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Call And Response Records
@callandresponse.bsky.social
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Independent record label, based in Koenji, Tokyo.
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 11h
In our productions, we always feel it’s important to give ‘em enough Rope (1948).
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Matt Schley @mattschley.com · 1d
I directed and edited* this! Please watch it!

*Editing was very easy because it’s an unbroken 3.5-minute shot! I’m the Orson Welles of Koenji, baby.
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 1d
The Grandma's Garden EP is out next Friday, but in the meantime, @mattschley.com made this fantastic video for the song だから、さよなら. Really pleased with this one. Thanks to all who helped out with their time and good spirits (and shitty yet affordable spirits):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
Grandma's Garden「だから、さよなら」
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 1d
The Grandma's Garden EP is out next Friday, but in the meantime, @mattschley.com made this fantastic video for the song だから、さよなら. Really pleased with this one. Thanks to all who helped out with their time and good spirits (and shitty yet affordable spirits):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
Grandma's Garden「だから、さよなら」
YouTube video by Call And Response Records
www.youtube.com
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 7d
I don't know who's in Tokyo this November and December, but our label is somehow 20 years old and we'll be celebrating with a colourful crowd of artists across three different events.
Call And Response Records 20 Years of Pop! November 2nd, Sunday, 18:30, Higashi-Koenji UFO Club ¥2800 advance, ¥3000 door Title: Call And Response’s End of Innocence LIVE: - P-iPLE - デーメーテール - DopeDobutu - Jocko - Slowmarico DJs: - Sumire Taya (Girlside) - Daizo (Identity Parade) December 13th, Saturday, 16:00, Higashi-Koenji Ni-man Den-atsu ¥3000 advance, ¥3500 door Title: Call And Response is Old Enough to Drink LIVE: - Cyber Cherry - worst taste & special magic - Looprider - Grandma’s Garden - Praha Depart - Saladabar - Jebiotto - Melt-Banana December 27th, Saturday, 19:00, Koenji Substore ¥1000 Call And Response is Sorry for What Happened LIVE: - Masami Takashima DJs: - Ian Martin (Call And Response) - James Hadfield - DJ Rally (Tropical Death)
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 8d
Another of Sumita's old bands, and one he does play on, is Hiroshima-originated noise-punk maniacs Jailbird Y. If you're a fan of raucous, playful, hardcore-adjacent Japanese junk in the tradition of the Boredoms, then this is well worth a listen:
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Duality, by jailbird Y
7 track album
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 8d
While GG are a new band, drummer Sumita has been around in a great many projects over the years including a couple of ours. He played with P-iPLE for a while, and while he isn't on any of the recordings, fans of skronky punk trash should check them out: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/missin...
Missing Idols, by P-iPLE
6 track album
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 8d
After a year spent in the abstract realms, our scuzzy indie-punk face is back on with the debut EP from Tokyo duo Grandma's Garden out on 10/17 and available for pre-order now. Available to download or on cassette with a lovely little accompanying zine: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden
6 track album
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words @words.bsky.social · 29d
if yr looking for thursday tomorrow this is what the future sounded like
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 11
It's September 12th in Tokyo now, so here you go, you lucky people: 12 tracks full of glorious post-kraut modernist sci-fi indie call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · 29d
NEW RELEASE!
former_airline「Breath of the Machineries」
カセット+ダウンロード on sale now!
東京
・下北沢Pianola Records
・新代田Like A Fool Records
・高円寺SUBstore
・高円寺Uptown Records (後少し)
大阪 Forever Records
名古屋File-Under Records
オンライン call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 11
It's September 12th in Tokyo now, so here you go, you lucky people: 12 tracks full of glorious post-kraut modernist sci-fi indie call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 11
I am actually Princess Anne.
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
Then late last year we partnered with Objects Forever in London to release this collaboration between Fukuoka's Sea Level and @matthewjashton.bsky.social's Sun Drawing project, which you could take as the rural or leafy 1st part of the journey:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL
10 track album
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
In a way, that album is the urban-tinted 3rd part of a triptych of releases we've been putting out. Earlier this year, we released Lo-shi's album Moro-Q: a more ambient take on the same kraut-ish tendencies, which I think of as the more suburban 2nd part:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
Since our current preorder release, Former_Airline's new album Breath of the Machineries, leans on what I'd call the abstract pop side of the label, I'm gonna use this thread to highlight some higlights of that side of what we do:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
Call And Response Records
Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
We've other releases by Former_Airline, Lo-shi and Sea Level (some hosted on our Bandcamp page and some linked away to the bands' own pages), so if you dig these releases, please explore. They're all excellent.
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
Then late last year we partnered with Objects Forever in London to release this collaboration between Fukuoka's Sea Level and @matthewjashton.bsky.social's Sun Drawing project, which you could take as the rural or leafy 1st part of the journey:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL
10 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
In a way, that album is the urban-tinted 3rd part of a triptych of releases we've been putting out. Earlier this year, we released Lo-shi's album Moro-Q: a more ambient take on the same kraut-ish tendencies, which I think of as the more suburban 2nd part:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
Since our current preorder release, Former_Airline's new album Breath of the Machineries, leans on what I'd call the abstract pop side of the label, I'm gonna use this thread to highlight some higlights of that side of what we do:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Sep 5
If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
Call And Response Records
Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Aug 15
Fashion Crisis is our irregular Koenji music lab for musically inclined people to try stuff out or just do their thing, whether live or just spinning tunes that make them happy. This month we're delighted to welcome live guests David Thomas Broughton and Rob Noyes, plus guest DJs Sawari On and Kyo.
Date: 8/29 (Fri) Place: Koenji SUBstore Time: 19:00 Price: ¥500 + 1 drink Live: - David Thomas Broughton - Rob Noyes DJs: - Sawari On - Kyo - James Hadfield - Ian Martin
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Looprider @looprider.bsky.social · Aug 22
Have you checked out “My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After)” yet?

SHOKO from shoegaze band @collapsejpn.bsky.social
came in to do vocals for us on “Satellite” and “Farewell”. Thanks SHOKO for helping us!
　
📸 by Josh Lee at Studio Chaosk

#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
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Looprider @looprider.bsky.social · Aug 22
My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After) Retrospective Podcast

Ryotaro sat down with @ianfmartin.bsky.social label head of Call And Response Records, to reflect on the original EP and discuss what went into the new re-recordings.

youtu.be/KxoSo7b14UU

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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Aug 22
New album coming in a few weeks from Former Airline, and by way of piquing your excitement, we've made a few tracks available to listen in advance.

Broadcast fans check out his cover of Roses Red from last year's Spell Blanket demos collection: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
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Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social · Aug 21
We swear our monthly newsletter will never be more than like 2000 or so words, including the gig listings. That's the Call And Response promise.

If you want concise yet entertaining insights into life in a Tokyo indie label straight to your spam folder: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/
Newsletter
A monthly newsletter with gig listings for CAR-related artists and DJs, plus a behind-the-scenes diary of life trying to make art happen in the Tokyo music scene.
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