In the mid-1990's, four thick, annual issues of Ongaku Otaku magazine were published by Mason Jones. With a goal to spread the word about the compelling independent music being produced in Japan, dozens of interviews and articles, and many hundreds of reviews, the magazine was an influential voice, sharing words about Aube, Cornelius, Yamamoto Seiichi (Boredoms, Rovo, Omoide Hatoba), Shizuka, Jojo Hiroshige (Hijokaidan, Alchemy Records), Melt-Banana, Ruins, KK Null, K2 and many more. This facsimile edition brings the original pages to readers several decades later.

Operating from San Francisco, publisher and editor Mason Jones has run the Charnel Music label since 1988, and has recorded many albums solo, as Trance, and as a member of SubArachnoid Space, Numinous Eye, and Collision Stories. He began visiting Japan regularly in the early '90s and arranged U.S. shows for many artists from Japan. Ongaku Otaku was a labour of love aided by many contributors to whom he remains grateful.

Hefty, heavyweight item - A4, hardcover, 524pp. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!