NEWS
06/25/08
Mesh-Key boss man Justin Simon has written an article for Fader Magazine about eight of his favorite Japanese 'psychedelic' records, including albums by Chie Mukai and Yura Yura Teikoku. You can download the whole issue of the magazine for free from itunes. Go to www.fader.com for the direct link.
06/16/08
YURA YURA TEIKOKU are coming back to New York City for two shows in October. A larger, more respectable label than Mesh-Key is planning a domestic release of recent material to coincide with the shows. Mesh-Key may press some vinyls. More info coming very soon.
06/09/07
YURA YURA TEIKOKU's "Sweet Spot" domestic CDs are finally available! Only ten dollars each!!!! These will sell out so order now! All payments are secure through the paypal site. Apologies, but no shipments to Japan.
06/01/07
YURA YURA TEIKOKU t-shirts now have an order page. All payments are secure through the paypal site. Please please please if you're ordering from outside the States, write justin@mesh-key.com first for a shipping quote. Apologies, but no shipments to Japan.
04/15/07
New release! On Tuesday, May 1st, Mesh-Key will be releasing a domestic, digipak version of YURA YURA TEIKOKU's Sweet Spot album. The Mesh-Key CD features a different mix of "Hate Ningen Wa?"
04/02/07
YURA YURA TEIKOKU are touring Australia in May!!!! Click on TOUR DATES for more information.
01/11/07
A song from Nagisa Yoko and Justin Simon's Kayoko Nonsense appears on the ROUGH TRADE compilation, Counter Culture 2006.
Full tracklisting and more information can be found here.
01/10/07
Happy New Year! Thanks for your support in 2006. This year Mesh-Key will release new records by YURA YURA TEIKOKU, WE ACEDIASTS, MUKAI CHIE and new signings INVISIBLE CONGA PEOPLE. Please buy at least one copy of each. Rent is very high in New York City.
12/16/06
HOLIDAY SALE:
1. YURA YURA TEIKOKU silkscreened posters are now 15 dollars.
2. YURA YURA TEIKOKU shirts are now 20 dollars.
3. If you purchase two or more vinyl releases you get a free WE ACEDIASTS 'PRE ACEDIASTS' CD.
Order through paypal to jacediast@hotmail.com or send check or money order.
11/18/06
Mesh-Key secured the last remaining copies of the long out-of-print YURA YURA TEIKOKU "Tsumetai Gift" 10". The A-side is the title track (also found on the "Memai" album) and the B-side is an exclusive alternate take of "Kantsuu" (the original version is on the "Shibire" album). To purchase a copy, send 25 dollars via paypal to jacediast@hotmail.com. This includes shipping if you're in the US/Canada, but if you're anywhere else write first for a quote. ABSOLUTELY NO SHIPMENTS WILL BE MADE TO JAPAN. Apologies, but we want to give others a chance...
08/27/06
Big feature on YURA YURA TEIKOKU's New York shows in the newest issue of Studio Voice.
07/25/06
YURA live pic courtesy of Jeff Winterberg. Check out his site: www.jeffwinterberg.com.
07/21/06
The YURA YURA TEIKOKU shirts have arrived! There was a shipping mishap so we only had a handful of these for sale at the shows and they sold out pretty much immediately the first night. Each shirt sports an original Shintaro Sakamoto design with the words YURA YURA TEIKOKU (in both English and Japanese) surrounded by beautifully illustrated delay/echo boxes. Check out the design below. Available sizes/colors are: Light pink ink on light pink shirts - M, S, XS. White ink on lavender shirts - M. Army green ink on asphalt fine jersey muscle shirts - S. All high-quality American Apparel shirts. I'll put together a proper order page in the shop soon but feel free to order early - send 25 dollars via paypal to jacediast@hotmail.com. People ordering from outside the US - please write jacediast@hotmail.com for a shipping quote, and do this BEFORE YOU ORDER! Thanks.
07/13/06
Many thanks to everyone who came out to last weekend's packed YURA YURA TEIKOKU shows in NYC!! The band had a great time and is looking forward to coming back sometime soon. The hand-silkscreened posters (numbered edition of 50 on thick stock, pictured below) are almost gone, but if you didn't get to grab a poster at one of the shows, you can buy one through paypal (25 dollars to jacediast@hotmail.com). T-shirts may be available soon too - check the site in a week or so for an update.
06/26/06
YURA YURA TEIKOKU 'SOFT DEATH' 12" is now for sale in the mesh-key shop. Preorders from distributors have nearly wiped me out, so order fast!
06/07/06
YURA YURA TEIKOKU myspace page is here. WE ACEDIASTS myspace page is here. MESH-KEY RECORDS myspace page is here.
Be a computer friend on the myspace place.
05/25/06
YURA YURA TEIKOKU fans in Japan!! The Soft Death 12" is available NOW at all Cisco shops and online here.
05/18/06
YURA YURA TEIKOKU 'SOFT DEATH' 12" available at CISCO (Japan) next week! The record will be available in the US in a month.
04/26/06
Found a sneak preview online of the Nakahara Masaya interview and translation. Here's the link.
04/05/06
Pitchfork gives YURA YURA TEIKOKU's 'Sweet Spot' album a glowing review (and a totally incongruous numerical rating...but anyways). Check it out here.
03/14/06
YURA YURA TEIKOKU are coming back to New York City! They'll be at Northsix Saturday July 8th and the Knitting Factory Sunday July 9th. Buy tickets now. Don't put it off - these shows will sell out.
03/09/06
Mesh-Key labelhead person/WE ACEDIASTS (RIP) guitarist JUSTIN SIMON's translation of NAKAHARA MASAYA's short story "Bloody Self-Portrait of a Beast" is in the debut issue of A PUBLIC SPACE magazine. NAKAHARA MASAYA was in the legendary noise band VIOLENT ONSEN GEISHA and currently performs as HAIR STYLISTICS. His stories read like the written equivalent to his music - absurd, violent, nonsensical, etc. But Nakahara's no joke - he's already received one of Japan's most prestigious literary awards. Lyricist for NAGISA YOKO and friend of YURA YURA TEIKOKU, Nakahara's close to the Mesh-Key family. Please check out the story (and accompanying interview).
02/15/06
Listen to YURA YURA TEIKOKU's WFMU performance here.
02/07/06
YURA YURA TEIKOKU's new full-length CD "Sweet Spot" is now available in the SHOP.
01/04/06
HAPPY NEW YEAR. We were thrilled to see YURA YURA TEIKOKU on both the Other Music and Time Out NYC Best of 2005 lists. And a Google search found them at number one on YO LA TENGO bass player James McNew's best of '05 list! Buy one of their CDs in the SHOP before they're all gone! Vinyl junkies take note - we have about 20 copies of the Taiyo 10" left. Don't miss the boat! The band will be back in NYC this summer but the vinyl will be long gone by then.
10/20/05
Thanks to everyone who came out to YURA YURA TEIKOKU's Northsix and Tonic shows. The Northsix show was packed and the Tonic show sold out (many apologies to those who couldn't get in)! The band had a great time and is hoping to come back next year. We've been overwhelmed by the positive reactions to the shows. I personally overheard more than one person say 'that was the best show i've ever seen'...again, thanks so much for coming out. I may post a live MP3 on the site soon. The band recorded a live set for Rob Lim's WFMU show which will be broadcast November 7th at 11pm.
10/07/05
MKY003 super limited edition KAYOKO NONSENSE EPs on sale now in the SHOP
9/14/05
Please note: NO YURA YURA TEIKOKU VINYL WILL BE SHIPPED TO JAPAN! We apologize but stock is limited and we must reserve copies for domestic sales.
8/02/05
Two YURA YURA TEIKOKU NYC shows booked. Check out tour dates here and buy tickets here.
8/01/05
Finally! YURA YURA TEIKOKU CDs available here.
7/28/05
The first YURA YURA TEIKOKU show outside Japan EVER has been booked! The date: Friday, October 14th at Tonic, NYC. We will let you know when tickets are available. They will sell quickly.
7/10/05
Added an mp3 from the upcoming WE ACEDIASTS LP MKY007. Listen here.
7/08/05
EXCITING NEWS: Mesh-Key is bringing YURA YURA TEIKOKU to New York City for two shows the second week in October. These will be the band's first shows EVER outside Japan. Minds will be blown. We will update the Tour Dates section when we have more details. Also, the Kayoko Nonsense record is being pressed right now and will be available in August.
7/05/05
We will soon be selling a limited edition version of YURA YURA TEIKOKU's 62 minute live CD "NA.MA.SHI.BI.RE.NA.MA.ME.MA.I"
4/05/05
Exclusive 13-song YURA YURA TEIKOKU mix featured on online TOKIONFM. Go here to listen.
3/29/05
YURA YURA TEIKOKU 6-page feature in current issue of FADER. On newsstands now. They also have a myspace page. It's actually me pretending to be them.
3/01/05
WE ACEDIASTS were interviewed on KFJC's "Candy From the Current Bin".
Listen here.
2/14/05
YURA YURA TEIKOKU 6-page feature in the next issue of Fader Magazine. WE ACEDIASTS "Pre Acediasts" CD out February 15th. NAGISA YOKO collaboration out summer 2005. Got the vinyl etching last week, it is beautiful. CHIE MUKAI collaboration out fall 2005. Probably.
Thanks to DFA Jonathan for linking us to their site.