Incapacitants
Incapacitants (インキャパシタンツ, Inkyapashitantsu) are a Japanese noise music group formed in 1981. It consists of Toshiji Mikawa and Fumio Kosakai, whose stated aim is to produce "pure" noise, uninfluenced by musical ideas or even human intention, using primarily feedback, vocals, and various electronics. Kosakai calls this sound "hard noise", as a nod to hard bop.
Releases
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Incapacitants - Asset Without Liability | 1996 | CD |
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Incapacitants - Walk Home | 2012 | Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Limited Edition |
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Incapacitants - Ministry Of Foolishness | 1995 | CD, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - A Child Who Watched The Sky And So On | 2017 | File, FLAC, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - As Loud As Possible | 2022 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM |
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Incapacitants - Live In Cabaret Freak Out | 2008 | DVDr, DVD-Video, NTSC |
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Incapacitants - As Loud As Possible | 2022 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Box Set, Limited Edition, Test Pressing |
No Image | Incapacitants - Eternal Paralysis | 2025 | File, FLAC, Album |
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Incapacitants - As Loud As Possible | 2022 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM |
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Incapacitants - アルケミー箱愚か Alchemy Box Is Stupid | 2012 | CD, Reissue, CD, DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Reissue, DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Box Set, Compilation |
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Incapacitants - Sec End | 2004 | CD |
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Incapacitants - We Shall Return | 2015 | Cassette, Limited Edition |
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Incapacitants - Quietus | 2012 | CD, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - Repo | 2023 | File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
No Image | Incapacitants - Peony Crackers | 2025 | File, FLAC, Album |
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Incapacitants - Sarin Will Kill Every Bad Aum !!! | 1995 | Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited Edition |
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Incapacitants - Ministry Of Foolishness | CDr, Reissue | |
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Incapacitants - Stupid Is Stupid | 1993 | Cassette |
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Incapacitants - Extreme Gospel Nights | 2019 | Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - Mon, Ma? Mon!!! | 2012 | CD, Limited Edition |
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Incapacitants - Default Standard | 1999 | CD, Album |
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Incapacitants - Live In Oslo - Norway 2007 | 2007 | DVDr, DVD-Video, PAL |
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Incapacitants - Onomatopée Suicida | 2020 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition |
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Incapacitants - Stupid Is Stupid | 2019 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - Fabrication | 1992 | CD, Album |
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Incapacitants - Repo | 2001 | CD, Album, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - Unauthorized Fatal Operation 990130 | 1999 | CDr |
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Incapacitants - Operorue | 2020 | File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
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Incapicitants* - Stupid Is Stupid | Cassette, Unofficial Release | |
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Incapacitants - New Movements In CMPD | 2012 | CD, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - Project Pallo '85 | 2019 | Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered |
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Incapacitants - The Tongue | 1996 | Cassette |
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Incapacitants - Tight | 2009 | Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Numbered |
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Incapacitants - El Shanbara Therminosis | 1995 | Cassette, Limited Edition, Numbered |
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Incapacitants - Achilles Tendon Rupture | 2025 | Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered |
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Incapacitants - Feedback Of N.M.S. | 1991 | CD, Album |
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Incapacitants - D.D.D.D. | 1995 | Cassette |
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Incapacitants - Onomatopée Suicida | 2020 | File, FLAC, Album |
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Incapacitants - New Movements In CMPD | 1996 | CD, Album |
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Incapacitants - Stupid Is Stupid | 2019 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - Feedback Of N.M.S. | 2022 | Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered |
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Incapacitants - Twice In Two Weeks (Live In 2006) | 2021 | Cassette, Limited Edition, Numbered |
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Incapacitants - Repo | 1989 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered |
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Incapacitants - Operorue | 2020 | CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
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Incapacitants - Achilles Tendon Rupture | 2025 | File, FLAC, Album |
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Incapacitants - Quietus | 1993 | CD, Album |
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Incapacitants - Default Standard | 2024 | Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue |
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Incapacitants - Onomatopée Suicida | 2020 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition |
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Incapacitants - Burning Polar Star | 2025 | CD, Mini |
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Incapacitants - Pariah Tapes | 2006 | CD, Compilation, Remastered, Box Set, Limited Edition |

Images - Coming soon...
Tracklist: アルケミー箱愚か Alchemy Box Is Stupid
No. | Title | Runtime |
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Repo | ||
CD1-1 | Repo | 23:40 |
CD1-2 | Reverse Repo | 23:45 |
CD1-3 | Prelude To Pallo Remixed | 26:36 |
Feedback Of N.M.S. | ||
CD2-1 | Curse Of Ceauşescu | 29:13 |
CD2-2 | F.L.S. Syndrome | 14:51 |
CD2-3 | Live | 22:16 |
Fabrication | ||
CD3-1 | Go Bankrupt | 15:47 |
CD3-2 | Good Morning, Tajima (Live In Tajima, Early In The Morning, Aug. 25, 1991) | 40:32 |
Quietus | ||
CD4-1 | No Risk, No Return | 23:12 |
CD4-2 | Backfire | 4:22 |
CD4-3 | Gody Fishing | 21:07 |
No Progress (Dedicated To Takuya "Synapse" Sakaguchi) | ||
CD5-1 | Long Awaited | 23:46 |
CD5-2 | Fallen Banker | 9:34 |
CD5-3 | Inverted Yield Curve | 11:17 |
CD5-4 | Libra Was Dead. Since Then, He Has Gone To Morgan Stanley. | 5:10 |
CD5-5 | BIS Conspiracy | 23:57 |
New Movements In CMPD | ||
CD6-1 | 20 Years Of Corporate | 21:20 |
CD6-2 | High Yield Cult | 20:06 |
CD6-3 | PT Team, What's That? | 29:40 |
Default Standard | ||
CD7-1 | Securitization Of Eel | 14:42 |
CD7-2 | Company Never Obtains The Loan But It Defaults | 6:08 |
CD7-3 | Domestic Administration, Bad Insect And Egon Schiele | 23:25 |
CD7-4 | Default Standard | 6:08 |
CD7-5 | Half Acoustic Night Of 80 | 18:26 |
Live Incapacitants | ||
CD8-1 | Live At Wels, Austria, 1999.11.5 "Mottomo Otomo" "Music Unlimited 99" | 23:08 |
CD8-2 | Live At 20000V, Tokyo, 1999.12.25 "The Strongest Christmas Ever" | 33:19 |
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CD9-1 | What A Stupid Bureaucrat!!! | 7:34 |
CD9-2 | Please Don't Try This At Home (Live At No Music Festival 20030926) | 22:16 |
CD9-3 | Fund Trap | 4:01 |
CD9-4 | Dedicated To Koji Tano (Live At Lush 20060610) | 25:38 |
Bonus CD 1: Live Incapacitants 2 | ||
CD10-1 | Bears Overcrowded (Live At Bears 20120211) | 28:50 |
CD10-2 | Taste Of The Soup (Live At Soup 20120225) | 26:35 |
Bonus CD 2: Kazuo Imai & Incapacitants | ||
CD11-1 | Live At Doors 20040908 | 25:02 |
CD11-2 | Live At Super Deluxe 20070429 | 27:06 |
Bonus DVD 1: Incapacitants Live In Cabaret Freak Out | ||
DVD1-1 | Live In Cabaret Freak Out | 26:58 |
Bonus DVD 2: Incapacitants Random Live Sampler | ||
DVD2-1 | Live At Yaneura II 1993.10.31 屋根裏II | 19:59 |
DVD2-2 | Live At Zenei Koi Ongaku Sai, Toyama City Citizen Plaza, Multi Studio 1994.8.27 前衛行為音楽祭 富山市市民プラザ マルチスタジオ | 31:38 |
DVD2-3 | Live At Studio 80 (1998.8.2 Studio 80) | 17:41 |
DVD2-4 | Live At Gospel, 1993 (Extreme Gospel Noise 2) | 22:47 |