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Our Likeness

    Mute reissues Our Likeness by the renowned avant-garde artist Phew on limited edition clear vinyl and CD.

    Originally released in 1992, Our Likeness was Phew’s second solo album following her self-titled debut.

    This long out of print album saw Phew collaborate with the legendary and peerless Alexander Hacke (hackedepicciotto, Einstruzende Neubauten), Jaki Liebezeit (CAN) and Chrislo Haas (Crime & the City Solution, DAF, Liaisons Dangereuses).

    After leaving the pioneering Japanese punk band Aunt Sally, she worked with many other innovative artists from around the globe, although this particular line up is hard to beat and sounds as great as you’d imagine it would.
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    TRACK LISTING

    1. The Last Song
    2. Our Likeness
    3. Being
    4. Like Water And Water
    5. Glitter Of Night
    6. Spring
    7. Smell
    8. Depth Of The Forehead
    9. Our Element
    10. Expression
    11. Ocean

    The longform instrumental pieces of ‘Vertical Jamming’ first appeared on a self-released tour only CD in 2016.Subsequently they were issued in a mail order cassette edition by Disciples. The pieces have now been specially edited by Phew for this first time clear vinyl pressing, cut by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

    Phew is a legendary figure in Japanese underground music. Starting out in 1978 fronting one of Osaka’s earliest punk groups, Aunt Sally, and going on to collaborate with a whole host of notable names as a solo artist in the 80s, including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Conny Plank, Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit of Can, Alex Hacke of EinstürzendeNeubauten, and Chrislo Haas of DAF. In recent years she has made music on record or live with Ana Da Silva of The Raincoats, Jim O’Rourke, Oren Ambarchi, Ikue Mori, and Yoshimi of OOIOO / Boredoms / Saicobab.


    TRACK LISTING

    1. Cheers
    2. Encore

    Phew

    New Decade

      The renowned avant-garde artist Phew has returned to Mute for her forthcoming album New Decade. Working with voice and electronics, New Decade’s six new tracks define her as a master of her craft. Described by pitchfork as ‘a Japanese underground legend’, she was a founding member of Osaka punk band Aunt Sally, who broke up in 1980. Since then she has worked solo and collaborated with musical luminaries including as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jim O’Rourke, Ana da Silva (The Raincoats), Seiichi Yamamoto (Boredoms) and Holger Czukay (Can). Her 1992 album for Mute, Our Likeness, features Alexander Hacke (Hackedepicciotto, Einstruzende Neubauten), Jaki Liebezeit (Can) and Chrislo Haas (Crime & the City Solution, DAF, Liaisons Dangereuses). New Decade will be released on CD and Limited Edition ‘Total Clear’ Vinyl. 

      TRACK LISTING

      LP Tracklist:
      A1. Snow And Pollen
      A2. Days Nights
      A3. Into The Stream
      B1. Feedback Tuning
      B2. Flashforward
      B3. Doing Nothing

      CD Tracklist:
      1. Snow And Pollen
      2. Days Nights
      3. Into The Stream
      4. Feedback Tuning
      5. Flashforward
      6. Doing Nothing


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