Fuan’na Enso

Absolute backers of sound research that goes beyond the restrictions of the obvious and the frivolous are certainly The Gerogerigegege, a bizarre musical project born in 1985 in Shinjuku, one of the largest and most populated neighbourhoods in Tokyo, known for its gay community active since the 60s, led by the mysterious figure of the musician and composer Juntaro Yamanouchi
Collection of ten CDs that comes in black wooden box with laser engraving and closure with a numbered certificate in 300 copies, each CD is housed in a card sleeve, a folding with liner notes by Juntaro Yamanouchi and a pin. The track names – the original tape numbers – are not shown on the packaging or the discs, but appear on the CD Text that displays on the playback machine
Ero-tapes were known here in Japan in the 1960s, you’ll understand if you listen to the contents of this box-set, but the recordings were probably copied and shaped from the 1960s to 1980s. This is a dead end record. I also would like you to feel that this atmosphere and the bad sound quality that continues to inspire The Gerogerigegege is definitely an aspect of the work” Juntaro Yamanouchi 2020