Contagious Orgasm – Behind Closed Doors Label:Raubbau – RAUB-107, Ant-Zen – ACT475 Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Country:Germany Released:Jun 13, 2025 Genre:Electronic Style:Experimental, Abstract, Noise, Ambient Limited to 100 copies.

Contagious Orgasm · Salt – A Strange Illustrated Guide Label:Raubbau – RAUB-096, Ant-Zen – ACT430 Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered Country:Germany Released:Apr 19, 2023 Genre:Electronic Style:Experimental, Abstract, Neo-Classical, Noise, Downtempo, Ambient, Dark Ambient Pure black 12" vinyl. Matte black die-cut sleeve two inlays. Original cutup collage work & block print - each piece has a unique design. Numbered edition of 100 copies incl. digital download-code.

act 211 hiroshi hashimoto started releasing music twenty years ago as contagious orgasm. right from the beginning listeners knew that there was something very unique and special about c.o.'s sound - differing from the typical japanese 'industrial scene'. the initial aural transformation of track and release titles were soon replaced by something quite different. themes became more abstract and surrealistic; influences came from various collaborations and often seriousness was undercut with a wink... as on previous c.o. releases you can hear musical and stylistic sources from many cultural areas; for instance on 'ripple' you can hear indian chants, dub bass, electronic clicks/cuts, gongs, a piano, even straight beats and minimal sequencer grooves. styles range from free form to dance music to idm to noise and to ethnic sources. in hashimoto's works these ingredients cease what they were before - they are now transformed into coherent music (without being a eclectic cliché). an example: often many artists use voice samples in their work, to explain or to engross thoughts. hashimoto's usage of samples take the 'instruments of speech' out of their initial contexts - used in c.o.'s metaverse they entirely lose their initial intent and function. if we go further and think about 'rhythms', 'melodies' and 'textures' instead of 'voices', we might have a key to c.o.'s self conception. this album should be experienced with all senses wide open.