Before his most notable contributions to the aural landscape of classic Japanese noise as K2, Kusafuka Kimihide (草深公秀) was a Tokyo medical student obsessed with synthesizers, anatomy, and the cracked edges of electronic pop. Recorded in 1984-1985 with a newly acquired SH-101, these three cassettes—Re-Musik, Demise Symphonika, and Requiem in the Sun—capture Kusafuka’s transformation from minimalist synth experiments into a uniquely Japanese fusion of new wave, proto-industrial noise, and warped techno pop.
Influenced by early Human League, Gary Numan, P-Model, and the militarized pulse of YMO’s BGM, Re-Musik began as playful improvisations on sequencer-driven synth lines. Requiem in the Sun, featuring the fictional Sakashita brothers joining Kusafuka in the band Techno Menses, pushed further into dystopian pop, reframing martial rhythms through a lens of absurdity and disorientation. Demise Symphonika, the transitional work between Kusafuka’s melodic experiments and his emergence as K2, unfolds as a strange ritual of death and rebirth as melancholy electronics give way to escalating chaos and radiant noise.
Originally issued by T. Kamada's mythical DD. Records and distributed overseas by Aeon, these tapes remain sacred artifacts of a young mind chasing both structure and obliteration. Bitter Lake Recordings is proud to reissue them in their original, unedited form for the first time since their original releases.
Before his most notable contributions to the aural landscape of classic Japanese noise as K2, Kusafuka Kimihide (草深公秀) was a Tokyo medical student obsessed with synthesizers, anatomy, and the cracked edges of electronic pop. Recorded in 1984-1985 with a newly acquired SH-101, these three cassettes—Re-Musik, Demise Symphonika, and Requiem in the Sun—capture Kusafuka’s transformation from minimalist synth experiments into a uniquely Japanese fusion of new wave, proto-industrial noise, and warped techno pop.
Influenced by early Human League, Gary Numan, P-Model, and the militarized pulse of YMO’s BGM, Re-Musik began as playful improvisations on sequencer-driven synth lines. Requiem in the Sun, featuring the fictional Sakashita brothers joining Kusafuka in the band Techno Menses, pushed further into dystopian pop, reframing martial rhythms through a lens of absurdity and disorientation. Demise Symphonika, the transitional work between Kusafuka’s melodic experiments and his emergence as K2, unfolds as a strange ritual of death and rebirth as melancholy electronics give way to escalating chaos and radiant noise.
Originally issued by T. Kamada's mythical DD. Records and distributed overseas by Aeon, these tapes remain sacred artifacts of a young mind chasing both structure and obliteration. Bitter Lake Recordings is proud to reissue them in their original, unedited form for the first time since their original releases.
