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AMORFON.COM

The lovely experimental music label in Tokyo

About Me

Amorfon is a Tokyo-based borderless/experimental music label founded by Yoshio Machida in 2004. Our aim is cross cultural synergy. We release unique music which has possibilities. We release Experimental music, Post-rock, Electronica, World music and musics which can not be categorized to specific genre. All CDs are released with special thick cardboard sleeve . You can purchase them from iTunes, Darla , A-musik , Lowlands , Beta lactam ring records , verge and Amorfon website directly.
Catalogue CD & iTUNES
Gene Bowen
Bourgeois Magnetic (amorfon010, 2007 out in October! )
- A hidden gem produced by Harold Budd in the 80s -
Walk With The Penguin
steal a spoon for you (amorfon009, 2007 out in June! )
- "fizzy" post-rock-electronica -
Cinc
Polyphonic Poetry (amorfon008, 2006)
- Post folk (g, b, perc, f & m vo. rhythm machine) from Belgrade -
Horkeskart
Live in Solitude (amorfon007, 2006)
- 45 singers' hardcore choir sang KRAFTWERK -
Yoshio Machida
Naada (amorfon006, 2006)
- Steel Pan improv. inspired by Indian traditional music -
V.A.
Kindermusik: Improvised Music by Babies (amorfon005, 2005)
- Babies' real performance! -
V.A.
*Music for Baby! (amorfon004, 2004)
- DAT Politics, Cftpa, Toshiya Tunoda, etc. -
Cinc
Shine of wot? (amorfon003, 2004)
- Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins) praised, "Beguiling" -
Yoshio Machida
infinite flowers (amorfon002, 2004)
- Hybrid, Steel Pan x Electronics -
Fitz Ellarald | The very air seems replete with
(amorfon001, 2004)
- Russian electornics, sounds like Fennesz -
BUY other nice labels' CDs at Amorfon webshop!!
Lucky Kitchen
Beta-Lactam Ring Records
Softl Music
(K-RAA-K)3
etc.
Cafe Makiko
Cafe Makiko is a small online mag specialized in chat by unique artists. The issues are not have to be about music. Like gerenal chat, you can hear about any issues from the artists.
About Amorfon
For distributors, shops and artists, here is the merchandise info.
Demo
Demo is welcome. Pleace see here Thank you!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/6/2006
Band Website: amorfon.com
Band Members:

Fitz Ellarald
Yoshio Machida
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
DAT Politics
minamo
BusRatch
Alejandra & Aeron
Ryoichi Kurokawa
Cinc
walk with the penguin
Toshya Tsunoda
Marko Ciciliani
Andres F. Krause
Horkeskart
Benjamin Deutsch
Myona Sonobe
Maya Konishi
Alyssa Elliott
Erophey Dobrovolski
Bela Elektra Brillowska
Kristina Postic
Goh Yokota
Hinata Miyazaki
Aoi Sato
Walk With The Penguin
Gene Bowen (Eugene Bowen)

Influences: Toru Takemitsu, Cock C' Nell, Arvo Part, Gorecki, Joy Division, Konono No1, James Brown, Zapp, P-funk, Otis Redding, U2, Bjork, Alejandra & Aeron, The Clush, Throbbing Gristle, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Milton Nascimento, Bob Marley, Eugene Bowen, Jon Hassell, Miles Davis, Boredoms, Morton Feldman, New Order, Young Marble Giants, Minamo, Laraaji, Kraftwerk, Remmy Ongala, Youssou N'Dor, Ruben Gonzales, amorfon, Yoshio Machida, Cinc, Horkeskart, Fitz Ellarald, Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder, Miao tribe music, Veitnamese minorities' music, Jegog, Velvet Underground, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, King Crimson, Deep Purple, YMO, Cheap Trick, Ohio Players, Dayton, Steve Reich, La Monte Young, Russell Mills, Cocteau Twins, Joni mitchell, Daniel Lanois, Dub Tractor, Pole, Joel Ryan, David Toop, This Heat, Talking Heads....
Sounds Like: Experimental, Alternative, Contemporary Music, Post Rock, Electro-acoustic, Electronica, Electoronics, Neo Folk, World Music, Jazz, amorfon, Toru Takemitsu, Cock C' Nell, Arvo Part, Gorecki, Joy Division, Konono No1, James Brown, Zapp, P-funk, Otis Redding, U2, Bjork, Alejandra & Aeron, The Clush, Yoshio Machida, Cinc, Horkeskart, Fitz Ellarald, Throbbing Gristle, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Milton Nascimento, Bob Marley, Eugene Bowen, Jon Hassell, Miles Davis, Boredoms, Morton Feldman, New Order, Young Marble Giants, Minamo, Laraaji, Kraftwerk, Remmy Ongala, Youssou N'Dor, Ruben Gonzales, Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder, Miao tribe music, Veitnamese minorities' music, Jegog, Velvet Underground, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, King Crimson, Deep Purple, YMO, Cheap Trick, Ohio Players, Dayton, Steve Reich, La Monte Young, Russell Mills, Cocteau Twins, Joni mitchell, Daniel Lanois, Dub Tractor, Pole, Joel Ryan, David Toop, This Heat, Talking Heads, Je Gog, Gamelan, Miao tribe music....
Record Label: amorfon
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new release: walk with the penguin

Amorfon is proud to announce about next release, "walk with the penguin". It's a collaborative project by a Japanese steel panist - Yoshio Machida & member of Cinc, a Serbian alternative band. It will...
Posted by AMORFON.COM on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:07:00 PST