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01. Kan Mikami - I'm The Only One Around
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02. Kan Mikami - Black Point Hirano
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03. Kan Mikami - Shinanomachi Sisters
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04. Kan Mikami - Emperor Of The Half Globe
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05. Kan Mikami - Up The Chimney
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06. Kan Mikami - Cow And Long Hair
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07. Kan Mikami - A Kerosene Stove For Two
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08. Kan Mikami - Dance, Flower Hat!
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09. Kan Mikami - In Front Of Hachiko
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10. Kan Mikami - Movie Number 69
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ARTIST
MIKAMI, KAN
TITLE
I'm the Only One Around
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BLACK EDITIONS
CATALOG #
BE 007LP
BE 007LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/19/2021
2022 restock; Black Editions present the first ever vinyl edition of
Kan Mikami
's
I'm the Only One Around
. For 50 years, Kan Mikami has stood as a master of the Japanese blues and outsider folk. His unmistakable, powerfully evocative voice and surrealistic poetry reveal a gritty, transgressive life on the margins shot through with evocations of sex and violence, religion and romance. Released in 1991,
I'm the Only One Around
was Mikami's first album with Tokyo's legendary P.S.F. label and heralded an artistic renaissance. It marked the beginning of an incredibly productive and wildly creative era for Mikami that extends to the present day. This opening salvo presents the essential core of Mikami's music; with nothing but his voice and a stripped-down electric guitar the album is a powerful, effortlessly emotional statement filled with moments of both brutal passion and gentle revelation. It is unrestrained, direct, brutally honest. It embodies Mikami's philosophy: "If you're going to make music, stake your life on it -- it's worth it. Making music is an intensely human act." In the newly translated notes to the album,
Hiroyuki Itsuki
, one of Japan's most renowned writers perhaps put it best: "What erupts here is all the fury and grief of Jōmon Man (the prehistoric people of the Japanese archipelago), lobbed into the middle of a 1990s city. Kan Mikami is unchanging, yet definitely in motion. He advances not forwards, but backwards. Not a retreat, rather he consciously progresses backwards. At the final destination for his full-steam astern poésie lies a massive, gaping black hole, exuding a dazzling, black light. This is the image evoked by the world of Kan Mikami that you can hear on this album." Mikami would go on to release 15 solo albums with P.S.F. as well as numerous collaborative efforts with other giants of the Japanese underground including
Motoharu Yoshizawa
,
Masayoshi Urabe
, and
Keiji Haino
, with whom, along with Toshiaki Ishizuka he formed the group
Vajra
. Features lyrics translated by
Drew Stroud
and newly translated notes by
Alan Cummings
. Remastered and cut to vinyl at Elysian Masters Los Angeles, pressed by RTI, packaged in heavy Stoughton tip-on jackets with insert featuring textured paper, gold foil stamping and metallic inks.
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