SHISASBiriken SanRef: FSD5640
Price: £18.99
Following the untimely death of Yoshie Uno in 2009, Akemi Mochida (vocals and sanshin) is joined by new member Chiaki Hirasawa (vocals, sanshin, fue) and two musicians from Matahari Boys, Hiroki Narumi (hayashi backing vocals, cow herding voices and Masashi Suzuki (hayashi, cow herding, rappa). Guest musicians are Wataru Okuma (clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, percussion), Hiroshi Kawamura (Soul Flower Union-guitar, shimadaikio, hayashi), Karahara Ma (djembe) and Naoki Kumakura (shimadaiko, hayashi). Rather wonderful mini-album, up to the standards of previous Shisas albums, with inventive arrangements of Okinawan tunes. Biriken, by the way, is a statue of the god of happiness which was orginally created by an American artist and introduced into Japan in the early 1900s. It is believed that you can be happy if you scratch his feet. 1. Hounen nu Ayagu 2. Kawaigaranse 3. Kawaii Su-chan 4. Painanatsuboshi Yunta 5. Ushi Kyogen 6. Medetai Bushi 
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AN-CHANG PROJECTTabishita UtaRef: FSV5642
Price: £21.99
Live footage of An-chang Project live in Taipei, June 2002. An-chang Project are Jun Yasuba (vocals, sanshin), Yoshie Uno (vocals, sanshin, taiko, sanba, dance), Natsuki Hattori (electric guitar), guests are Wataru Okuma (clarinet), Miwazo Kogure (chindon taiko) and Matahari Boys (dance). The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan 1. Nuchibana 2. Ami no Honensai no Odori Cafe Peshawar 1. Ndatara Bushi 2. Kimi wa Shiranai, Mandoko 3. Asadoya Yunta 4. Harararude 5. Kikaiwan Haku 6. Kuminu Shu 7. Amagoi Bushi 8. Rokucho 9. Sakanatori Uta 10. Miyakon Bito 11. Sungaa Bushi Pub Piao-liu-mu 1. Erabuyuri no Hana 2. Watashi wa Kofuku"
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SHISASUta no GenbaRef: FSV5641
Price: £19.99
Was £29.99. Various live footage of Shisas shot between 1997 and 2003, and dedicated to one half of the female duo, Yoshie Uno, who died in 2009. 1. Hiyamikachi Bushi, Keibin Tetsudo no Uta (Tabunka Kyosei Festival - Tokyo, August 2003) 2. Chikutanume, Inashiri Bushi (Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri - Tokyo, July 2000) 3. Toichinsa, Shinkawa Kodaijin (Manda-La 2 - Tokyo, January 1999) 4. Urayama Rap (Electric Church Love - Tokyo, August 2001) 5. Yoochiire, Shisas no Theme (Star Pine's Cafe - Tokyo, February 1998) 6. Agari Kuduchi (Dogura - Tokyo, February 1999) 7. Umi no Sasakusa, Nakasato Bushi, Mamidooma - Kuichabuduri, Yakko Oodori (Okierabu, Kagoshima - September 2003) 8. Tokyo Ondo (Shinjuku Natsu Matsuri, August 1997) 9. Asadoya Yunta (Etsunen Live - Tokyo, December 1997) 10. Asadoya Yunta, Choshi Tairyo Bushi, Yakko Odori, Kudaka Manju Nushi, Suuri Higashi (Narita Toho Bon Oodori - Chiba, August 1997) 11. Okinawa no Doyo Medley, Don Don Bushi, Inashiri Bushi, Taramayuu, Komehiki Uta, Yakko Oodori, Shisas no Theme (Yokohama Kotobuki-cho Free Concert - Kanagawa, August 2000) "
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SHISARSKuwa No Shita De BiruRef: FSD981a
Price: £25.99
Japanese female duo mixing traditional music with honking horns, grunge like guitar on a compelling album.
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SHISARSTa Hua GuRef: FSD1600a
Price: £25.99
Sister group of An-Chang Project, featuring Yoshie Uno and Natsuki Hattori, plus Wataru Ohkuma also of Cicala Mvta. Truly wonderful album of leftfield Okinawan based music. Female vocals accompanied by electric guitar, clarinet, accordion, drums, percussion and mandolin on radical reworkings of Okinawan and Japanese traditional songs. If you enjoyed An-Chang Project, this is definitely for you. Quite simply, stunning.
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YASUBA JUN AND AN-CHANG PROJECTYarayo Uta No Sahanji Ref: FSD1059a
Price: £25.99
Third member of Shisars, Jun Yasuba has created a brilliant album of harmony vocals, electric guitar and Okinawan traditional tunes. Wonderful.
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AN-CHANG PROJECT HarararudeRef: FSD2335b
Price: £25.99
Second album by FRoots cover artist. Okinawan/Pacific Island harmony vocals and songs, with electric guitar.
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