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Data Discs presses Acrobatizm / Prepared Wave vinyl by Motohiro Kawashima

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Data Discs presses Acrobatizm / Prepared Wave vinyl by Motohiro Kawashima
Data Discs of London has opened orders for the "Acrobatizm / Prepared Wave" vinyl, pressed on two translucent pink analog records. All music is by Streets of Rage series co-composer Motohiro Kawashima. All orders ship from Data Discs on or before March 10th. Mastering is by Shaun Crook at Liminal Audio.

Music from "Prepared Wave," which includes "Floating Spirits," "Cycle of Rebirth," "Crossbreed," and "Escape the Cage," was performed live at the the Star Pine's Cafe venue in Kichijōji, Tokyo in November of 2019. A video of "Urban Delusion" and "Prepared Wave" from the live performance can be viewed on YouTube. Graphics and art design for "Graffiti" and "Acrobatizm" music videos are by Norihiro Yamamoto.

The concept for spiritual successor "Acrobatizm" is ‘Nostalgic Neo-Electro.’ All eight included music tracks are composed, mixed, mastered and designed by Kawashima. The full album is streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music.


From the Data Discs product page:
This vinyl edition showcases Kawashima’s first ever non-soundtrack albums, combining the previously self-released Prepared Wave (2019) and Acrobatizm (2023) into one package. Throughout these works, Kawashima explores and blends different styles of electronic music, drawn from his decades of watching Western trends enthusiastically from afar, while retaining his own unique style and the sense of playful experimentalism for which he first became known.
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