SHINBUN, KYOUFU - 死

"Formed in the Hokkaido Prefecture in 1986, Kyoufu Shinbun (恐怖新聞) is the solo industrial punk project of Proletariat Honma, the elusive keyboard/synth player from cult Japanese hardcore punk acts such as Kikeiji, Hightechnology Suicide, and countless other Crazy SKB-related projects. Honma intended for this project to be the purest outlet of his musical being, combining his love for John Balance/Coil, Foetus, etc., with elements of Japan's occult Noroi ("呪い"), junk noise, electronic musics, environmental music, and punk/hardcore. While his 1993 cassette 呪術装置 was released on the legendary Japanese noise label Vanilla Records, a majority of the releases under the Kyoufu Shinbun banner were primarily self-released as very limited-run cassettes on Honma's own Integral Label. Originally released in 1990, 死 (which translates, appropriately, to "Death") is Proletariat Honma's debut full-length as Kyoufu Shinbun. This material, while exhibiting hints of the style perfected on the Death Training series, is far more indebted to classic Japanese harsh noise, but with a primordial, cyberpunk edge. Refined by the masterful hand of Bonati Mastering, Bitter Lake Recordings is honored to present 死 in its remastered form in a limited pressing of 300 copies on black vinyl."