Mask of the Imperial Family: Mask of the Imperial Family

Mask of the Imperial Family: Mask of the Imperial Family - VINYL LP

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Mask of the Imperial Family

Artist:

Mask of the Imperial Family

Label:

Important Records

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

793447541211

Genre:

Rock

Release Date:

2017-12-22

Number of Discs:

1

Important Records present a reissue of The Mask of the Imperial Family, originally released in 1981. Replica LP; housed in a screen-printed jacket. All copies are pressed on turquoise vinyl to match the sleeve. Edition of 200. Mutant Sounds on the album: "Both profound and profoundly jaw dropping, the esoteric moves of this massively rare and insanely obscure 300 copy Japanese marvel have until now remained the sole preserve of a handful of heavyweight collectors. It's time to let the cat out of the bag on this one. The dankly cavernous and unsettling acid maneuvers of Dome circa their first three LPs (though absent vocals) are the nearest antecedent I can summon for the principal thrust of the sound here. So too, there's a ritualistic dimension to this stuff that's also a bit suggestive of something like Vasilisk or The Hybryds, though the arcane initiatory atmosphere here is far more penetrating that anything I've heard either of those two muster. Combine that with a Johan Hedran-like overlay of wafting, heat-warped systemic electronics and you're at least in the general neighborhood, but these are only indicators pointing toward the occult sonic universe that The Mask of the Imperial Family are enacting... "

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