Koenjihyakkei and their label, SkinGraft Records will re-issue or indeed revisit the glories of their Angherr Shisspa album, Angherr Shisspa (Revisited) will come out as an LP/CD/Digital/Ultimate Edition on January 24th, 2025, you can find it via the SKiN GRAFT Records Bandcamp Store. I guess, unless different coloured vinyl is your thing, then the important news is the news of three bonus live tracks including this one. I guess these reissues are mostly about the discovery of something for the first time, if you don’t already know Koenjihyakkei then you are in for a treat…

Koenjihyakkei have been played and covered around here many many times, here’s what someone else had to say about them recently…

“Some bands you just have to hear. Japan’s Koenjihyakkei (aka Koenji Hyakkei) are just such a band. Tatsuya Yoshida’s (of the renowned bass and drum duo Ruins), progressive rock powerhouse is Area and ELP at their most excessive; Deus Ex Machina with tempo changes multiplied by100; and Magma at their orff-ian choral, fusion jazz, overcharged gospel peak. “Angherr Shisspa”, the band’s landmark fourth album explodes with glittery keyboard lines, speedy bass/drum workouts, emotive reed respites, and operatic female vocals that take the listener from sheer exuberance to absolute apocalypse… all performed with superhuman technique in confoundingly catchy, complex arrangements”.

LINE UP: Yoshida Tatsuya: drums, vocals Sakamoto Kengo: bass & voice Kanazawa Miyako: keyboards & voice Yamamoto Kyoko: vocals Komori Keiko: reeds & voice

Live bonus tracks recorded at Hatsudai Doors: August 7th, 2005 Engineered / Mixed / Mastered by Yoshida Tatsuya.