To seek out this release is to engage in an act of archaeological listening—to hear not just sound, but the ghost of a performance that tried, quite deliberately, to drive its audience away. That some of us stayed, and continue to search for these 50 lost discs, is perhaps the truest encore of all.
Original CD-R copies were limited to 50. Hand-numbered. Most were lost, damaged, or thrown away by confused listeners. Today, a verified copy in VG+ condition can fetch $200–$400 on private forums like Discogs or the /r/noise tape trading thread. s2m002 kou minefuji encore vol 2
Unlike many netlabel releases, Encore Vol. 2 was never officially re-released digitally after S2M shut down. The original MP3s (192kbps, from 2008) have degraded in quality from repeated transcoding. Lossless FLAC rips are the holy grail. To seek out this release is to engage