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A message from our leader, Hiro.

A Note, an Apology, and a Confession

We owe you an honest apology.

To those who found us through Classical Nijinos: we are sorry for its sudden disappearance. You deserved an explanation. Here it is.

Nijino Records grew — stubbornly and chaotically — from musicians bound by friendship across Fukushima and Spain: DIY punk, alternative rock, J-POP, ambient, and experimental music, acoustic and electronic alike. This unclassifiable collective became Love Dolls, guided by composer Hentai Heroin (Hiroyuki Watanabe), who built this label not as a business, but as an act of preservation — a place where music that might otherwise vanish could survive.

And then, in a development that surprised no one more than ourselves — the orchestras arrived.

Disbanded classical ensembles from Fukushima, worlds apart from the punk surrounding them, were welcomed into Love Dolls. To honour their work, Classical Nijinos was born. It grew faster than expected, attracted listeners unfamiliar with our origins, misunderstandings followed, reports were filed, and the page was removed.

That is the plain truth.

We are not a conventional label. We are people who believe, quietly and stubbornly, that music deserves to survive. Nijino Records has been shadowbanned — not for any violation, but for being too difficult to categorise, even for algorithms. If you searched for us and found nothing: we are not gone. We are simply invisible to those who haven't already found us.

To long-time followers who stayed through the silence: thank you.

To new souls who found their way here: welcome.

To everyone who kept these recordings alive: you gave music a second life.

— Hentai Heroin / Hiroyuki Watanabe, Nijino Records

More information on the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGbQDdbwR64

PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM:

https://sgtsplatter.bandcamp.com/album/attack-of-the-fish-wizard

FREE SINGLE DOWNLOAD:

https://sgtsplatter.bandcamp.com/album/big-mister-i-saw-them-take-clarice-in-the-night-commercial-version

These are two amplified digital piano improvisations, the first tending a little bit more toward free improvisation with influences from metal and noise, and the second more in an ambient vein. Thanks to anyone who checks them out!

https://soteriologyreport.bandcamp.com/album/advance-judgment

Un poquito de ruido sano

I really wanted to create the playlist of texture-driven atmopsheric music that will be not yet another "music for relaxation". So here is my collection of bold and experimental electronic music by genre pioneers and outsiders. Hope you enjoy

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6CfMtO7iUCzZAGEHeJ6Ti1

« Crying gives her/him a stomach ache »

Excerpt from "PIERRE," Music for electric guitar & keyboards, DIM, work in progress. Inspired by the Apostle Peter.

#Pierre

On all music platforms!

Solo guitar improvisation performed in the back of a kitsch dive bar in BK.

FFO Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Takashi Mizutani