Heavenly Persona

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Black Editions presents Shizuka's sole studio album, 1994's Heavenly Persona, a monumental, transcendent work originally issued by P.S.F. Japan on CD in 1994; Now newly remastered and in its first ever vinyl edition on double LP with a laser etched fourth side. Presented in a deluxe tip-on tri-fold jacket with ink pigment foil stamping, gloss film laminate finish and printed inner sleeves and mounted booklet. It includes her extensive, heart wrenching final interview, translated for the first time to English alongside high-resolution archival images. Few artists have left behind a legacy as enigmatic and captivating as Shizuka Miura. Amidst the Tokyo underground, she was a spectral figure, creating ghostly, childlike dolls and writing haunting, other-worldly songs. She formed Shizuka in 1992 with Maki Miura, known for his staggering guitar work in legendary groups Fushitsusha and Les Rallizes Dénudés. Their music bloomed with a fragile, yet explosive mystical power; an atmospheric alchemy of psychedelic rock, folk and noise with Shizuka's ethereal vocals invoking loneliness, yearning and dark providence. Since her passing in 2010, the group has steadily gathered a cult following. Tracklist>> A1 + A2 Pandora's Box A3 Butterfly, Alight on a Girl's Lips B1 Plan For Solitude B2 Bloodstained Flower C1 Crystal Wings C2 6 Gram Star Personnel. SHIZUKA (vocal, guitar, bells) MIURA MAKI (guitar, music helper) KOSUGI JUN (drums) Goody Support Musicians HAYAKAWA TAKEHARU (bass, cello) NAGAHARA ICHIROU (piano)