*PRE-ORDER* Mason Jones "Ongaku Otaku" Hardcover (Korm Plastics)

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Hardcover, 524 pages, 21 x 27 cm

In the mid-1990s, Mason Jones of Charnel Music edited and published four thick, annual issues of Ongaku Otaku magazine. Operating from San Francisco, California, Mason’s goal was to spread the word about the compelling independent music being produced in Japan. With dozens of interviews and articles, and many hundreds of reviews, the magazine was an influential voice, sharing words about Aube, Cornelius, Yamamoto Seiichi (Boredoms, Rovo, Omoide Hatoba), Shizuka, Jojo Hiroshige (Hijokaidan, Alchemy Records), Melt-Banana, Ruins, KK Null, and many more. This facsimile edition brings the original pages to readers three decades later.

Mason Jones has run the Charnel Music label since 1988, and has released many albums, both as a solo artist recording as Trance and as a member of SubArachnoid Space, Numinous Eye, and Collision Stories. He began visiting Japan regularly in the early ’90s and arranged U.S. shows for many artists from Japan. Ongaku Otaku was a labor of love aided by many contributors to whom he remains grateful.