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Japan, Rain Tree Crow and David Sylvian mini LP card sleeve re-issues coming soon!
On July 30th the following albums are being re-released in Japan, in mini replicas of the original album packaging:
Gentlemen Take Polaroids VJCP68872
Tin Drum VJCP68873
Oil On Canvas (appears to be 1 CD) VJCP68874
Brilliant Trees VJCP68876
Gone To Earth (2 CD) VJCP68877 (VJCP68878 seems to be the second disc of this set).
Secrets of the Beehive VJCP68879
Rain Tree Crow VJCP68875
No sign of any other albums e.g. Alchemy, or anything by the other ex- members of Japan. The track listings are the same as the most recent remastered versions released in the UK.
Thanks to Alan for the tip-off about this!
Japan fans social, London, Saturday 14th June 2008 - details TBC.
This social is
completely informal, just a chance to meet up and chat about Japan for
a few hours with optional alcohol and food. The event is being
co-ordinated by the folks at the Japan-Sylvian forum but is being
supported by this site and the Yahoo! Group. Visit this thread for more information or check back here later.
Yellow Magic Orchestra to play Meltdown Festival, London, Sunday 15th June 2008
Wonderful. Why not stick around for another day after the Japan social?
Japan and rugby - an unlikely combination?
Correspondent Ray Farley wrote in: "At the start of the Barnsley v
Cardiff cup semi final Sky Sports used "Nightporter" as the background
music to a few poems about the two sides". Yet another example of how
the profile of Japan's music is in the ascendent right now.
Japan "Adolescent Sex" album 30th Anniversary - April 2008
Yes folks, it's 30 years
since "Adolescent Sex" was released to, er, not universal acclaim.
However, it is now a firm favourite, especially with the newer
Japan fans. In the past week I have been gathering your views - read them here.
BBC "Waking The Dead"
BBC crime drama series
"Waking The Dead" is using a very creatively edited version of "Ghosts"
for its trailer. It is likely that the track may be used in the
episodes due to air in the UK on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th April.
More information about the show is at the BBC website.
Japan featured on TV commercial
A short clip from the "Quiet Life" video appears in the UK TV
commercial for the compilation CD "The Edge Of The 80s". The CD
features "Quiet Life", "Life In Tokyo" and "Red Guitar" by David
Sylvian. Other artists featured include Propaganda, Ultravox, Simple
Minds, Blancmange and ABC - all of who have links to Japan through the
work of solo members. The commercial is available to view via YouTube.
Site updates 12th April
Lots more has been added
to the discography - contributions from Toby, Stefan, Martin, Alan and
John - with more to come! Thankyou to everyone who has sent in items to
be included in the discography and "Carrier Bag" section on Japan
memarobilia - I'm getting items uploaded when I can but there has been
such a torrent of interesting things it may take a few weeks to get it
all added. The plan is to concentrate on the discography first, then
the video releases, Japan advertising, magazines and finally the other
memarobilia.
BBC1 "Ashes To Ashes", Thursday 13th March 2008
"Ghosts" by
Japan was featured in episode six of the 1981 set "Life On Mars"
spinoff series starring Philip
Glenister and Keeley Hawes. More about the series here. "Ghosts" appears during a dream sequence at the
end of the show and played over the end credits. Unfortunately an
announcer talked over some of it, spoiling the atmosphere. However, the
programme can be downloaded from the UK iTunes store and will
eventually be released on DVD.
Steve
Jansen news
Steve has been very busy recently; played some live dates in Japan,
recorded new material for Yukihiro Takahashi's next album and is
planning to release a DVD. For more information, including photos taken
during Steve's most recent trip to Japan, visit
his official website.
Steve also has a new extended piece of music available for download via
his site, "Swimming In Qualia"; priced very reasonably and including
accompaying artwork by Chris Bigg and Shoko Ise. Finally, Steve's track
on the recent Penguin Cafe Orchestra tribute album is available for
download from the iTunes Music Store. UPDATE -
Steve now has the postcard set sold at his Japanese dates available for
purchase from his site.
New photo
gallery at David Sylvian's website
David has published a new series of photos online; some may have been
taken at his parent's house, some from a recent trip to Japan. Direct link to the photo gallery.
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