INDEPENDENT LABEL / TOKYO / EST. 2002
SAY HELLO TO NEVER RECORDINGS
Delivering moments that won’t return.
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MANIFESTO / FOUNDER
ABOUT
There are moments when we quietly wave to what has ended — not out of longing, nor to pretend we’ve forgotten, but simply to acknowledge that it lived.
This is the stance behind Say Hello To Never Recordings. We move forward while carrying the past, but we do not remain in the same place.
It’s okay to imagine the future without turning it into a promise. Somewhere between the two, the present takes shape.
The work of the label is simple: we deliver the sound and the moments that happen here to the people who might need them. Connecting bands and listeners, allowing a singular moment to reach another place.
Records are not only for preservation; they are a way for something to travel. Shows are not for consumption; they are for sharing what happens when sound meets a room.
No grand narrative is required. We simply carry what is here forward, and let it find who it’s meant for.
Daisuke Fujimoto
Founder, organizer, drummer, tour coordinator. Based in Tokyo, Japan.
Former member of Balloons (1996–2016), Tokyo.
SHARED STAGES WITH
Shiner, Juno, No Knife, The Mercury Program, Minus The Bear, From Monument To Masses, 31Knots, Karate, Medications, Taking Pictures, Joshua, Traindodge, Your Black Star, Jairus, Balboa, Kaos Pilot, Haymarket Riot, Comadore, Daitro, Aloha, The Life And Times, Sleeping People, Ampere, La Quiete, Hitch, Aussitot Mort, mike watt & brother’s sister’s daughter, Off Minor, Cinemechanica, Enemies, Self-Evident, TTNG, Sleepytime Trio, and many others in Japan’s independent scene.
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RELEASES / TOURS
NEWS
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DISCOGRAPHY / HELLO-001 — 042
CATALOG
- HELLO-001Umbra “My Eye Lie”7inch
- HELLO-0023cmtour / Umbra “Split”CD
- HELLO-003After Forever / 3cmtour “Split”CD
- HELLO-004Umbra “Discography”CDR
- HELLO-005The Ansion “That Is The Way Of Things”CD
- HELLO-006Norton “Kersche”CD
- HELLO-0073cmtour “4season12months”CD+DVD
- HELLO-008Midnight Parade / Unripe “Split”CD
- HELLO-009Taking Pictures “2113”CD
- HELLO-010BALLOONS “Egal Ist 88”CD
- HELLO-011Play Dead Season / 静カニ潜ム日々 “Split”CD
- HELLO-012Play Dead Season “Junkhead”CD
- HELLO-0133cmtour / MIRROR / BALLOONS “構想の死角”DVD
- HELLO-014Pswingset / Play Dead Season “Split”7inch
- HELLO-015Quizkid “333”CD
- HELLO-016The North End “Balance”CD+7inch
- HELLO-017Play Dead Season / This Time We Will Not Promise And Forgive “Split”CD
- HELLO-018Rupurizu “Rezension of Renaissance”CD
- HELLO-019Rupurizu “EXIT”streaming
- HELLO-020Rupurizu “BPMA(one)”streaming
- HELLO-021Rupurizu “BPMA(two)”streaming
- HELLO-022Rupurizu “BPMA(three)”streaming
- HELLO-023Rupurizu “BPMA(four)”streaming
- HELLO-024Killie “殺しの呪文”WAV
- HELLO-025BALLOONS “Egal Ist 88”LP
- HELLO-026BALLOONS “451 deg F”LP
- HELLO-027Rupurizu “binarius”CD
- HELLO-028Quizkid “333”Cassette
- HELLO-029Pswingset / Play Dead Season “Split”Cassette
- HELLO-030Play Dead Season “GOAT”CD
- HELLO-031MIRROR “VOICES”CD
- HELLO-032MIRROR “VOICES”LP
- HELLO-033MIRROR “VOICES”Cassette
- HELLO-0343cmtour / WiLL “Split”7inch
- HELLO-035Lafayette “Unsolved Miracles”LP
- HELLO-036Rupurizu “Inheritance ep”streaming
- HELLO-037barican “There is no self”CD
- HELLO-038SELF-EVIDENT / elephant “Split”7inch
- HELLO-039barican / MIRROR “Split”7inch
- HELLO-040TG.Atlas “EP”LP
- HELLO-041Play Dead Season “Live at SHELTER side A”streaming
- HELLO-042Play Dead Season “Live at SHELTER side B”streaming
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LINKS
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