KACHIMBA 1551 - Salsa De Yunta /海ぬちんぼーらー (UMI NU CHINBOURAA) [7" Vinyl]

Format: 7" Vinyl (45RPM)
Catalogue No.: KUMOMI-003
Release Date: 31 Nov 2023
Genre: Soul / Funk / World Music / Japanese traditional music

SIDE A
Salsa De Yunta
SIDE B
海ぬちんぼーらー (UMI NU CHINBOURAA)

The tittle release from Kumomi Records(they are based in Japan). Okinawa salsa band 'Kachimba 1551', which fuses Okinawa folk songs and salsa. This current band started its activities in 1998 and they are based in OKINAWA .On the A side is a Okinawa folk song "Asatoya Yunta" which said to have originated on Taketomi Island in the Yaeyama Islands, and has been covered by many musicians around the world (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Akiko Yano, etc.). On the B side is "Uminu Chinboraa" is said to have been handed down from "Ie Island in Kunigami Gun of Okinawa" and started to be sung at traditional party settings. Both song includes a salsa arrangement cover by "KACHIMBA1551". For this　project we as Kumomi Records have gotten licensed by 3rdwave / PARTIDA RECORDS from Okinawa. We would love to recommend this to the people who like music such as Traditional world music.

Kumomi Records :
A new label started in 2022 by MACKA-CHIN (Yoshiteru Yoshida). They are based in Japan(Tokyo).The purpose is to release analog record on Japanese traditional music (dance music) which make one's own interpretation. Enjoy.