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Tomohiko Kira

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Tomohiko Kira independently produced an LP in 1984, before forming zabadak.Pressed in a limited run of just 100 copies, *Afterthematter* features early versions of The Ohio Murder Case and POLANDwhich would become key parts of zabadaks repertoireas well as tracks that would later be incorporated into *The Kingdom of Light*. Yoko Ueno and Katsushi Matsuda also appear on some of the tracks.Although this album was released on CD in 2001, the sound derived from the LPwhich had been played until it was worn outwas full of noise, and Kira wrote in the CD liner notes, I hope youll enjoy that as part of its charm.More than 25 years later, a remastered editionin which the scratch noise has been removed as much as possiblehas been completed under the guidance of Yasushi Utsunomiya, often referred to as a sound magician.The remaining LP was digitized using a technique called underwater playback, and afte