Minoru Fushimi - Thanatos Of FunkMinoru "Hoodoo" Fushimi's most wanted and impossible to find first album Thanatos Of Funk is finally reissued for the first time ever, in collaboration with Fushimi himself. Thanatos Of Funk is a milestone in Japan's underground music and electro funk early hip hop history. Entirely self produced, designed and distributed in 1985 by Fushimi, a high school teacher by day and music experimenter by night, Thanatos Of Funk is a love letter to counter

no-one had any idea as to how huge the record would become as it soundtracked every dancefloor

Its music caught in meditative reflection one moment before propelling into ecstatic revelation the next

For the first release of Cartulis Music new Sublabel DEL we have a split EP that swings between

has never been released like this before

his 4-song Jet Set installment is just the ticket

Floating Points

Capturing the spirit that underlies dance music in its various forms

This album possesses a formidable aptitude to always instill its listeners with a life-affirming feeling of serenity

sharing an emotionally charged spirituality that is central to devotees of each

funky guitars and emotional vocals

The album's title track "RARE CHANGES" and "ONLY YOU" are both released on 7"

The newest addition: not one but two 45s around Jay Dee a