Split album by Yasuyuki Uesugi and gaop

We are proud to present a split release featuring the music of Yasuyuki Uesugi and gaop. The result is a harmonious blending of two distinct schools of electronic music, finding a shared frequency between the abrasive and the ethereal.

Split album by Yasuyuki Uesugi and gaop.

Yasuyuki Uesugi offers layered, textured, and repetitive works of sound art that feel deeply ritualistic. His contributions honor the long-standing tradition of Japanese noise, but they do so with a violent yet sophisticated sense of pacing. These aren't just walls of sound; they are shifting environments where the texture itself becomes the melody, drawing the listener into a trance-like state through rhythmic density.

On the other side of the split, gaop brings a different variation to the table. This work exists in the realm of electronic ambient, but it is heavily informed by classical, minimalist, and avant-garde sensibilities. There is a "surgical" precision to the arrangements here, where silence and space are used as effectively as the sound itself. It provides a necessary counterweight to the intensity of the opening half, leaning into a more contemplative, structured form of experimentation.

The juxtaposition of these two approaches creates a unique tension, one side pushing outward with noise, the other pulling inward with minimalism. May this combination be a blessing to your ears and a testament to the infinite possibilities of electronic sound.

Gemini said

Together, these two artists create a dialogue that transcends geographical and stylistic boundaries. By placing the heavy, ritualistic textures of the Japanese noise tradition alongside the sparse, neoclassical structures of minimalist ambient, this split becomes more than just a collection of tracks, it is an exploration of how electronic music can simultaneously feel ancient and futuristic. It is a vital addition to the RZRecords catalog, reinforcing our commitment to bridging the gap between seemingly disparate worlds of sound.

ה​ג​ל​ג​ו​ל ה​ש​נ​י של א​י​ת​י מ​ט​ו​ס (המפורסם) / / / The Second Coming of Itai Matos

Our dearly beloved friend and collaborator, Itai Matos, has released an album, which we support and even assisted in the distribution of.

Titled "The Second Coming of Itai Matos", it's an honest diary, obsessively documenting self analysis, introspection, anxiety, pain, love, addiction, restlessness and other, more mundane happenings.

This weirdly beautiful collection of songs is the epitome of TFIM (The Famous Itai Matos), it's all over the place, navigating the wide spectrum of rock, channeling influences, stirring up memories, it's a homage, it's a work of outsider art, it's everything all at once.

Spoken word poetry read over synth noise, followed by surf music, followed by 90's electro-rock, followed by more 90's style alternative with noise rock influences, suddenly exploding into something that's more of the same and yet something completely different. It also mixes English and Hebrew. It's an all around mash up. 

It's a strangely addictive release, as it's more rewarding than it is challenging, even tough it's not a easy listen. It demands another round and yet another play. There are obvious ups and downs, there are interludes and aural assaults, there are unexpected climatic culminations. 

Above anything else, this album is an obvious labor of love, and it's kind of infectious.

Itai Matos & gaop - Sfinot

Sfinot, a collaboration between Itai Matos and gaop is now available for streaming, purchase, and as a limited multi-format release.

This three track EP merges noise oriented soundscapes with spoken word poetry.

Here's the original cover, featuring a very young Itai Matos, taken at gaop's bedroom studio, on an early digital camera:

You can find most of Itai's solo albums on his bandcamp, right here: Itai Matos.
We encourage you to follow his page and support him by purchasing his releases. 

His discography is pretty interesting, with tracks in both English and Hebrew, spanning across various genres. 

gaop - Moth

This type of post is really fun (for us to do), a blast from the past if you will.
We hope you appreciate it cos sometimes nostalgia can be a bit like smelling your own farts. That said, so is experimental music, so there's that. We can only hope you like it.

This post is dated back, but we're actually writing it in the future, or present, because while the release is from the past, the update is of the here and now type.

The release, Moth, by gaop, is one of the first physical copy releases by RZR. Dating back to 2004-2005.
Originally released as a four track EP (tracks 1-4). Later released with three additional tracks (and another hidden gem that kicks in after three minutes of silence).

The CDR came in a paper sleeve, with the art and details xeroxed and glued on both sides. Some versions of the CDR were numbered, some were spraypainted, there were several batches. Everything was put together after hours, in various living rooms.

Here are pictures of a copy of the release, taken by Bulletproof Socks, which also provided a short review (click the link). Hope they don't mind we use it, cos in the present we don't have any more physical copies of it to photograph.

Primitive stuff, but those were the glory days of DIY.

The release itself is a wonderful journey into dark ambient, experimental sounds (mostly voice based sound art), feedback, drones and noise. 

This humble release got lots of reviews that made us proud, both the positive and the negative. Unfortunately, most blogs, zines and sites the provided those reviews are no longer in existence, so there's nothing to link to, nowhere to copy paste from. 

In those days, MySpace was our biggest platform (it catered mostly to emo kids, but we found some great collabs on it, and traded our releases with some of the biggest names in noise back then), YouTube wasn't yet what it is today, and the review sites were our way to get the word out there.
So much changed since then, it's no wonder that some of our stuff is now lost to time.

Uploading everything to streaming services makes everything easier, but the above also serves as a lesson - platforms die, so do hard drives. Always back up your stuff and save copies!

Above is the Spotify embed, but you can also find it on lots of other platforms.

Please make sure to follow our various profiles to get updates about the stuff we do, or in this case DID, sometime in the past.

PS:

I was now reminded that there in fact were some inserts that came with the CDR, but we don't have any recollection as to what they were.

Maybe some day we'll reach out to people that have the release according to our Discogs, but we're probably not going to do that anytime soon. Also, Discogs is not really friendly towards us, so please, feel free to add or edit our releases, we're not good at it.