Context
Japan’s underground does not stop at Tokyo. KAALA and Live Labo Scenes traveled to Karan堂 in Aizuwakamatsu to document a regional bill in the place where it happened.
Fukushima Underground Documentation
A road-trip collaboration to record a five-band punk and grind concert in Aizuwakamatsu and carry one performance into a lasting live release.
KAALA’s roleDocumentary production with Live Labo Scenes and label support
Relevant toBands, regional scenes and documentary partners
What KAALA did
- Recorded the October 24 five-band concert at Karan堂.
- Completed and published OSER’s set as the first release from the planned five-set documentation project.
- Connected the film work to KAALA Records’ distribution network.
What the record supports
- Unite Asia independently reported the first completed set.
- OSER’s performance became the thirteen-track Live at Karando album, released December 1, 2021.
- The evidence proves the OSER set; it does not claim that every planned set was completed.
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