WASTE GATE

Label: Self-released – WG01
Format: Cassette, Demo
Country: Japan
Released: c. 1990s–2000s (unconfirmed)
Genre: Rock
Style: Post-Punk, Indie, DIY, Experimental

Tracklist:
A – Some Day

Credits:
Words and Music by Kiyoshi
Arranged by Waste Gate
Vocals – Kiyoshi
Guitar – Ba Taka
Drums – Hirosiii
Staff – Sinkun Kanou, Cihihiro
Special Thanks – Mr. Masasiii, S. Kuriki, MJP, T. Natuhara, 11/K Home, BJC-210J, Kengo Gan, Iwasaki

Issued under the internal code WG01, Some Day stands as the first and possibly only known release by the obscure Japanese group Waste Gate.
Recorded and self-produced in a home setup, this cassette embodies the raw, minimal aesthetics of Japan’s underground rock scene equal parts post-punk isolation and DIY sincerity.
Its xeroxed cover, depicting a screaming figure beneath the words WASTE GATE, feels like a transmission from a private world of distortion, emotion, and youth.
Almost no public documentation of this tape exists, making it a true phantom object  a relic of the handmade era where music circulated hand to hand, unarchived and unrepeatable.