{"product_id":"sougi","title":"Sougi +","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecember 1982, Tokyo. Kiyoaki Iwamoto has a guitar, a simple rhythm box, a friend with a bass guitar, and some stripped-down songs, brazen in their post-punk simplicity, irritation and controlled aggression, yet full of sadness and resignation. Five songs, including a rearranged version of \"Love Will Tear Us Apart\" are recorded and released on a now extremely rare 7\" record. This release, available on 10\" vinyl and CD features those five songs, along with a previously unreleased 1980 live performance by his duo Birei, as well as a 2020 reworking of \"Love …\" , by the Japanese duo Chisato and Junta. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIwamoto was an enigma, active in the post-punk scene in Japan in the late 70s and early 80s, a member of Birei and founding member of Guys and Dolls with Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz); in the mid-80s he cut contact with his friends, disavowing his name and later performing under a different moniker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EM Records","offers":[{"title":"10\" - Black","offer_id":52953363743051,"sku":"R2086-6286","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52953363775819,"sku":"R2086-8976","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki_6f19c5a3-90d3-4409-858c-d8a1384c71bd.jpg?v=1752923693","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/sougi","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}