Japan tribute album ‘Still Life In Polaroids’ to be released on May 5th via Coitus Interruptus Productions
Set for release on 5th May through Seattle-based label Coitus Interruptus Productions, the Japan tribute album “Still Life in Polaroids” pays homage to the influential band.
Over a period of four years and five albums, David Sylvian (vocals), Steve Jansen (drums), Richard Barbieri (keyboards), Mick Karn (saxophone/bass), and Rob Dean (guitars) explored a diverse range of sounds that went on to shape numerous New Romantic and New Wave bands that followed in their footsteps.
“Still Life in Polaroids” will be available as a Pay-What-You-Want release, featuring an array of bands and tracks.
- White Rose Transmission – “Transmission”
- The Essence – “Quiet Life”
- Dogtablet (feat. Marselle Hodges) – “Despair”
- C Z A R I N A – “Halloween”
- Blackcarburning – “The Other Side of Life”
- G.W. Childs IV – “Gentlemen Take Polaroids”
- Pedro Code & Herr G – “Methods of Dance”
- The Blue Hour – “Nightporter”
- Melodywhore – “Ghosts”
- CODENAME:LOLA – “Canton”
- Tom Berger (Johnny Tupolev) – “Visions of China”
- Tenderlash – “Life In Tokyo”
- Krate – “Oil on Canvas”
- Ashes of Youth – “His Box”
- Pieter Nooten & Marselle Hodges – “Let The Happiness In”
- Pete Burns (Kill Shelter) – “Waterfront”
- Vaselyne – “Riverman”
- AttasalinA – “Blackwater”
- Tearing The Blackbox (feat. Yvette Winkler) – “Back In The Beginning”
- Stefano Panunzi & Nicola Lori (feat. Yvette Winkler) – “Damage”
- Michael Alan Giller – “Closer Than ‘I’
- David Scott Keller – “God Man”
- Unwoman – “Darkest Dreaming”
- Dreamscape Invocation – “World Citizen (I won’t be disappointed)”
Japan were an English new wave band formed in 1974 in Catford, South London by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Jansen (drums) and Mick Karn (bass guitar), joined by Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Rob Dean (lead guitar) the following year. Initially a glam rock-inspired band, Japan developed their sound and androgynous look to incorporate electronic music and foreign influences.
The band split in December 1982 having released 5 albums and just as they were beginning to experience commercial success in the UK and abroad. Its members went on to pursue other musical projects, though they reformed briefly in the early 1990s under the name Rain Tree Crow, releasing an album in 1991.
About Japan
Japan formed in Catford, South London, in 1974, founded by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), his brother Steve Jansen (drums) and Mick Karn (bass), joined the following year by Rob Dean (guitar) and Richard Barbieri (keyboards). Signed to Ariola-Hansa, the band released “Adolescent Sex” and “Obscure Alternatives” (both 1978) in a glam and funk-influenced style before shifting toward art rock on “Quiet Life” (1979) and moving to Virgin Records.
Rob Dean left in 1981, and the band continued as a four-piece for its final and most successful album, “Tin Drum” (1981), which produced the UK top-five hit “Ghosts.” Japan disbanded in December 1982 at the peak of its UK chart success. The four members briefly reunited between 1989 and 1991 as Rain Tree Crow, releasing one self-titled album in 1991. Mick Karn died of cancer on 4 January 2011, at age 52. A full tracklist and credits for the tribute album “Still Life In Polaroids,” issued via Coitus Interruptus Productions, have not been independently verified beyond the release announcement.
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