wiese
Sounds [Sound Material] – Mumma, Wiese, K2
5-3 Kazumoto Endo - Peaches On The Isotope Beach - 8:42
Remix – Kazumoto Endo
5-4 GX Jupitter-Larsen - Butterfly Mingwave - 12:12

Credits
Artwork [Original Artwork By] – Kimihide Kusafuka
Artwork, Design – John Wiese
Composed By [De-composed], Performer [Performed] – K2
Percussion [Metal Junks], Voice, Synthesizer [Friktor-bass Synth System, Roland SH-2 & SH-101 Analog], Effects [Effect Modulators], Instruments [MTR], Design [Package Concept], Artwork, Producer – K. Kusafuka

Notes
Disc 1: Recorded and Mixed by K2 at Oncosonik Laboratory, Nov. 2000
Disc 2: Recorded by K2 at Oncosonik Laboratory May to Nov. 2000, re-mixed by K2, Apr. 2001. Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 previously released in different versions on split CD with Vita-Verbum-Lux in 2000. Tracks 2-3 and 2-4 previously released in different versions on split tape with Veprisuicida on the Russian Ultra label in 2000.
Disc 3: Live recordings. 3-1 recorded live at Nospace, Kanazawa, Japan on Mar. 2, 2001. K2 used Multi-track tape recorder, tapes and effect modulators. 3-2 recorded live at Tokuzo, Nagoya, Japan on Aug. 26, 2000. K2 used Multi-track tape recorder, tapes and effect modulators. Previously released as split tape with Armenia on the Bizarre Audio Arts, Equador in 2001. 3-3 recorded live at 20000V, Tokyo, Japan on Mar. 20, 2001. Incapacitants contributed with voices and electronics; K2 used MC-303 and voice.
Disc 4: Recorded and mixed by K2 at Oncosonik Laboratory between Dec. 2000 and May 2001.
Disc 5: Bonus disc
Primary sound sources used on tapes and mixed through multi-track tape recorder include: metal junks, voices, friktor-bass synth system, Roland SH-2 and SH-101 analog synthesizers and effect modulators.
All titles de-composed & performed by K2 without MIDI sampler, digital synthesizer and computor.