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Kiyoaki Iwamoto

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December 1982, Tokyo. Kiyoaki Iwamoto has a guitar, a simple rhythm box, a friend with a bass guitar, and some stripped-down songs, brazen in their post-punk simplicity, irritation and controlled aggression, yet full of sadness and resignation. Five songs, including a rearranged version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" are recorded and released on a now extremely rare 7" record. This release, available on 10" vinyl, CD, or digital download, features those five songs, along with a previously unreleased 1980 live performance by his duo Birei, as well as a 2020 reworking of "Love...", by the Japanese duo Chisako and Junta. Iwamoto was an enigma, active in the post-punk scene in Japan in the late 70s and early 80s, a member of Birei and founding member of Guys & Dolls with Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz); in the mid-80s he cut contact with his friends, disavowing his name and later performing under a different moniker.

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Apple Music • Rock Top Albums • Latvia • TOP 18 • 30 Jul 2022 Apple Music • Rock Top Albums • Belarus • TOP 129 • 13 Jul 2021

Love Will Tear Us Apart

iTunes Store • Rock TOP SONGS • Indonesia • TOP 5 • 11 Jul 2021 iTunes Store • Rock TOP SONGS • New Zealand • TOP 15 • 3 Dec 2020 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • New Zealand • TOP 114 • 3 Dec 2020 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • Indonesia • TOP 195 • 11 Jul 2021

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Chisako and Junta Rework)

iTunes Store • Rock TOP SONGS • New Zealand • TOP 14 • 3 Dec 2020 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Kenya • TOP 50 • 5 Aug 2021 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Lebanon • TOP 86 • 26 Sep 2021 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Nicaragua • TOP 94 • 17 Jul 2021 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • New Zealand • TOP 113 • 3 Dec 2020 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Macao • TOP 134 • 1 Jun 2021 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Lithuania • TOP 151 • 12 Aug 2021 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Belarus • TOP 152 • 6 Jun 2021 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Mongolia • TOP 177 • 31 Aug 2021 Apple Music • Rock Top Songs • Moldova, Republic of • TOP 183 • 7 Jul 2021

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  • Kiyoaki Iwamoto

    December 1982, Tokyo. Kiyoaki Iwamoto has a guitar, a simple rhythm box, a friend with a bass guitar, and some stripped-down songs, brazen in their post-punk simplicity, irritation and controlled aggression, yet full of sadness and resignation. Five songs, including a rearranged version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" are recorded and released on a now extremely rare 7" record. This release, available on 10" vinyl, CD, or digital download, features those five songs, along with a previously unreleased 1980 live performance by his duo Birei, as well as a 2020 reworking of "Love...", by the Japanese duo Chisako and Junta. Iwamoto was an enigma, active in the post-punk scene in Japan in the late 70s and early 80s, a member of Birei and founding member of Guys & Dolls with Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz); in the mid-80s he cut contact with his friends, disavowing his name and later performing under a different moniker.

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