Naoki Zushi - ParadiseWorld Of Echo announces the reissue of two remastered albums by Japanese guitarist and songwriter Naoki Zushi, 1988s Paradise, and 2005s III. Two classics of Japanese psychedelia, both Paradise and III were originally released on Org Records, the imprint of Shinji Shibayama of acid folk group Nagisa Ni Te, with whom Zushi has guested on second guitar for decades. Both intimate and expansive, rich with revelatory songwriting and blasted, sky scouring

hard and compelling

before evolving to encompass drama and tension

‰ÛÏAn unimpeachably brilliant treasure‰۝ ****Stephen Worthy

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” Crucial to this incendiary new outlook was producer John Congleton (St

but not resting on his laurels

“So rare that diehard fuzz junkies say you’d have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding a physical 45 rpm single by one of the bands featured on their latest installment

the album’s sound quality honors the original recordings like never before

complete with zine distros

Featuring saxophonist Marion Brown and multi-instrumentalists Gavin Bryars and Michael Nyman

while balancing personal tales of love

Like a Hurricane is searing