Trigger Label, Trip Out Tapes, and Trinity Label (partially found album releases; 1990-1996)
A small handful of labels run by the prolific Kazunao Nagata, future founder of Transonic Records. Releases included music by artists that have also worked on video games (e.g. Tomonori Sawada with Sega games such as Jet Set Radio Future and Sonic Free Riders) and other Japanese musicians of varying significance.
Nearly all releases across these three labels are lost media, as they were seemingly released in very limited quantities on tape cassette. This includes 20 cassettes on Trigger Label (in addition to one VHS cassette), 9 on Trip Out Tapes, and one on Trinity Label. A few releases have been found (see Gallery) and a small number of others are documented on Discogs, the majority are completely lost however, with some Twitter users seemingly owning a few. Kazunao Nagata was contacted for information on the labels’ releases, however he did not have any remaining tapes himself.
Catalog
Trigger Label (1990-1993)†
TRG-001 (1990-05) - "Speedy Clean Campaign" - V.A.
TRG-002 (1991-02) - "Tapes" - Organization
TRG-003 (1991-01) - "DEP'T-SK VER.1.00" - DEP'T-SK
TRG-004 (1991-02) - "死人に口なしO-TISM" - O-TISM
TRG-006R (1993-09) - "+#1-" - Nina-Noho
TRG-007R (1993-07) - "Products Plus" - B-2DEP'T
TRG-008 (1992-08) - "TRIGGER-2" - V.A.
TRG-009R (1993-09) - "73 オーガニゼーション" - Organization
TRG-010 (1992-12) - "Trigger+Rare+Tracks" – V.A.
TRG-011 (1993-04) - "Sounds in Space" – Organization
TRG-012 (1993-06) - "GPP" - GPP
TRG-013 (1993-07) - "Linea Aerodinamiga 3 RE-XCY" - Chelly Chu
TRG-014 (1993-10) - "DATA" - DVP
TRG-015 (1993-10) - "1992-1993" - Mind Design
TRG-016 (1994-01) - "Sky-Scraul-Space" - Arche-Type
TRG-017 (1993-11) - "VOX" - DVP
TRG-018 (1993-12) - "Meditation Y.S. Presents" - Techno the Gong
TRG-019 (1993-12) - "Pass Into History" (x2 Cassettes) - GPP
TRG-020 (1993-12) - "Phantasy" - DVP
TRG 28001 (1993-09) - "Best of Trigger Tracks" - V.A. (found and relatively easy to find CD release)
No Cat# - "Trigger Video Tracks" (VHS) – V.A.
Trip Out Tapes (1994-1996)
TRP-001 - "Electronic Music Series Vol. 1" - Organization
TRP-002 - "Unterschied" - Arche-Type
TRP-003 - "Vagabond Uni-Vibe" - Vagabond Uni-Vibe (found, see Gallery)
TRP-004 - "Remixes of Costes" - Sympathy Nervous
TRP-005 - "Are You Awake?" - Pacific 231
TRP-006 - "Electronic Music Series Vol. 2 -In Concert-" - Organization
TRP-007 - "Views Through 'ITOLATOR'" - Dr. Numa
TRP-008 - "Electro Mandara" - Trio Rakant
TRP-009 - "Electronic Music Series Vol. 3 -On Stage-" - Organization
Trinity Label (1994-1995)‡
TRN-001 (1994-04) - "Trinity (1/3)" – V.A.
TRN-14001 - "ファースト・キッス" - トロピカル大臣
TRN-25001 - "Healthy Documentary 1995" - GPP
TRN-25002 - "Reinstatement" - GPP
†TRP-005 was unreleased and likely does not exist in any form.
‡Releases TRN-14001, TRN-25001. and TRN-25002 were CD releases and as such are fairly easy to find; found media
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