Naoki Kasugai
Vinyl Masochism 2

Listening notes

Naoki Kasugai's Vinyl Masochism 2 was released in 2020 on Daytrip Records, carrying the catalog number DTR-LP012. The release is catalogued under the genres of Noise, Non-Music, and Rock.

The record presents a straightforward structural arrangement: both the A and B sides carry a single track, each titled "Vinyl Masochism." No individual track durations are documented for either side.

The genre designations applied to this release are worth noting for collectors approaching it as a reference point. The inclusion of "Non-Music" alongside Noise and Rock situates the work within a tradition of releases that explicitly position themselves outside conventional musical frameworks — a categorization that carries its own history within experimental and avant-garde vinyl culture. Whether that designation reflects the content, the artist's intent, or the labeling conventions of Daytrip Records is not something the available documentation clarifies.

As a second volume implied by its title, Vinyl Masochism 2 suggests the existence of at least one preceding release in a series, though no documentation about that prior release or the broader context of the series is available here for verification. Prospective fact-checkers should treat any elaboration on that relationship as outside the scope of confirmed information.

Daytrip Records issued the record under catalog number DTR-LP012, placing it within the label's documented sequence of releases, though what that sequence context signifies for the label's catalog more broadly is not addressed by the available facts.

This entry is an unreviewed draft. Personnel, pressing details, recording circumstances, and any reception history have been omitted as unverified.