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Minoru Fushimi teaches his high-school classes during the day. Back from work, he transforms into \"Hoodoo\" Fushimi, turns on the drum machines, the synthesizers and the sequencers, blends them with his own shamisen playing and builds a cult album: Kenka Oyaji is born and becomes a milestone in Japan's early hip hop and electro-funk history, now reissued for the first time since its original release, in collaboration with Hoodoo Fushimi himself. Essential!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCredits:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Minoru \"Hoodoo\" Fushimi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll songs written and arranged by Hoodoo Fushimi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoodoo Fushimi: all lead vocals (except B5) and raps, lead and rhythm shamisen, lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar, Casio, Roland and Yamaha synthesizers, drums, percussion, Drumtraks, DDD-1 and TR-606 programming, turntable scratching, and loud, obnoxious noises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkiko Ehara: vocal on B5.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Fushimi's Home Studio on TEAC 22-4 recorder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal release: 21st of March, 1987, Syntax, MFX-2802.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLP reissue production by Greg Gouty, 180g.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSound restoration, mastering and lacquer cut by Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal artwork and Japanese lyrics insert by Hoodoo Fushimi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal artwork restoration and additional design by Nicolas Kerembellec (nker.fr)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll pictures by Minoru \"Hoodoo\" Fushimi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e180GRELP01 - Manufactured and distributed by 180g, under license from Minoru \"Hoodoo\" Fushimi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"180g","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39950916747420,"sku":"180GRELP01","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/HoodooFushimi-KenkaOyaji_05a120e6-cbcc-4e69-93ba-3e722eeff883.jpg?v=1621534605"},{"product_id":"various-artists-wajazz-japanese-jazz-spectacle-vol-i-deep-heavy-and-beautiful-jazz-from-japan-1968-1984-the-nippon-columbia-masters-selected-by-yusuke-ogawa-universounds","title":"Various Artists - WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I - Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz from Japan 1968-1984 - The Nippon Columbia masters - Selected by Yusuke Ogawa (Universounds)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 x LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: 180GHMVLP01\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5050580773059\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 08 Apr 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Latin and World Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e01: Tadaaki Misago \u0026amp; Tokyo Cuban Boys Sakura Sakura\u003cbr\u003e02: Minoru Muraoka with New Jazz Players Muraiki\u003cbr\u003e03: Count Buffalo \u0026amp; The Jazz Rock Band Mago-Uta\u003cbr\u003e04: Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet D-51\u003cbr\u003e05: Toshiyuki Miyama \u0026amp; The New Herd Adult's Day\u003cbr\u003e06: Soul Media Breeze\u003cbr\u003e07: George Otsuka Sea View\u003cbr\u003e08: Hozan Yamamoto, Masahiko Togashi \u0026amp; Yosuke Yamashita Breath Prologue\u003cbr\u003e09: Jiro Inagaki \u0026amp; Soul Media Do It!\u003cbr\u003e10: Hiroshi Suzuki Romance\u003cbr\u003e11: Masahiko Sato Tochi Mo Kurumi Mo Fukiotose\u003cbr\u003e12: Masahiko Togashi Fourth Expression\u003cbr\u003e13: Takeshi Inomata \u0026amp; Sound Ltd. Mustache (Live)\u003cbr\u003e14: Takeo Moriyama Watarase\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e● Essential 14 track collection of \"WaJazz\" music selected and compiled by renowned Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa, owner of the Universounds record store in Tokyo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e● Gatefold 180g heavy double vinyl LP. Comes with extensive track-by-track liner notes by Yusuke Ogawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e● All tracks licensed by Nippon Columbia, Tokyo, Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e● Mastering and lacquer cut by Jukka Sarapää at Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniversounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release: from blazing hard bop to free jazz, to introspective saxophone solos and massive big band sounds, renowned Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa presents an essential 14 track collection of \"WaJazz\" music taken from the Nippon Columbia vaults. Featuring Jiro Inagaki, Minoru Muraoka, Hiroshi Suzuki, Hozan Yamamoto, Count Buffalo, Takeshi Inomata, and much more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Japanese jazz has been recognized and celebrated by music lovers worldwide for decades. The origins of this trend may be traced back to the rare groove movement that flourished in the 1990s, but its current deep and wide popularity seems to be connected to the fact that Japanese people have been reevaluating their own jazz since the mid-2000s, locally referred to as WaJazz (\"Wa\" meaning Japan but also theShōwa emperor period, from 1926 to 1989). Since the beginning of the 2000s, there has been a growing trend to move away from the DJ-focused perspective and to appreciate jazz with a deeper understanding. Nowadays, there is more and more interest in the background and roots in which jazz has developed in Japan, with Japanese jazz as a whole now considered as its own distinctive genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course, even if we speak about \"WaJazz\" as one genre, there is a truly wide variety of styles within it. However, when Japanese musicians play, there is something uniquely Japanese flowing through that creates a kind of synergy. It may be the melody, the rhythm, or even something deeper, like an inexpressible flicker. I would be happy if some of its charms and secrets emerge from the fourteen tracks included in this collection.\" (Yusuke Ogawa)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYusuke Ogawa has been running the Universounds store in Tokyo since 2001, specializing in jazz and second-hand, rare, and collector records. He is also a reissue supervisor, label manager, DJ, and music writer. Known for his vast musical knowledge, eye for detail, and archival skills, Ogawa has worked on more than 250 reissues and compilations – including the highly praised Deep Jazz Reality and Project Re:Vinyl series. 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Thanatos Of Funk is a milestone in Japan's underground music and electro funk\/early hip hop history. Entirely self-produced, designed and distributed in 1985 by Fushimi, a high-school teacher by day and music experimenter by night, Thanatos Of Funk is a love-letter to counter-culture, DIY, drum machines and synthesizers blent with some killer shamisen and guitar playing. This is truly unique music. The LP, re-mastered and cut at the Timmion Cutting Lab, comes with the original hand-written comic by Fushimi, with English translations. Essential!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSound restoration, mastering and lacquer cut by Jukka Sarapää at Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland. 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An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this second volume of the acclaimed Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam dig into some of the best and rarest funky tunes produced in Japan during the seventies. 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The Birth Of The Odyssey - Monkey Magic — Godiego\u003cbr\u003e02. This is Hot — Ikue Sakakibara\u003cbr\u003e03. I Will Give You Samba — Soul Media\u003cbr\u003e04. Purple Shadow — Hatsumi Shibata\u003cbr\u003e05. Krishna — Yumi Murata\u003cbr\u003e06. Ame Wa Knife No Yo Sa — Yoshito Machida・Godiego\u003cbr\u003e07. Disco Great Tokyo — Pink Parachute\u003cbr\u003e08. Hazumi De Daite (A Woman In A Man's World) — Hatsumi Shibata\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-seventies, discotheques were booming in Tokyo and all over Japan. When the Fatback Band topped the 1975 US charts with their infectious \"Do The Bus Stop\" hit, Japanese label Victor put out the following year the first Japan made Disco tune with \"Sexy Bus Stop\", released under the mysterious name Dr. Dragon \u0026amp; Oriental Express, a pseudonym for successful Japanese pop composer Kyohei Tsutsumi. \"Sexy Bus Stop\" became an instant hit in the country and, taking this opportunity, various Japanese record companies started releasing Disco music. From 1976 until the early 1980s the music was often recorded by skilled studio musicians, rather than by computer input, providing a really solid sound to the dancefloor. Disco music was also spreading into TV series, commercials and anime. From Godiego's monster hit \"The Birth Of The Odyssey - Monkey Magic\" to Pink Parachute's obscure (and excellent!) \"Disco Great Tokyo\" tune, this selection explores some of the finest Disco and Boogie music released on the legendary Nippon Columbia label in the late seventies and early eighties. Are you ready? Put your dance shoes on, and enjoy!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e---\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- All tracks selected and compiled by Greg Gouty and Maxime Brottes. 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A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the legendary Wamono A to Z records guide book together with DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this brand new chapter in the highly acclaimed Wamono series, our man Chintam goes digging into the vaults of one of the most revered Japanese labels: Trio Records. Established in 1969 by audio manufacturer Trio Electronics, now known as Kenwood, the label - and its subsidiaries such as Showboat and Trash - released high quality music spanning a large variety of genres including rock, jazz, fusion, soundtracks and popular songs, until its end in 1984. 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The terms \"soul jazz\" and \"funky jazz\" were coined as a way to describe this new sound that was making an impact in the US and also on the other sides of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1964, Ray Charles made his first visit to Japan. Then, in 1968, Martha \u0026amp; The Vandellas and Stevie Wonder set foot in the country, followed by Sam \u0026amp; Dave in 1969, Ike \u0026amp; Tina Turner in 1970, and B.B. King in 1971. The TV show \"Soul Train\" also began airing in Japan in the early 1970s. A watershed moment happened in 1973 when Sammy Davis Jr. was cast in a TV commercial for Suntory whisky — and the influence of the US Black entertainment world had really landed, with soul, jazz, and funk artists becoming household names.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNippon Columbia played a pivotal role during this turning point. The company had contracts with Buddah Records and Blue Thumb Records, releasing notable works by artists such as Gladys Knight \u0026amp; The Pips, Curtis Mayfield, The Crusaders, and The Pointer Sisters. At the same time, the label was also releasing several Japanese soul, jazz, and funk projects under the lead of music director Jiro Inagaki. Inagaki, a saxophonist who began his professional career in the early 1950s, honed his skills at U.S. military camps, where he shared his love of music with the Black servicemen. In the 1960s, he played with drummer Hideo Shiraki's band, which was widely considered to be Japan's representative group of the funky jazz movement. Later, Inagaki went on to pursue more cutting-edge sounds with his Soul Media project, including being a pioneering figure in the \"jazz rock\" genre. By working closely with Inagaki and his various musical projects, Nippon Columbia really placed the company at the center of an exciting and important period in Japanese music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, Nippon Columbia opened a recording studio in Tokyo's Akasaka neighborhood. Akasaka was also home to the first ever discotheque in Japan, the legendary MUGEN, which ran from 1968 to 1987 and where many acts performed, including Con Funk Shun, the Bar-Kays, Ike \u0026amp; Tina Turner, B.B. King, Sam \u0026amp; Dave, Three Degrees, and Edwin Starr, as well as many local Japanese singers and musicians. This melting pot of creativity in the area led to the recording of many singles and albums by Japanese artists that were infused with the sounds of soul and funk. Most of these recordings were not available outside of Japan and remain rare and unknown musical gems. The selection you are holding in your hands is an explosive collection of 10 essential tracks released by the legendary Nippon Columbia label between 1969 and 1977, capturing the raw, unapparelled energy that was flowing through the air of the Akasaka streets at this electrifying time. 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The band started recording their music, and their debut album \"Echoes Of Japan\" was released in 2017. It received huge acclaim in Japan and abroad, and was also released by British label Mais Um in 2019. Several European tours followed, as well as some US and South America gigs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this second opus, the Minyo Crusaders take us on a trip to Japanese folk songs fused with latin rhythms. Their unique arrangements breathe new life to classics like Kiso Bushi, Sado Okesa or Soran Bushi, among many other min'yo songs from all over Japan that were originally performed by Japanese fishermen, coal miners and sumo wrestlers hundreds of years ago. The magical groove created here proves once again that the Minyo Crusaders are one of the most dynamic representatives of the current Japanese world music scene. 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