VA - Wild Sazanami Beat! Vol. 1-5 [2004-2010] + Girls Sazanami Beat! Vol. 1-5 [2008-2013] (10 x CDs)

JAPANESE UNDERGROUND

VA - Wild Sazanami Beat! Vol. 1-5 [2004-2010] + Girls Sazanami Beat! Vol. 1-5 [2008-2013] (10 x CDs)

Japanese underground music has evolved significantly over the decades, reflecting cultural, social, and technological shifts. Post-World War II, Western influences, particularly rock ‘n’ roll, began shaping the early underground scene. Musicians blended these Western genres with traditional Japanese sounds, creating a unique musical identity.

In the 1970s and 80s, the scene diversified with the rise of punk rock, new wave, and experimental music. This era was marked by a rebellion against mainstream norms, leading to the emergence of iconic venues and independent labels that nurtured underground artists.

The 1990s and early 2000s saw rapid technological advancements and globalization. The internet and digital music production tools democratized music creation and distribution. Japanese underground artists gained international recognition, collaborating globally and incorporating diverse influences into their work.

Today, the Japanese underground music scene is a vibrant mix of genres and styles. Contemporary artists blend various global influences with traditional Japanese elements, creating a new transglobal approach. The scene thrives with a strong sense of community and a commitment to pushing musical boundaries.

Overall, the evolution of Japanese underground music reflects a dynamic interplay between tradition and innovation, local and global influences, and the ever-changing landscape of cultural expression.

Here are two Japanese underground music series that are definitely worth exploring!

VA - Wild Sazanami Beat! Vol. 1-5 series is a vibrant collection that delves into the heart of Japanese garage rock, surf, and rock ‘n’ roll. Released by the Sazanami label, these compilations bring together a diverse array of artists and bands, each contributing to the energetic and raw sound that defines the Japanese underground music scene. The albums are characterized by their vintage aesthetics and nostalgic vibes, making them a delightful experience for fans of retro music styles. The series captures the essence of a bygone era, offering listeners a chance to immerse themselves in the spirited and unpolished sounds that were once the hallmark of underground music.

VA - Girls Sazanami Beat! Vol. 1-5 series compilations shine a spotlight on female-fronted bands and artists within the same genres of garage rock, surf, and rock ‘n’ roll. This series is a celebration of the contributions of women to the Japanese music scene, providing a unique perspective and a fresh take on classic sounds. The albums are known for their lively and spirited performances, showcasing the talent and creativity of female musicians. The “Girls Sazanami Beat!” series not only highlights the role of women in music but also adds a new dimension to the traditional sounds of garage rock and surf music.

Each collection of albums is thoughtfully assembled, ensuring a high level of curation, offering a rich tapestry of vintage-style music with a touch of historical context. They are perfect for anyone who appreciates the raw energy and nostalgic feel of garage rock and surf music. Whether you are a long-time fan of these genres or a newcomer looking to explore, the “Wild Sazanami Beat!” and “Girls Sazanami Beat!” compilations provide a captivating journey through the vibrant and dynamic world of Japanese underground music. (B)

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Track lists

Wild Sazanami Beat! 

Vol. CD01

01 Thee 50's Highteens - Loco-Motion 1:47

02 Chocomates - Ride On Your Seat!!! 2:34

03 Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Shark Next Door 2:08

04 Captains - Tunnel Heaven 3:00

05 Goggle-Ace - Ripe Loquat 2:55

06 Youngman Psycho Blues - My Generation 2:39

07 Theos Fried Chickenstore - Secret Agent Man 3:25

08 Sellcancers - Seashore Patrol 2:44

09 Deliciousweets - First Date 3:10

10 Astro Babys - Koi No Telephone Love 2:58

11 Theos Fried Chickenstore - Ich Bin Ein Mann 2:34

12 Kilaueas - Checkmate100 1:43

13 Sellcancers - Silhouette 2:38

14 Psycrons - Street Corner of Love 2:54

15 Rolling Chop - Youth Lullaby 4:36

16 Whys - Bubble Beat 13% 1:21

17 Los Tailors - Top Batter in Love 3:44

18 Charley Bicycle - Witch 2:41

19 Kilaueas - Luna Tiki 2:33

20 Goggle-Ace - What A Way To Die 2:23

21 Chocomates - Can't Sit Down 1:39

22 Youngman Psycho Blues - Heavy Drunk Bad Boy 2:47

23 Whys - Top Secrets 1:38

24 Charley Bicycle - Rickety Train 3:35

25 Deliciousweets - Infant Wife Old Woman Erotic 1:38

26 Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Bamboo Beach 3:32

Vol. CD02

01 Rocket Jack Vaders - Uruwashi No Lati'n Rool 3:41

02 Portugal Japan - Have Love Will Travel 2:43

03 Woggles - Mella Mella 2:15

04 Sellcancers - Harakiri Stomp 2:26

05 Chocomates - Surfer Girl 3:48

06 Babies - Girl 2:39

07 Cookie & The Twinkle Arrows - Mr. Camel 2:02

08 Tony Borloni & I Suoi Flauers - Superdonna 3:01

09 God Surfers - Gypsy Road 2:25

10 Goggle-A - Aoroza No Arukagiri 2:27

11 Gogo! Magneg Flower Momonga - Kouroku Ichigousen 3:24

12 Gaijin A Go Go - Chatterton-San 3:44

13 Link Quartet - Delisquesced By Devonshire 3:21

14 Tiger Lily - Mascara 4:35

15 Katayama Breakers & The R&R Party - Haguruma 3:16

16 Das Boot - Nightmare Feel 2:39

17 Mojomatics - The Story That I Tell 2:31

18 Greenwich Alley - Cheese & Corn 3:09

19 Sanpiners - I Love You 2:44

20 Cooterfinger - Rehab Twist 3:03

21 Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Secret Spot 2:15

22 Les Cappuccino - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 3:15

23 Tedesco & The Pitmen - La La La La Love You 3:08

24 Miyako No Myers - Miyako No Tawamure 2:34

Vol. CD03

01 Primitive Water - I Wanna Be Your Kaiba 2:58

02 Chocomates - Hippy Hippy Shake 2:33

03 Psycrons - Nanaironokunikazari 3:14

04 Portugal Japan - Shadow 2:12

05 Goggle-A - Yozora No Hoshi 2:30

06 Urban Surf Kings - Surf Vs The Flying Saucers 2:32

07 Hanadan - Koi No Magnitude 4:25

08 Ton-Up Motors - The Man From Moon 3:48

09 Milkees - Heat Wave 2:58

10 Sellcancers - Flight To Mercury 2:32

11 Woggles - Get Down With It 3:41

12 Monsters - Hi Heels And Mini Skirt 3:04

13 Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Holiday 2:30

14 Rat Holic - 250cc Rider 2:15

15 Los Galileos - Let Me Go 2:44

16 Space Agency - Headless Hipster 3:18

17 Lost Acapulco - Surf Mongol 1:38

18 Tragic 8 - Stepping Stone 2:19

19 50 Kaitens - Beggars's Blues 2:14

20 Witch - Go Home 3:25

21 Charades - Key Hunter 3:15

22 Nibbles - Devil Girl 2:49

23 John Castro Oil - She's Gone 2:32

24 Six Bullets - Yunagi 2:49

25 Bye Bye Mylove - Kin Youbi 3:55

Vol. CD04

01 Volume Out! - Fu-Ji-Ya-Ma 2:42

02 Milkees - Hello Baby 1:55

03 Goggle-A - Champagne Twist 2:14

04 Sellcancers - Iwasirlou 2:58

05 Charlie & The Hot Wheels - C,Gas Chevy 2:11

06 Portugal Japan - Rock'n'roll Fun Fun Fun 2:51

07 Chelsea Girl - Ye Ye Girl 3:44

08 Monsters From Mars - Hedorah No Shukudai 2:08

09 Routes - Left My Mind 2:25

10 Sister Paul - Hole Hole 4:08

11 Das Boot - Atomic 1:56

12 John Schooley And His One Man Band - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 2:13

13 Surfites - Surfville 2:16

14 Motoki - Ka Cho Fu Getsu 2:48

15 Hanadan - Honehone Rock 3:14

16 Delicious Sweets - Kunahaso Song 2:08

17 Leopold Kraus Wellenkapelle - Tittisee-Twist 3:15

18 Mammy & Chanyars - Awamori Boogie 3:39

19 Youngman Psycho Blues - Teenage Rocks 2:04

20 Electric Mama - Dyan 4:27

21 Hula Hoop - Troyka 2:32

22 Shaggy Dogs - Do The Dog 3:00

23 Nibbles - All You Can Eat 2:31

Vol. CD05

01 King Salami And The Cumberland 3 - Chicken Back 2:22

02 Psycrons - Amazing Journey 2:58

03 Goggle-A - Bulldog 2:34

04 Iguwannas - Let's Talk About The Past 4:10

05 Mowretsu Attack 40's - Tulip 2:27

06 Lotions - I Sing Rhythm & Blues 3:37

07 Clearasils - Don't Get Me Wrong Baby 2:42

08 Old Fashion - Big Blue Cadillac 3:35

09 Ton-Up Motors - General Guffaw 2:40

10 Coopers - Sweet Annie Blue 3:02

11 Roman Popov - Tsunami Soul 3:12

12 Shallows - Dodge Sherry 3:06

13 Los Galileos - All Shook Up 3:21

14 Matsubokkuriman The Guinness - Kirin 1:32

15 Los Infielno - Soy El Rock'n'roll 2:40

16 Hangee V - Night Of The Vampire 2:18

17 Los Peyotes - El Humo Te Hace Mal 3:02

18 Fadeaways - What A Way To Die 1:52

19 Routes - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White 2:28

20 Lumdees - Searchin' 4:35

21 Stags - Gimmie Some Lovin' 3:57

22 Pata-Fla-Fla - Ooh My Soul 2:26

23 Beat Bandits - Logo Surf 3:34

24 Jikens - Cloudy Eyes 3:47

25 Rozwells - Nancy Whisky 2:10

26 Moonlights - Let's Hold Hands 3:41

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Girls Sazanami Beat! 

Vol. 01

01 Let's Go's - Nagagutsu Terrorist 3:01

02 Blue Hawaii - Candy Bouquet 2:14

03 Six - Sun Of A Gun 2:32

04 Milkees - Breakaway 2:27

05 Me & Byebye?cats! - Let's Go! Me & Bye Bye?cats! 3:00

06 Clovers - Ca Plane Pour Moi 2:46

07 That's A No No! - Surfin' Hootenanny 2:07

08 Flowermulu - Psyche Na Rock 2:48

09 Tigerlily - Let's Go! Shake 2:34

10 Mushroom Hotel - Makka Na Jerry 3:44

11 Lady Spade - Driver's Licence To Love 3:07

12 Deliciousweets - Sugoi Ninki Desu 2:17

13 Portugal Japan - Yeah Yeah 1:41

14 Smacks - I Wanna Go Home 3:24

15 Italyaguitar - Shekena! 2:50

16 Tiki Tiki Bamboooos - Bella Ciao 3:38

17 Kimagure Cats - Fed Up 2:09

18 Chocomates - Alright 2:13

19 Velvet Go!Go! - I Wanna Weekend Driver 2:32

20 Goggle-A - Schoen A Schoen A 2:42

21 Napolitans - Koiseyo Otome Chikyu To Mawar 3:32

Vol. 02

01 Helloes! - Hello!Hello! 1:56

02 Thee 50's High Teens - Till The End Of The Day 2:08

03 Shanghai Bay-Bees - P.O. Box 9847 2:58

04 Let's Go's - Who Stole My Umbrella!? 2:18

05 Bigmama Shockin'3 - Eat! Eat! Eat!! 2:18

06 Six - That Is Rock'n Roll 2:43

07 Snakey & Stormy Mondays - My Boy Lollipop 2:53

08 Milkees - Peach Pie 2:59

09 Lady Spade - Call sign 1:51

10 Mondo Diamond - Something Happens on Saturday Night 2:54

11 Tuesday - I Like It 2:03

12 Gata Goto Go's - I Can't Be Like A Girl 1:30

13 Blue Hawaii - Love Marbles 3:08

14 Trump - Just A Little Bit 2:11

15 Salome Lips - Hot sand 2:51

16 Velvet Go!Go! - Fujiyama Mama 2:15

17 Madame Cats - Until you sit down 3:22

18 Floppy-Pinkies - Ready To Break 2:46

19 Super All Go - Bright Red Mood 2:54

20 6738 - Bye Bye Darling 2:28

21 Gaijin - Yes, No Blues 1:23

22 Kira Kira Times - Saturday Fireworks 4:24

Vol. 03

01 Vivian Boys - Tokyo Sodom 1:56

02 Let's Go's - Mori No Neco 3:06

03 Milkees - Lovelever 3:19

04 Jusho Hutei Mushoku - Koenji No Nagisa-Chan (Salem Light Ver.) 3:24

05 Tetsuko - Romantic 100% (Sazanamix) 3:26

06 Margarettes - I Wanna Dance With You 2:32

07 Feminine - Justine 2:05

08 Madame Cats - Nihilism (Demo Ver.) 2:33

09 Mokume - Atashi No Akashi 3:43

10 Salome No Kuchibiru - Salvia Wo Watashini 3:52

11 Kissaten - Atashi Ha Taiyo 3:09

12 Deco D'eco - Yeah Yeah Les Filles 3:51

13 Lady Spade - Gakuen Tengoku 4:08

14 Partys - We Love Boys 2:31

15 Men's Relaxations - Plastic Hospital 2:57

16 Electric Mama - Zombie 3:59

17 Ecbows - Dracula Rock 3:40

18 Jane The Ripper - T.V Chudoku 2:56

19 Black Velvet Lucy - Dynamite Fujiko-Chan 3:18

20 Gravy - My Boy Lolipop 1:36

21 Hello! My Love! - Manatsu No Yume 2:26

22 Bu?li - Sanpo Michi 2:04

Vol. 04

01 Spangle 5th - Get The Wave 2:32

02 Let's Go's - Rock'N Roll 2:59

03 Conny With Goggle-A - Go-Go Girl and Twisted Boy (Luna Luna Love Crazy Tribe) 3:48

04 Atomicfarm - Homeland 4:01

05 Dallys - A World In Love 2:27

06 Chocomates - Boys 2:19

07 Rummy - Rollin' Train 3:39

08 Ricottes - The Magic of Love 2:37

09 Apple Popple Band - Baby Baby 2:54

10 Bigmama Shockin' 3 - No Time 3:02

11 Monty Pussy - It's My Party 2:42

12 Madame Cats - No Control 0:50

13 Fruitsinjelly - Maboroshi Electronic 3:35

14 Kissaten - The Coffee Shop Theme Part 1 3:18

15 Salome's Lips - That's Girl's Tears 3:26

16 Reina Hibiki - Starry Hill 2:47

17 Emmy Lee & The Psyzans - Black Coffee 2:57

18 That's A No No! - Their 3:49

19 Rosalyn - Shanghai Bunny Girl 3:33

20 Crawlin' Kingsnakes - No.1 Love 2:26

21 Boots - Motorcycle Honey Bee (English Ver.) 3:54

22 Hello! My Love! - Distortion of love 2:41

23 Moredmore - Jack Pond 3:40

24 Wykers - I Don't Care About Kissing 2:36

Vol. 05

01 Colobockles - Chikari 2:49

02 Let's Go's - Don't Let Me Cry 2:36

03 That's A No No! - Damn It. (I Loved You So Much) 2:02

04 Atomicfarm - Float 3:19

05 Nosa Lena - Give Me A Lie 2:54

06 Kamyu - Love Is In The Heart 2:26

07 Conny With Goggle-A - 18 Years Old in The Sun 2:28

08 Salome Lips - Tokyo in Love 3:29

09 Modern Girls - Vacation for Two 4:57

10 Runcheries - Stop the Stop 2:57

11 Ricottes - The Night Is About To Begin! 3:42

12 Pen Friend Club - New York's A Lonely Town 2:20

13 Bunnies - What's So Sweet About Sweet 16? 2:24

14 Lubies - (I'v To Be Alone) On A Rainy Day 2:38

15 Girls Go-Yle - Hot&Cold 1:52

16 Royal Nine Minutes - About The Picture 2:40

17 Melvins - Party Crashin' 2:14

18 Yummys - Leather Girl 3:10

19 Gelpins - My White Boots 1:45

20 Yonayona Mories - Strumming May Day Throat 2:52

21 Shimashima Electric - Soon Gone 3:36

22 Rouges - In A Dream 3:01

23 110ban - Number 110 is Coming!! 1:40

24 Peewonder-Z - So Many Mike 2:17

25 Kobato 3biki - The Whereabouts Of The Two 2:23

26 Moredmore - In The Middle Of Eden 3:37

27 Chiri Chiri Sisters - To The Promised Place 3:33

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