Die Öwan - Öwannibalism [LP]

Release Date: 2/12/2024

A cult teenage Japanese punk group which existed from 1979-1983, and during that time managed to release the rarest punk record in Japan, operate their own cassette label, organize house shows, help launch the career of popular Japanese punk band Shonen Knife, and fascinate and inspire with their music, which is truly like any other. Over 40 years later, Die Öwan has the incredible ability to act as one of the most pure time machines capable of transporting the listener into a place where you can get a sense of what it must have been like to have been listening to and inspired by the evolution of underground music in the late 70s in real time. The concurrent explosion of punk, post punk, new wave, industrial, experimental, and avant garde music in the UK, Krautrock in Germany, Dub and Roots Reggae in Jamaica and the UK, was unlike any other. To Die Öwan, enjoying Crass, The Damned, Adverts, Wire, Metal Urbain, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Neu!, Brian Eno, and Burning Spear was not only not unusual, it probably seemed obvious, as they were all pushing music forward. Armed with this mentality and limitless gallons of inspiration, in an almost Desperate Bicycles-esque non-commercial mindset of making and releasing music with any amount of resources one had available, set out to make a limitless amount of songs with that inspiration. The music, which is sonically punk at its core, is a web of entangled, urgent, fast bursts of teen angst made with a guitar, bass, early Roland drum machines, and synth, and tape manipulation. Öwannibalism compiles the best of their early releases “Die Station Für Die Öwan”, "Die Feeding Of Die Öwan", and "Öwan 81", as well as compilation tracks, and completely unreleased and unheard early tracks. The audio has been remastered from the band’s tapes specifically for vinyl, and the LP comes with a 6 page booklet featuring an interview with the band covering their history, their cassette label XA Record, early DIY music and influences in the Kansai region of Japan, with discussion of Kansai bands and labels like Aunt Sally, Hijokaidan, Unbalance Records, Vanity Records, etc, and early photos and flyers.

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Tracklist

1. Anti Children
2. Where Is Your Love
3. K-Hang Sang
4. No Love
5. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
6. Loadstar
7. Red Hirakata
8. Sad Song
9. Sad Teenagers
10. Kue Song
11. Throbbing Influence
12. ¥260 Tape
13. Captain Beyond
14. Nun Yahlah Of The Sun
15. Gary Fell Down
16. V's Song
17. Showing Buzzco
18. Sho Sha-Ka
19. Sha Sha-Ka
20. Sho Sha Sho-Ka
21. Flowers And Trees
22. Chill Chill Me Chill
23. Aunt Sally High Price
24. Y
25. Soup
26. Amusing
27. Horimoto Gene
28. Nagato Song
29. Penny Pincher Theme
30. Cholge Man
31. Bald Eno
32. Ex Buzzco Timer
33. Floor Mouth
34. Hore Mouth
35. 10:25
36. Tarata Song
37. Heads Or Tail
38. Kota Mouth Song
39. South Song
40. Siegel Song
41. Ah Song
42. Balls Out Song
43. I Know
44. Member
45. Cherry Blossom
46. Crying My Baldness
47. Crying My Thongs
48. Crying My Ecaps
49. Crying My Kata Mouth
50. Crying My Kata Two
51. Crying My Buzzco
52. Crying My Kue
53. Crying My Soup
54. Crying My Nobeno
55. Crying My Kombu
56. Crying My Mermo
57. Crying My Songee
58. Rusty Baldness
59. Rusty Thongs
60. Rusy Ecaps
61. Rusty Kata Mouth
62. Rusty Kata Two
63. Rusty Buzzeo
64. Rusty Kue
65. Rusty Soup
66. Rusty Nobeno
67. Rusty Songee
68. Rusty Kombu
69. Rusty Mermo
70. Dumped Baldness
71. Dumped Things
72. Dumped Ecaps
73. Dumped Kata Mouth
74. Dumped Kata Two
75. Dumped Buzzco
76. Dumped Kue
77. Dumped Soup
78. Dumped Nobeno
79. Dumped Songee
80. Dumped Kumbu
81. Dumped Mermo
82. Go Is Rasta
83. Rasta Is
84. Rasta Festival
85. The Rasta
86. Rasta Jamaica
87. Cocgene
88. Young No More
89. Premature Baby Song
90. Kokto Candy
91. Torapah
92. Anger Stick
93. Lips Nouveaux
94. Rasta My Rasta
95. I'm Going Out For A While
96. Tockin, What Are We Doing Today
97. Today Is Special
98. OK,Done
99. Home Run
100. Hackshong
101. Hidde Did This
102. I'm Sorry
103. Don't Do That
104. I Saw It All
105. Someone's In, Get Out
106. Only Pulling Out
107. Rasta Theme
108. Someone's In, Get Out
109. Rusty Baldness
110. Rusty Songee