Tomo Akikawabaya — aka Tomoyasu Hayakawa (とも あきかわばや) — is a Japanese coldwave producer who issued a string of shortplayers on self-press Castle Records between 1983 and 1986, including the popular 1984 double-12″ The Castle. The sleeves for several of his titles feature the likeness of model Rena Anju.
Discography:
- “Mars” / “Dizziness” (1983)
- The Castle (2×12″, 1984)
- Anju (12″, 1985)
- 1985 (12″, 1985)
- Rivage De La Convulsion (5×12″, 1986)
- Kojiki To Onna (12″, 1986)
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