CD Showcase - junk.test SUN by mplayers RECORD (1996)

A large part of chasing after the fleeting history of doujin music is simply collecting older CDs before all available and functioning copies disappear. This means regularly searching for them, wherever they might appear. With CDs concerning the founding of doujin music, it's critical - so when a new result for junk.test appeared, I knew I had to hunt it down.

This album, as its name may suggest, is the third in the "junk.test" line of albums. They feature both vocal and instrumental tracks, but unlike other artists of the period, their sound feels less influenced by game music nor electronic music in general. However, we must not forget that as with all early doujin music, there is always a degree of involvement in otaku culture. The circle mplayers RECORD (music players) was formed from the music writing sig (special interest group, akin to a forum) of BBS ASCII-NET. Although the circle was only formed in 1994, it seems the core members were around as early as 1989. To what extent their activities were at this point in time, I cannot tell. Founder Bukkon put up several of the circle's works in a YouTube playlist, including one peculiar song - "SOMEDAY" from 1988 performed by DECO軽音楽部. Perhaps we'll learn in the future of them. For now, we have "junk.test".