Call And Response Records
@callandresponse.bsky.social
Independent record label, based in Koenji, Tokyo.
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Made this album with SEA LEVEL a while back. Still got some CDs (and am now sending to EU as well).
sundrawingsounds.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Acoustic/electronic drifting dream states based on recordings I made in the central library in Helsinki.
@callandresponse.bsky.social
sundrawingsounds.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Acoustic/electronic drifting dream states based on recordings I made in the central library in Helsinki.
@callandresponse.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Made this album with SEA LEVEL a while back. Still got some CDs (and am now sending to EU as well).
sundrawingsounds.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Acoustic/electronic drifting dream states based on recordings I made in the central library in Helsinki.
@callandresponse.bsky.social
sundrawingsounds.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Acoustic/electronic drifting dream states based on recordings I made in the central library in Helsinki.
@callandresponse.bsky.social
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Want to spend an evening cruising a Bandcamp account full of great music, mostly from Japan, that no one else is talking about? And then spend money on buying 3-5 albums/EPs that you can play to other people and they'll go, "What's this?"
Then I have a record label account you oughtta check out:
Then I have a record label account you oughtta check out:
This Bandcamp Friday, why not explore our extensive catalogue of leftfield punk and indie music from Japan (and one or two other places)? Not gonna bully you into looking at certain things this time: we trust your own inherent curiosity and joy in discovery
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
Call And Response Records
Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Want to spend an evening cruising a Bandcamp account full of great music, mostly from Japan, that no one else is talking about? And then spend money on buying 3-5 albums/EPs that you can play to other people and they'll go, "What's this?"
Then I have a record label account you oughtta check out:
Then I have a record label account you oughtta check out:
This Bandcamp Friday, why not explore our extensive catalogue of leftfield punk and indie music from Japan (and one or two other places)? Not gonna bully you into looking at certain things this time: we trust your own inherent curiosity and joy in discovery
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
Call And Response Records
Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This Bandcamp Friday, why not explore our extensive catalogue of leftfield punk and indie music from Japan (and one or two other places)? Not gonna bully you into looking at certain things this time: we trust your own inherent curiosity and joy in discovery
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
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2人組パンクバンドGrandma's Garden
初EPはCall And Responseから発売
https://natalie.mu/music/news/644153?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#GrandmasGarden
初EPはCall And Responseから発売
https://natalie.mu/music/news/644153?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#GrandmasGarden
October 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
2人組パンクバンドGrandma's Garden
初EPはCall And Responseから発売
https://natalie.mu/music/news/644153?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#GrandmasGarden
初EPはCall And Responseから発売
https://natalie.mu/music/news/644153?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#GrandmasGarden
The first of our 20th anniversary events is coming up in a couple of weeks at Higashi-Koenji UFO Club on November 2nd. Post-punk music, indie DJs, and heaps of loud, rhythmically obtuse, discordant fun. A good friend once called it "stupid fucking childish noise" but we just call it pop.
October 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The first of our 20th anniversary events is coming up in a couple of weeks at Higashi-Koenji UFO Club on November 2nd. Post-punk music, indie DJs, and heaps of loud, rhythmically obtuse, discordant fun. A good friend once called it "stupid fucking childish noise" but we just call it pop.
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Super fun debut EP from Grandma’s Garden on @callandresponse.bsky.social
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden
6 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Super fun debut EP from Grandma’s Garden on @callandresponse.bsky.social
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
The Grandma's Garden debut EP is available now in full on our Bandcamp. Check it out for 20 minutes of spiky, riff-heavy, indie-punk party songs from Tokyo's hottest new duo: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden
6 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Grandma's Garden debut EP is available now in full on our Bandcamp. Check it out for 20 minutes of spiky, riff-heavy, indie-punk party songs from Tokyo's hottest new duo: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
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I directed and edited* this! Please watch it!
*Editing was very easy because it’s an unbroken 3.5-minute shot! I’m the Orson Welles of Koenji, baby.
*Editing was very easy because it’s an unbroken 3.5-minute shot! I’m the Orson Welles of Koenji, baby.
The Grandma's Garden EP is out next Friday, but in the meantime, @mattschley.com made this fantastic video for the song だから、さよなら. Really pleased with this one. Thanks to all who helped out with their time and good spirits (and shitty yet affordable spirits):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
Grandma's Garden「だから、さよなら」
YouTube video by Call And Response Records
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October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I directed and edited* this! Please watch it!
*Editing was very easy because it’s an unbroken 3.5-minute shot! I’m the Orson Welles of Koenji, baby.
*Editing was very easy because it’s an unbroken 3.5-minute shot! I’m the Orson Welles of Koenji, baby.
The Grandma's Garden EP is out next Friday, but in the meantime, @mattschley.com made this fantastic video for the song だから、さよなら. Really pleased with this one. Thanks to all who helped out with their time and good spirits (and shitty yet affordable spirits):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
Grandma's Garden「だから、さよなら」
YouTube video by Call And Response Records
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The Grandma's Garden EP is out next Friday, but in the meantime, @mattschley.com made this fantastic video for the song だから、さよなら. Really pleased with this one. Thanks to all who helped out with their time and good spirits (and shitty yet affordable spirits):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU2...
I don't know who's in Tokyo this November and December, but our label is somehow 20 years old and we'll be celebrating with a colourful crowd of artists across three different events.
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I don't know who's in Tokyo this November and December, but our label is somehow 20 years old and we'll be celebrating with a colourful crowd of artists across three different events.
After a year spent in the abstract realms, our scuzzy indie-punk face is back on with the debut EP from Tokyo duo Grandma's Garden out on 10/17 and available for pre-order now. Available to download or on cassette with a lovely little accompanying zine: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
Sweet Dystopian Daydreams, by Grandma's Garden
6 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
After a year spent in the abstract realms, our scuzzy indie-punk face is back on with the debut EP from Tokyo duo Grandma's Garden out on 10/17 and available for pre-order now. Available to download or on cassette with a lovely little accompanying zine: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-...
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if yr looking for thursday tomorrow this is what the future sounded like
It's September 12th in Tokyo now, so here you go, you lucky people: 12 tracks full of glorious post-kraut modernist sci-fi indie call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
if yr looking for thursday tomorrow this is what the future sounded like
NEW RELEASE!
former_airline「Breath of the Machineries」
カセット+ダウンロード on sale now!
東京
・下北沢Pianola Records
・新代田Like A Fool Records
・高円寺SUBstore
・高円寺Uptown Records (後少し)
大阪 Forever Records
名古屋File-Under Records
オンライン call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
former_airline「Breath of the Machineries」
カセット+ダウンロード on sale now!
東京
・下北沢Pianola Records
・新代田Like A Fool Records
・高円寺SUBstore
・高円寺Uptown Records (後少し)
大阪 Forever Records
名古屋File-Under Records
オンライン call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
NEW RELEASE!
former_airline「Breath of the Machineries」
カセット+ダウンロード on sale now!
東京
・下北沢Pianola Records
・新代田Like A Fool Records
・高円寺SUBstore
・高円寺Uptown Records (後少し)
大阪 Forever Records
名古屋File-Under Records
オンライン call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
former_airline「Breath of the Machineries」
カセット+ダウンロード on sale now!
東京
・下北沢Pianola Records
・新代田Like A Fool Records
・高円寺SUBstore
・高円寺Uptown Records (後少し)
大阪 Forever Records
名古屋File-Under Records
オンライン call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
It's September 12th in Tokyo now, so here you go, you lucky people: 12 tracks full of glorious post-kraut modernist sci-fi indie call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's September 12th in Tokyo now, so here you go, you lucky people: 12 tracks full of glorious post-kraut modernist sci-fi indie call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
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Then late last year we partnered with Objects Forever in London to release this collaboration between Fukuoka's Sea Level and @matthewjashton.bsky.social's Sun Drawing project, which you could take as the rural or leafy 1st part of the journey:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Afternoons At The Library, by Sun Drawing + SEA LEVEL
10 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Then late last year we partnered with Objects Forever in London to release this collaboration between Fukuoka's Sea Level and @matthewjashton.bsky.social's Sun Drawing project, which you could take as the rural or leafy 1st part of the journey:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
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In a way, that album is the urban-tinted 3rd part of a triptych of releases we've been putting out. Earlier this year, we released Lo-shi's album Moro-Q: a more ambient take on the same kraut-ish tendencies, which I think of as the more suburban 2nd part:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In a way, that album is the urban-tinted 3rd part of a triptych of releases we've been putting out. Earlier this year, we released Lo-shi's album Moro-Q: a more ambient take on the same kraut-ish tendencies, which I think of as the more suburban 2nd part:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/moro-q
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Since our current preorder release, Former_Airline's new album Breath of the Machineries, leans on what I'd call the abstract pop side of the label, I'm gonna use this thread to highlight some higlights of that side of what we do:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Since our current preorder release, Former_Airline's new album Breath of the Machineries, leans on what I'd call the abstract pop side of the label, I'm gonna use this thread to highlight some higlights of that side of what we do:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
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If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
Call And Response Records
Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
Call And Response Records
Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If Bandcamp Friday means one thing, it means a reminder for us to occasionally promote our music. We've been going for nearly 20 years from our base in Tokyo, releasing all sorts of skronky postpunk, indie and abstract pop. Most of it is either hosted or linked here:
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
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Fashion Crisis is our irregular Koenji music lab for musically inclined people to try stuff out or just do their thing, whether live or just spinning tunes that make them happy. This month we're delighted to welcome live guests David Thomas Broughton and Rob Noyes, plus guest DJs Sawari On and Kyo.
August 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Fashion Crisis is our irregular Koenji music lab for musically inclined people to try stuff out or just do their thing, whether live or just spinning tunes that make them happy. This month we're delighted to welcome live guests David Thomas Broughton and Rob Noyes, plus guest DJs Sawari On and Kyo.
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Have you checked out “My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After)” yet?
SHOKO from shoegaze band @collapsejpn.bsky.social
came in to do vocals for us on “Satellite” and “Farewell”. Thanks SHOKO for helping us!
📸 by Josh Lee at Studio Chaosk
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
SHOKO from shoegaze band @collapsejpn.bsky.social
came in to do vocals for us on “Satellite” and “Farewell”. Thanks SHOKO for helping us!
📸 by Josh Lee at Studio Chaosk
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
August 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Have you checked out “My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After)” yet?
SHOKO from shoegaze band @collapsejpn.bsky.social
came in to do vocals for us on “Satellite” and “Farewell”. Thanks SHOKO for helping us!
📸 by Josh Lee at Studio Chaosk
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
SHOKO from shoegaze band @collapsejpn.bsky.social
came in to do vocals for us on “Satellite” and “Farewell”. Thanks SHOKO for helping us!
📸 by Josh Lee at Studio Chaosk
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
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My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After) Retrospective Podcast
Ryotaro sat down with @ianfmartin.bsky.social label head of Call And Response Records, to reflect on the original EP and discuss what went into the new re-recordings.
youtu.be/KxoSo7b14UU
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
Ryotaro sat down with @ianfmartin.bsky.social label head of Call And Response Records, to reflect on the original EP and discuss what went into the new re-recordings.
youtu.be/KxoSo7b14UU
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
August 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My Electric Fantasy (10 Years After) Retrospective Podcast
Ryotaro sat down with @ianfmartin.bsky.social label head of Call And Response Records, to reflect on the original EP and discuss what went into the new re-recordings.
youtu.be/KxoSo7b14UU
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
Ryotaro sat down with @ianfmartin.bsky.social label head of Call And Response Records, to reflect on the original EP and discuss what went into the new re-recordings.
youtu.be/KxoSo7b14UU
#looprider #myelectricfantasy10
New album coming in a few weeks from Former Airline, and by way of piquing your excitement, we've made a few tracks available to listen in advance.
Broadcast fans check out his cover of Roses Red from last year's Spell Blanket demos collection: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Broadcast fans check out his cover of Roses Red from last year's Spell Blanket demos collection: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Breath of the Machineries, by former_airline
12 track album
call-and-response.bandcamp.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
New album coming in a few weeks from Former Airline, and by way of piquing your excitement, we've made a few tracks available to listen in advance.
Broadcast fans check out his cover of Roses Red from last year's Spell Blanket demos collection: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
Broadcast fans check out his cover of Roses Red from last year's Spell Blanket demos collection: call-and-response.bandcamp.com/album/breath...
We swear our monthly newsletter will never be more than like 2000 or so words, including the gig listings. That's the Call And Response promise.
If you want concise yet entertaining insights into life in a Tokyo indie label straight to your spam folder: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/
If you want concise yet entertaining insights into life in a Tokyo indie label straight to your spam folder: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/
Newsletter
A monthly newsletter with gig listings for CAR-related artists and DJs, plus a behind-the-scenes diary of life trying to make art happen in the Tokyo music scene.
www.callandresponserecords.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We swear our monthly newsletter will never be more than like 2000 or so words, including the gig listings. That's the Call And Response promise.
If you want concise yet entertaining insights into life in a Tokyo indie label straight to your spam folder: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/
If you want concise yet entertaining insights into life in a Tokyo indie label straight to your spam folder: www.callandresponserecords.com/newsletter/
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If you're interested in the Japanese independent music scene or even just indie music in general this release will reward you in spades. So much good stuff on here.
For those of you who listened to our 2024 compilation Music For Tourists digitally but didn't get the CD, CAR owner Ian (me) just posted the essay that came included in the liner notes, together with some additional reflections on the release, here:
totalexposure.jimdofree.com/2025/08/20/m...
totalexposure.jimdofree.com/2025/08/20/m...
August 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If you're interested in the Japanese independent music scene or even just indie music in general this release will reward you in spades. So much good stuff on here.