LAST COPY!

Japanese sound artist Kimihide Kusafuka, better known as K2, originally came onto the scene in 1981 to explore the possibility of noise. His activities at that time were focused on the creation of cassette works and some actions in the world of mail art, with no live performance. A few years later, he suspended his activities to concentrate on his studies and returned in 1993 after having just graduated as a pathologist. K2 perceives no alteration between the act of making noise and the act of science and he practices a kind of alchemy through his noise. Hepatopolitika, an ultra-rare work released in 1994 on clear vinyl by German label Praxis Dr. Bearmann in only 125 numbered copies, represents in an exemplary way the idea just expressed. He sets his sights on self-metamorphosis through both the awareness he acheives from his scientific experiments and the emotional strength he obtains from performing and listening to noise. The work is essentially cut-up noise oriented in its most exhausting and rawest form. The sound is exceptionally lo-fi; the actual aggression of sound deconstruction on both sides leaves you astonished and consists of an amazing assemblage of crashing, creaking and scraping sounds made with pieces of junk metal plus musique concrète and voice, edited in a jarring, unpredictable style.

"Noise cannot be refused by either ears and heads!"

Avaiable again on LP for the first time in 25 years, the record has been pressed on 140g black vinyl with black center labels and a black inner sleeve. Housed in a black cardstock jacket with a foldover cover/insert on the front cover and the label name in kanji silskscreened in silver ink on the back cover. Limited edition of 199 copies.