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S·Core

Real Name:
Yutaka Tanaka
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Active since the mid of the eighties, japanese musician Yutaka Tanaka released his works under the name S-CORE. Early works are all cassette albums he put out on his own cassette label Afflict Records, many of those were recorded via mail collaboration with many sound artists from international underground scene, such as Stefano Biasin (Italy), Telepherique and Trigger B (Germany), Merzbow (Japan), Al Margolis/If, Bwana (USA), Rafael Flores (Spain).
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Discography

Releases:
Dross (Cass)   Afflict Records 1985
Alter (Cass, C46)   Afflict Records, Trinity Production (2) 1986
Morbid Moppets (Cass, C46)   Afflict Records, Trinity Production (2) 1986
A Collaboration Tape (Cass, Ltd, C46)   Afflict Records 1987
A Great Lump (Cass, C46)   Technological Feeling 1987
A Jest Of Nature (7", Ltd)   Afflict Records 1987
Dumb Chamber (Cass, C45)   Broken Flag 1987
Flux And Reflux (Cass, C46)   Afflict Records, Trinity Production (2) 1987
Pilgrim (Cass, C46)   Afflict Records, Bog-Art 1987
Senile Decay (Cass)   De Koude Oorlog! 1987
Undersong (Cass, C46)   Underground Productions 1987
Untitled (Cass)   Afflict Records 1987
Infant (Cass)   Corrosive Tapes 1988
Pretension (Cass)   Staalplaat 1988
S·Core + Janus (Cass)   Afflict Records 1988
Dysphonia (Cass, C60)   Morpheus Editions 1989
Gush (Cass, C45)   Extreme 1990
Result Of A Mail-Art (2 versions)   Drahtfunk-Products ... 1992
Sediment (CD)   God Factory 1994
Finger Mark (7", Ltd, Whi)   Drone Records 1995
My Candle Has Died (LP, Ltd)   Praxis Dr. Bearmann 1995
Tarnish (7", EP)   Musical Tragedies, Drahtfunk-Products 1995
Vermin (7", Pic)   Praxis Dr. Bearmann 1996
Crime (CD, Album)   Daft Records 1998
Missing Volume (LP)   Zabriskie Point 1998
Shedder (CDr)   Solipsism 1999
Past-Art (CDr, Mini)   taâlem 2007
Result Of Present & Past Mail-Arts 1992-2007 (CDr + 7" + 2xCDr, Mini, Ltd)   Kokeshidisk 2007
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10/August/1989 (Cass, Mixed, C60)   Psychic Rally 1989
Tracks Appear On:
Obscure Independent Classics: Volume 3 "It Was Clearly The Belgium That Was Tampering With The Pilchard" (LP) A Frozen Glance, Subst... Cordelia Records 1986
Sexorama Vol.4 (Cass, Comp, C60) My Finger Still Hurts ZSF Produkt 1986
Arise All Hammers ! (Cass, Ltd, C60) Moral Virtue De Koude Oorlog! 1987
Die Schönste Musik Of Japan Vol. 1 (Cass, Comp, C60) I Was Punished By Heaven Geschmack Records 1987
Harsh Ears Now !! 4 (Cass, C55) Insanity Of Grandeur Midas Tapes 1987
Idealistic Idiot Volume 4 (Cass, C90) Gangrene Nihilistic Recordings 1987
Le Petit Mort' (Cass, Comp) Magnetic Force*, A Sac... Cthulhu Records 1987
Neue Muster Volume 2 (Cass, Comp) Enhancement Tonspur Tapes 1987
Obscure Independent Classics: Volume 4 (Special Japanese Edition) (LP) An Idle Land Cordelia Records 1987
Red Zone (Cass, C60) R.I.P. VS - International 1987
Religion (Comp) (2 versions) Fairy Tale Strength Through Awareness ... 1987
Claustrophobia (Cass) Escapism Interrupt Product 1988
Durchschnittsanfall 3/4 (2xCass, Comp) Tangle Prion 1988
Harsh Ears Now !! 5 (Cass, Ltd, C90) Pile Of Rubbish Midas Tapes 1988
Heart-Beat Volume 1 (Cass, C30) Heartbeat Corrosive Tapes 1988
Neue Muster Volume 3+4 (2xCass, Ltd, Comp, C90) Salam Tonspur Tapes 1988
Out Of Tune (7", Ltd, Comp) Schmaltz Body Records 1988
Trans•Planted•Body (Cass, C46) Flesh And Fell Corrosive Tapes 1988
Corporal Punishment (Cass) Summons, Neutral Tints... SSSM 1989
Cortisol (Cass, Comp, C90) Omnivora ZNS Tapes 1989
Imperium (Cass, Comp) Go To Sleep (Part I) Minus Habens 1989
Lapse From Virtue (Cass, Comp, C60) Lava Sound Of Pig 1989
There Is A Hope Of Stars In The Transparency Of Tears (Cass, Comp, C90) Polarization Epitapes 1989
Voices In A Dark Room (Comp) (2 versions) The Optic Nerve Honeymoon Production ... 1989
Who's Laughing Now? (Cass, Comp, C90) Infertility Hypertonia World Enterprises 1989
Dreams Of A Child (Cass, Comp) Putrefaction, Cross Fire Minus Habens 1990
Fairy-tales & Myths (Cass, Comp, C90) Untitled Ladd-Frith 1990
Labyrinth Vol. 1 (Cass, Comp, C90) Blotch Tragic Figures 1990
Ne Ni (Cass, Comp) Outflow Banned Production 1990
Only Industrial & Noise (Cass, Comp) The Four Cardinal Humors Biotope Art Organization 1990
Projekt Neue Ordnung (LP, Comp) Objektor Tesco Organisation 1990
Sonic Exhibition 2 (2xCass) Benthos NOP International 1990
The Negative Communication Age (2xLP, Comp) Shame Mask, Millstone Amen - THX 1138 1990
Art - Vol. 1 "Musik" (Cass) Massenger Drahtfunk-Products 1991
Motop 2 (CD) Resolvent IF Records (3) 1991
The Eye Decay Theory Or When The Garden Becomes A Time Lapse (LP) Insence Burner Johnny Blue 1991
Objekt No. 5 (CD, Comp) Knell Ladd-Frith 1992
Sexorama (5xCass) My Finger Still Hurts Statutory Tape 1992
Come Again II (CD) Dubitation Furnace 1993
The Fifth Complaint Concerns Emotional Disturbances (7") Rejection Reaction, Re... Regelwidrig 1993
The Passing Gods (CD) Apology Play Loud 1993
Art - Vol. 3 "Entartete Kunst" (Cass) Untitled Drahtfunk-Products 1994
Ne Shi (2xCass, Comp + Box) Doldrums Banned Production 1994
Soundtrack For The End Of The World (CD) Consummation Self Abuse Records 1994
Notre Dame 8 (Cass, Ltd, Comp, C60) Go To Sleep EE Tapes 1995
New Catastrophic Forces (Cass, C90 + Cass, C60 + , Ltd) Reverse Of The Reverse United Syndicate 1997
They've Got The Whole World In Their Hands (2xCD) Symptoms Methods To Survive Network System 1999
Scanning Shearing-Stress Microscopy (CDr) Menace SSSM 2001
...And The Vultures Miss Nothing (3xLP) Crude Article Harbinger Sound 2005
Ne - The Anthology (2xCDr, Comp) Outflow Banned Production 2006
Harsh Ears Now ! ! (3xCass, Comp, RE) Insanity Of Grandeur, ... Midas Music  
Mental / Disorder (2xCass) The Fatal Threat Of Life P.S. Tapes  
Rogues' Gallery Vol.2 (Cass, Comp, C90) Wild Disposition Bog-Art  
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Review by Alastis Jun 03, 2004
S-core was/is Yutaka Tanaka from Japan.

I guess that this is project is dead now, since his latest release came out quite long time ago. However, S-core will be remembered as unusual project - mainly because it have nothing to do with noise, which is rare for Japanese scene. Tanaka is also quite prolific - there's no complete discography, but some sources report that he released a lot of cassetes.

It is kind of intensive ambient-industrial/ambient-noise which was made with found sounds and it leans closer towards *Zoviet-France" territory than Merzbow.

Another project of that kind is Grim, but even less is known about him/them.

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