Interview / Eisei Yorimitsu / FORM@ Records

For a long time Form@ Records was something of a secret. A small label, a labour of love, run out of Tokyo, with carefully curated CDs, that were only ever released domestically. Somehow, however, word eventually got round and collectors of classic electronica worldwide began tracking down these treasures. Then in 2024 Jamie Tiller and Eiji Taniguchi included a couple of Form@ tunes on their essential Virtual Dreams II compilation. This was quickly followed by a 12 from Nik Weston’s Mukatsuku. Both of these releases massively raised the Form@ profile, and happily led to a more comprehensive vinyl reissue program with WRWTFWW. Here, Form@ founder Eisei Yorimitsu talks about the imprint’s past, present and future. A big thank you to Yasutaka Sato aka Virgo for the introduction. When and why did you start the label? In 1994, together with a friend I was working with at the time, I started a label called μ-NEX. This was a cassette label, and we released all kinds of music, such as pop,…