"Eternal Paralysis" and "Peony Crackers" were the first two tape albums by INCAPACITANTS released back in 1981 and 1983 by Toshiji Mikawa as a solo endeavour, on his own label Pariah Tapes. The original tapes have been digitally transferred by din-i-ilahi (Advaita Records) and completely remastered for CD format by Mr. Mikawa.

Pioneering Japanese Noise recordings made with: a handmade sound generator named "The Mikawa", guitar, rhythm-box, firecrackers, trash can, and many other noise generators. This is high-quality psychedelic Japanese Noise from the golden age that will drill your nervous system and crack your brain.

"At the time I recorded [Eternal Paralysis], all the attention was focused on the extreme stage performance by Hijokaidan... I wanted to focus more on the noise itself and so Eternal Paralysis took form" (Toshiji Mikawa). Regarding "Peony Crackers", he continues: "some of the sound sources on this album were recorded in my room in the bachelor dormitory at work, using the sound of firecrackers (Peony Crackers) bursting in a trash can... I was scolded terribly by the dormitory manager. Album title was a reference to this episode".

Two cult tapes, finally available again, 40 years after their first release. Ltd x 300 copies in a highly-psychedelic 8-panel digisleeve.

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