 | YUKAWA SHIONE Sweet Children O' Mine
Price: £17.99 (Reference #FSD5249)On the face it, you wouldn't expect this album to work, but in fact, it's quite brilliant. Pure voiced, angelic, female vocalist and actress, who has sung with Kuricoder Quartet and was in the film 'Linda, Linda, Linda' covers songs by Oasis, Radiohead, Pretenders and others, and manages to make them her own. Recorded in London. and contrary to the name of the Radiohead song she covers, quite a surprise. Gentle, folky style, feel good music. 1. Don't Look Back in Anger (OASIS) 2. To Be With You (Mr.BIG) 3. No Surprises (Radiohead) 4. Sweet Chid O'Mine (Guns n'Roses) 5. Don't Worry,Be Happy (Bobby Mcferrin) 6. I Want You Back (The Jackson Five) 7. Don't Get Me Wrong (The Pretenders) 8. Angel (AEROSMITH)
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 | MICHIRU World's End Village
Price: £16.99 (Reference #FSD5248)Very assured and original first album from 20 year old female composer and pianist. Stradling the line between pop, classical and avant-garde, the album features four female vocalists, Julia Marcell from Poland, plus Japanese Ayu Okakita, Saho Terao and Mariko Otsuka. Sometimes dark and broody, sometimes light and melancholic, constantly absorbing. 1. Worlds End Village/Rites of Beginning 2. Tin Soldier 3. The Thief -Nusubito- 4. Shrink 5. The Place Where We Will Be Reached 6. The Spinning Wheel 7. Lethe
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AKIKO YANO Ongakudo (Reference #FSD5220)Something like her 28th album we reckon, but only her 4th acoustic album (piano and vocal) which have proved very popular with her fans.12 covers plus 3 original unreleased songs. 1.Good Morning (Quruli) 2. Hebi no Naku Yoru 3. Isu (Tsunehiko Kamijo ) 4. Harukaze (Quruli) 5. Inu no Kitaku (The Moon Riders) 6.Nageki no Fuchi ni Arutokimo (Nobuyasu Okabayashi) 7. Okasan - Japanese lyrical song 8. Say It Ain't So (Weezer) 9. Kiyoshi chan 10. My Love 11. Migite (Ellegarden) 12. Vincent (Don McLean)13. Sa Boukenda (Akiko Wada )14. Green Tea Farm (Hiromi Uehara) 15. Iihi Tbidachi (Momoe Yamaguchi )
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AKIKO YANO Akiko (Reference #FSD4439)27th album, first original album in four years from the 'Japanese Girl'. This album was recorded mainly in Los Angeles and was produced by T Bone Burnett. Features Jay Bellerose on drums and Marc Ribot on guitar, plus Akiko on piano and vocals this is a high quality album, and maybe her best since her debut, Japanese Girl, 27 years ago. 1. When I Die 2. Evacuation Plan 3. The Long Time Now (T Bone Burnett) 4. Song for the Sun 5. Whole Lotta Love (Led Zepellin) 6. Shimata 7. Ii Ko Dane 8. People are Strange (The Doors) 9. Nothing Ever Stays the Same. 10. Kawarushi.
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 | KOTRINGO Sweet Nest
Price: £23.99 (Reference #FSD4361)Kotringo is a talented female piano playing singer/songwriter, a kind of protege of Ryuichi Sakamoto. She started playing piano aged five, and composed her first songs, aged seven. From Osaka, she lived in New York for a while, and in 2005 was 'discovered' by Sakamoto after she sent him a demo tape for the audition corner on his 'Radio Sakamoto' show on J-Wave. This, her 2nd album, is released on Sakamoto's Commons label. Strong melodies, piano, vocals, strings, percussion, swing jazz, electro pop and other cool sounds, a cut above usual J-pop. 12 tracks. 1. Me & My Bird Prince 2. Closet 3. Oideyo 4. Me.Ga.Ne 5. Classroom 6. Summer 7. Kaerimichi 8. Daisy 9. Daisuki na Hito 10. Kimi wa Genius 11. Furetara 12. To Stanford | |
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 | MADAM GUITAR NAGAMI JUN Guitar Madam
Price: £23.99 (Reference #FSD4486)Madam Guitar is a very nice blues guitarist and singer, backed up by a great band on piano, sax, trumpet, bass, drums and sometimes a string section too. She also writes most of her own material. Melancholic, nostalgic, bluesy, jazzy. 12 tracks. | |
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VIRGINIA ASTLEY Hope in a Darkened Heart (Some Small Hope) (paper jacket) (Reference #FSD5013)Re-release from 1987 of the Ryuichi Sakamoto produced / arranged / mixed album by the UK singer/songwriter. The opening track is a duet between Virginia and David Sylvian, while the last is a bonus track only found on the Japanese release. 1. Some Small Hope 2. A Father 3. So Like Dorian 4. I'm Sorry 5. Tree Top Club 6. Charm 7. Love's a Lonely Place to be 8. A Summer Long Since Passed 9. Darkness Has Reached its End 10. A Day, A Night
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UA Atta (Reference #FSD4993)First album for two years from the brilliant UA doesn't disappoint. Strong songs, excellent production with jazzy electronica and other cool sounds with a kind of big band feel. Collaborators include Haruomi Hosono, Yoshimio (Boredoms, OOIOO), Little Creatures, Yoshihiro Hanno, Hirofumi Asamoto, Yamp Kolt (aka mai fujinoya). 13 tracks. 1. Ai no Shinro 2. Tida 3. Purple Rain 4. Kosmos 5. 2008 6. Revelles-toi! Mezameyo 7. Asparagus (Album Mix) 8. Picnic_20c. 9. Jusanbanme no Tsuki 10. Kaibutsu 11. Familia 12. Tsuki ga Kieteyuku 13. Toki Meki
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