Looking for info about Kei Yokota a.k.a. OUTERMOST.

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

Anybody knows what happened to this man and his more or less known side-projects? Maybe somewhere is interview with him?

[Euro Trash Bazooka]

He's still around, I traded with him recently and a few friends did as well. He refuses interviews and tends to be very elusive. He released a tape of a new project earlier this year.

My friends and I are still looking for a bunch of his releases so hit me up with your lists if you're down for trades and whatnot.

[Potier]

I have been curious about this project for the longest time. I was wondering what would be a good starting point - seems that he has done a lot of splits and compilation entries. Any leads and pointers appreciated.

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

I have been curious about this project for the longest time. I was wondering what would be a good starting point - seems that he has done a lot of splits and compilation entries. Any leads and pointers appreciated.

I have got only:

"Guts Of Elex"
split tape with Lasse MARHAUG
"Side Ef Fects"
and split with GUTTURAL STRAP- ON / GELSOMINA - PERKUST

As far as I remember these releases are good, but....something more like only "good"? I don't know... I am afraid that time can ruin this music.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

He lives in Sapporo, very far from Osaka & Tokyo & Kyoto, so I was told he is not so much in touch with "center points" of Japanese noise scene? Used to be in touch with him in 90's very frequently.
There is very very short article of his CAT MOVE label in Freak Animal #9 zine, where he briefly comments that Outermost is his noise project and "piston rod" tape is his favorite release. Of course, at the time wasn't much other items of project yet released.

[Euro Trash Bazooka]

"Piston Rod" is great. I listened to it yesterday again.

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

He lives in Sapporo, very far from Osaka & Tokyo & Kyoto, so I was told he is not so much in touch with "center points" of Japanese noise scene? Used to be in touch with him in 90's very frequently.
There is very very short article of his CAT MOVE label in Freak Animal #9 zine, where he briefly comments that Outermost is his noise project and "piston rod" tape is his favorite release. Of course, at the time wasn't much other items of project yet released.

Thanks Mikko for info. I knew that I read somewhere about his activities but I wasn't able to recall that... Now I know... I hope that I find this issue in my mess.

[Zeno Marx]

At the time, it seemed like I ran into Outermost releases more often in punk/hardcore distros than I did from common noise outlets.  He traded with eastern European hardcore labels dabbling in noise.  I'd often see Outermost on their mailer flyers.  Makes sense since he did splits with Ruido de Odio, Bastard Noise, and Napalmed.  I believe there were others not shown at Discogs.  I took it for granted that he was possibly in a hardcore band as well, but maybe that was simply a matter of who was offering releases and who was willing to trade with him.  At least one of this releases, Crazy Uproarious Daily Life, was a play on the great Japanese hardcore band moniker CFDL, aka CFUDL, aka Crazy Fucked Up Daily Life.  There was definitely a strong connexion with hardcore.  I'm surprised he didn't show up on noisecore comps.

Was he somehow involved with the female Japanese noise group OSF or OB-GYN?  The acronym name is escaping me right now.  Maybe they had a split tape?  I'm connecting the two for some reason.

[worldofjunk]

At the time, it seemed like I ran into Outermost releases more often in punk/hardcore distros than I did from common noise outlets.  He traded with eastern European hardcore labels dabbling in noise.  I'd often see Outermost on their mailer flyers.  Makes sense since he did splits with Ruido de Odio, Bastard Noise, and Napalmed.  I believe there were others not shown at Discogs.  I took it for granted that he was possibly in a hardcore band as well, but maybe that was simply a matter of who was offering releases and who was willing to trade with him.  At least one of this releases, Crazy Uproarious Daily Life, was a play on the great Japanese hardcore band moniker CFDL, aka CFUDL, aka Crazy Fucked Up Daily Life.  There was definitely a strong connexion with hardcore.  I'm surprised he didn't show up on noisecore comps.

Was he somehow involved with the female Japanese noise group OSF or OB-GYN?  The acronym name is escaping me right now.  Maybe they had a split tape?  I'm connecting the two for some reason.

He does have a hardcore project, and has been on noisecore comps. without wracking my brain, i can think of at least 15 projects of his that run the entire range from hc/noise/noisecore/shitnoise/acoustic folkish stuff!