Incapacitants
Incapacitants (インキャパシタンツ, Inkyapashitantsu) are a Japanese noise music group formed in 1981. It consists of Toshiji Mikawa and Fumio Kosakai, whose stated aim is to produce "pure" noise, uninfluenced by musical ideas or even human intention, using primarily feedback, vocals, and various electronics. Kosakai calls this sound "hard noise", as a nod to hard bop.[1]
History
The group was formed in 1981 in Osaka, Japan, as the solo project of Mikawa, a member of the noise improv group Hijokaidan. Mikawa, a bank employee, later moved to Tokyo, where he joined with government office worker Kosakai (of C.C.C.C., and who would later become a regular member of Hijokaidan) to make Incapacitants a duo. Many of the group's track titles reference their professions, but because of their day jobs, the two have not often been able to tour abroad. Incapacitants are counted among the more well known of the Japanese noise bands formed in the 1980s, along with such names as the aforementioned Hijokaidan and C.C.C.C., as well as Hanatarash, Solmania, The Gerogerigegege, Merzbow, and Masonna. The group also recorded sessions with Vivian Slaughter of Gallhammer.[2]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1981 | Eternal Paralysis | Pariah Tapes |
| 198? | Peony Crackers | Pariah Tapes |
| 1985 | Project Pallo '85 | Pariah Tapes |
| 199? | Recycled | RRRecords |
| 1989 | Repo | Alchemy |
| 1990 | Feedback of N.M.S. | Alchemy |
| 1991 | Fabrication | Alchemy |
| 1993 | Quietus | Alchemy |
| 1993 | Extreme Gospel Nights | Vanilla Records |
| 1993 | Stupid Is Stupid | Sounds for Consciousness Rape |
| 1994 | Ad Nauseam | Banned Production |
| 1995 | As Loud As Possible | Zabriskie Point |
| 1995 | D.D.D.D. (Destroy Devastating and Disgusting Derivatives) | Old Europa Cafe |
| 1995 | El Shanbara Therminosis | G.R.O.S.S. |
| 1995 | Operorue | Kubitsuri Tapes |
| 1995 | Ministry of Foolishness | Pure |
| 1996 | The Tongue | Chocolate Monk |
| 1996 | Asset Without Liability | Bulb Records |
| 1996 | Cosmic Incapacitants | Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers |
| 1996 | New Movements in CMPD | Alchemy |
| 1997 | I, Residuum | Less Than Zero |
| 1999 | Default Standard | Alchemy |
| 1999 | Unauthorized Fatal Operation 990130 | Or Records |
| 2000 | Live Incapacitants | Alchemy |
| 2004 | Sec End | Meatbox Records |
| 2007 | 73 | Alchemy |
| 2008 | Burning Orange | Pica Disk |
| 2009 | Lon Guy | Harbinger Sound |
| 2009 | Tight | Dogma Chase |
| 2012 | Mon, Ma? Mon!!! | Triangle / Cerosene / Outcry |
| 2012 | Zashikiwarashi Effect | Ljud & Bild Produktion |
| 2012 | Eat! Meat!! Manifesto!!! | Rape Art Productions |
Compilation albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1994 | No Progress (Dedicated to Takuya "Synapse" Sakaguchi) | Alchemy |
Box sets
| Year | Title | Label |
| 2006 | Pariah Tapes | Freak Animal Records |
| 2008 | Box Is Stupid | Pica Disk |
| 2012 | Alchemy Box Is Stupid | Youth Inc. |
EPs
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1995 | Alcoholic Speculation | Zabriskie Point |
| 1995 | Sarin Will Kill Every Bad Aum!!! | Dirter Promotion |
| 2012 | Walk Home | Hermitage Tapes |
| 2012 | A Child Who Watched the Sky and So On | Cold Spring |
Splits
| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1985 | Δ8000 / Prelude to Pallo | Alchemy | with Hijokaidan |
| 1991 | Studie für Konvulsivisches Denken / Inverted Yield Curve | Freudwerk | with Freudwerk |
| 1995 | I Hate Derivatives / Wet Panty Contest | Mother Savage Noise Productions | with Macronympha |
| 1995 | Gruenkreuz | Campaign Org. | with Stahlnetz |
| 1997 | Funds of Funds of Funds / Landmine Contrivances | Spite / WMF Recordings | with Autoerotichrist |
| 1997 | Selling Mutual Fund by the Pound / Most of My Problems Are Solved by an Afternoon Snooze | Gentle Giant Records | with Kazumoto Endo |
| 1997 | Quo Warranto / Channelling Through Transparent Planes | Freak Animal | with Junk Drome |
| 1999 | Stocks & Bonds | Self Abuse Records | with Two Assistant Deputy Ministers |
| 2006 | Mental Derivatives / Shining Obsession | Segerhuva | with Sewer Election |
| 2006 | A Purpose Not Necessary | Dada Drumming | with Black Leather Jesus |
| 2007 | Live at the No Fun Fest 2007 | No Fun Productions | with Pain Jerk |
| 2009 | For U.K. Show 20091106 | n/a | with Toshiji Mikawa solo |
| 2013 | Orujo & Sake | Mattoid Records | with Grassa Dato |
| 2013 | Father Eggplant / Bomb Fixers | Viva Angel | with Torturing Nurse |
Collaborations
| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1998 | We Are All Stupid | Absurd | with K2 |
| 2002 | Return of Gomikawa Fumio | Alchemy | as Gomikawa Fumio with Kohei Gomi of Pain Jerk |
| 2002 | Vitamin Buckfast | Starlight Furniture Co. | with (In Spite of Flaming Creatures) |
| 2005 | Wreck (In 2 Parts) | P-Tapes | with Damion Romero |
Videos
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1994 | Extreme Gospel Nights 2 | Vanilla |
| 2007 | Live in Oslo – Norway 2007 | Freak Animal |
| 2008 | Live in Cabaret Freak Out | Alchemy |
References
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