Various Artists - Tokyo Pulse: Japanese Funk, Modern And City Pop From The Tokyo Scene 1974-88 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Prima Ballata. Allegro Capriccioso 2. Seconda Ballata. Andante Rapsodico 3. Prismes Pour Orchestre 4. Symphonic Poem 'Matsura' 5. Image Pour Orchestre 6. I - 'Hayashi' 7. II - 'Magouta' 8. III - 'Odori' 9. IV - 'Oiwake'(Attacca) 10. V. - 'Dozokuteki-Bukyoku'

There are seemingly infinite layers of meaning to be found in No-No Boy's third album, Empire Electric. You can listen closely to singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti's lyrics, which juxtapose true stories of struggle from throughout Asia and it's diaspora with Saporiti's own reckoning with intergenerational trauma. You could also let the majesty of Saporiti's songcraft wash over you, his captivating melodies cloaking those themes in a veneer of hope and ecstasy. But the deepest storytelling happens at the sonic level, as sounds drawn from across the Eastern hemisphere mingle freely with distinctly American instrumentation - banjo and koto, lap-steel and guzheng - while electronically manipulated field recordings of rushing water, chirping birds and other natural sounds ground us in the now. Adventurous and affecting, Empire Electric offers a vision for a new kind of folk music, one that tells unorthodox stories through unorthodox means and finds new pathways through our tangled roots. Album Tracks 1. The Onion Kings of Ontario! 2. Nashville 3. Mekong Baby 4. Western Empress of the Orient Sawmill 5. Jakarta 6. Nothing Left But You 7. Little Monk 8. Sayonara 9. Minidoka 10. 1603

Vinyl LP pressing. A late '60s Japanese compilation investigating the so-called Inchgroup soundInch movement. Includes early recordings by a series of musicians later to perform with legendary bands such as the Flower Travellin' Band, Speed Glue & Shinki, Les Rallizes Denudes, and Foodbrain. Featuring Golden Cups, Dynamite, Outcast, Carnabeats, Tempters, Beavers, Bunnys, Mops, Spiders, D'Swooners, Zoo Nee Woo, Fingers, Outcast, and Bunnys. Album Tracks 1. Love Is My Life 2. Tunnel to Heaven 3. Long Tall Sally 4. Chu! Chu! Chu! 5. Tell Me More 6. Why, Baby, Why? 7. Burning, Burning 8. I'm Just a Mops 9. Anything You Want 10. Please Please Trina 11. Lonely Highway 12. Gloria 13. Everythings Alright 14. Hey! Chance