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Hototogisu

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Hototogisu is the collaborative project which includes Matthew Bower (of Skullflower, Total, Sunroof!, etc.) and Double Leopards' Marcia Bassett. Now if that isn't a match made in noise heaven, then I don't know what is. When the two started out, they released their first album with the intent of making it pass for an obscure japanese experimental noise-rock group from the seventies which would just recently have surfaced out of a dusty vault. That rumor didn't last very long, but even though they have a busy release schedule, the group's albums are often as rare as what they wanted that first album to be. The music in itself is no big surprise. If you are already a fan of the aforementioned bands, then this will please you just as much. I am also of fan of these groups, but it seems like everyone is doing the noise-drone thing today and the degree at which you can appreciate this kind of music depends on which side of the bed you woke up on and if you've had that first cup of coffee in the morning or not. The Hototogisu aren't particularly high on my list of favorite drone artists, but they certainly hit the spot once in a while.

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Album Cover Ghosts From The Sun
Label: Important Records
Release: 2004
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: IMPREC061

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Untitled (14:11)
  2. Untitled (7:38)
  3. Untitled (12:15)
  4. Untitled (12:39)
CD 2:
  1. Untitled (8:54)
  2. Untitled (12:17)
  3. Untitled (21:52)


Album Cover Prayer Rug Exorcism
Label: Heavy Blossom
Release: 2005
Format: CD
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Prayer Rug Exorcism I (18:01)
  2. Prayer Rug Exorcism II (7:50)
  3. Prayer Rug Exorcism III (15:23)
  4. Prayer Rug Exorcism IV (18:52)


Album Cover Sardonic Wooden Moonlight
Label: Heavy Blossom
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Sardonic Wooden Moonlight I (29:26)
  2. Sardonic Wooden Moonlight II (23:02)


Album Cover Green
Label: Heavy Blossom
Release: 2005
Format: CD
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Hellebore (6:52)
  2. Crimson Streams (7:02)
  3. Run Into The Woods (4:11)
  4. Ascend On Blackened Wings (9:49)
  5. Shewstone (4:51)
  6. Crucified Forest (6:36)
  7. Heavy Blossom (5:43)
  8. Arboreal Slumber (8:25)


Album Cover Brooming Mephitic Blast
Label: Esquilo Records
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Brooming Mephitic Blast (43:15)


Album Cover Chimärendämmerung
Label: De Stijl Records
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: DESTIJL062CD

Song list:

  1. Untitled (6:48)
  2. Untitled (18:37)
  3. Untitled (15:22)
  4. Untitled (13:41)
  5. Untitled (5:59)


Album Cover Snail On A Razor
Label: Hospital Productions
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: HOS-159

Song list:

  1. Untitled (37:29)
  2. Untitled (15:38)
  3. Untitled (16:46)


Album Cover Some Blood Will Stick
Label: Important Records
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: IMPREC106

Song list:

  1. Untitled (8:47)
  2. Untitled (7:55)
  3. Untitled (18:39)
  4. Untitled (7:32)
  5. Untitled (7:11)
  6. Untitled (22:16)


Album Cover Sculpture Built Upon Graves
Label: Heavy Blossom
Release: 2006
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Storm (7:42)
  2. Tropical Malady (13:09)
  3. Paris, No Harm (13:44)
  4. Vanished Beams (9:38)


Album Cover Live!
Label: Heavy Blossom
Release: 2007
Format: CS
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Nov. 10-05-NYC (28:39)
  2. Dec. 13-06-London (24:04)


Album Cover Spooked Summer
Label: Heavy Blossom
Release: 2007
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Untitled (5:55)
  2. Untitled (9:41)
  3. Untitled (13:47)
  4. Untitled (13:46)


Album Cover Robed In Verdigris
Label: Nashazphone
Release: 2007
Format: LP
Cat. no: NP-03

Song list:

  1. Untitled (12:25)
  2. Untitled (12:17)
  3. Untitled (18:44)


Album Cover Under The Rose
Label: Heavy Blossom
Release: 2008
Format: LP
Cat. no: HB-21

Song list:

  1. Malignant Coronation (13:14)
  2. Origami Skulls (14:55)


Album Cover Pale Fatal Sister
Label: Important Records
Release: 2008
Format: 2LP
Cat. no: IMPREC210

Song list:

LP 1:
  1. Cloud Side (18:33)
  2. Forest Side (15:51)
LP 2:
  1. Mount Side (22:10)
  2. Field Side (17:14)