Thank you for your support and love and email and hugs and cheers and food and floor space, and more.

Voluntary Mother Earth is no longer. We are on semi-permanent hiatus.

Maybe we’ll see you again 10 years down the road.
Til then.

Hugs,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

Voluntary Mother Earth have let go of the newly joined drummer due to various differences. How many people have we had, and will we have, to fire? We need a designated fireman, maybe someone that looks like Lil Wayne. He says he’s a fireman.

Talk to ya lata,
Aki

Dear Stephen King,

You are awesome.
You are mother-fucking awesome.

And I finally got done readin your “The Stand” the complete and uncut edition yesterday, which in Japan costs almost twice as much as it does in your country.

I’m off to buying another one of your offerings, and only wish someone else is buying my album someplace in the meantime.

Mr. Stephen King,
You are awesome.
You are oh-so mother-fucking awesome.

-from a big fan of yours in Tokyo.

Rock ‘n’ Roll,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

at my Tokyo house today from the manufacturer somewhere in the United States.
And it looks like this.

Purdy good eh?

Alright, I’m gonna go finish up reading “The Stand” complete edition by Stephen King and fall asleep. He keeps me from losing my English and I thank him for that.

keep it cheesy,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

Here it is. from first rehearsal with new band members.

Here it is. Voluntary Mother Earth 2010.

(L-R: Kats-ya, Shota, Aki, Hiro)

And this here thang is an outtake that you didn’t even ask for. Only for ladies.

(L-R: Hiro, Shota, Aki, Kats-ya)

And so now Voluntary Mother Earth consist of
Akihiko Hayakawa on Guitar, Vocal
Katsuya Sakurai on Bass
Shota Mizuguchi on Drums
Hironori Hayashimi on Keyboards

PS. If you haven’t downloaded our newest album “Village Avant-Garde”, come get it for free HERE while it’s hot.

aigh, will be uploading a video clip from our very first rehearsal in a few days. Stay tuned.
Hugs,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

That’s right. We are finally a four-piece band again.

Last month I went and scouted a keyboard player at my friend’s wedding, and our bassist went and scouted a new drummer someplace online. What’s great about the new guys is that they both understand and treasure humor, which is the basis of the basis of this band.

More details to come soon.

Big hugs,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

Out this weekend!

Here’s all the poop you need to know about this album before it’s out.

Voluntary Mother Earth “Village Avant-Garde” album cover: by Gypsy

Village Avant-Garde / Voluntary Mother Earth

Track Listing

1. Prelude to Cheeseburger Baby
2. Cheeseburger Baby
3. Anal Dungeon Suite (in dedication to the Buffalo, NY band Anal Pudding)
- Pt.1: Discovery of Anal Dungeon
- Pt.2: Ritual Dance of the Anal Witch
- Pt.3: Anal Abduction
4. Blowjobs Are For Boyfriends
5. Beef Ruined
6. The Haiku*
7. Indian in North Texas
8. Just Another Nice Guy From The Orient (2010 ver.)
- Pt.1: Just Another Nice Guy From The Orient
- Pt.2: The Return of the Indian in North Texas
9. This Is It**
- Pt.1: Addiction
- Pt.2: Killing Floor

Voluntary Mothers at the time of this recording were;
Akihiko Hayakawa on all instruments played or programed

All Music/Words/Arrangements scientifically prepared by Akihiko Hayakawa,

except for; *words to this piece are randomly selected selection of Haiku and other traditional Japanese mumblings, and **the last three minutes of this tune being a quote from “Killing Floor” by the great Chester Arthur Burnett better known as Howlin’ Wolf.

Performed/Programed by Akihiko Hayakawa
Recorded/Edited/Mixed/Mastered by Akihiko Hayakawa

through the many sleepless nights and sleepy days
from December 2009 to May 2010
at Voluntary Mother Studio(Yokohama, Tokyo, Japan),
and Sound Studio U-Be(Yokohama, Japan)

- “Rock n roll in 21st century is all about doing it cheap” (from Anal Dungeon)
Total Recording Budget for This Album: 80 bucks. (9,000Yen)

Cover Art: Gypsy
Photos: Taichi Hashizume

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Aigh, that’s what you need to know for now.
Hope you enjoy the album.
Again, it’ll be out THIS WEEKEND!!!

Spread the cheese,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

Hi Voluntary Mothers from all around the globe.

Our new album “Village Avant-Garde” will be available for you to download sometime over the weekend of July 9th to 11th, depending on your location on this planet.

For the time being, it will only be available on our Bandcamp page, which you can get to by clicking on the “MUSIC” tab on this website.

I’ll try to upload the album cover here sometime this week.

The band are excited to finally be able to release this poop.
Be the first to download this album in your city, country, and continent.

Aigh, talk to ya soon.

Spread the Cheese,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

Last Samurai?

Maybe so.

Here are some photos from the session de samurai last week.

One of these will be used as back cover of the album when it’s released as CD.

This photo session was so fun the photographer and I are now thinking about sequels to this.
A Last Samurai photograph series.

The album cover art is done, and this weekend my friends and I will be shooting a video for the song “Cheeseburger Baby” which will be the single off the new album.

If you liked this post, please hit the button on top of the post to retweet. That’d help us greatly.

Aigh,
talk to you soon.

Keep it absurd.
Hugs,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth