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Nikasaya – Siroi Ohisama (mp3)

Nikasaya
In the summer of 2009, Hiroshima based songwriter Nikaido Kazumi and Tokyo’s Saya (Tenniscoats) met at Guggenheim house, in Shioya. Overlooking the bay of Kansai, the pair set about recording a collection of songs that capture moments of utterly euphoric song, housed in a shimmer of incidental soundscapes. Album; One Summerheim melds free-pop structures with elegantly intertwined vocal harmonies.

Nikasoup & Sayasource “Harmonies” Trailer

Taro Dakudan – Just You (Sweet Sue) (mp3)

kuidaore taro
http://kuidaoretaro.com/

Osaka famous mascot character, Kuidaore Taro from Kuidaore Dotonbori teams up Jazz orchestra, “Taro Dakudan” with SWEET HOLLYWAIIANS. and produced swing jazz album; KUIDAORE JAZZ.

Kuidaore is a Japanese word meaning roughly “to ruin oneself by extravagance in food.” It is sometimes romanized as Kuidaore, and is part of a larger proverb: “Dress (in kimonos) till you drop in Kyoto, eat till you drop in Osaka”. The word is associated with Dōtonbori, and is often used in tourist guides and advertisements. It can be seen in the names of several locations in Dotonbori, such as the mascot Kuidaore Taro and the defunct restaurant Kui-daore.

Dotonbori
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dtonbori

Green Blossoms – Hana Akari (mp3)

Green Blossoms
http://www.myspace.com/greenblossoms

Green Blossoms are the folky Duo, Aiko Koga and Anthony Guerra. Aiko sings and plays ukulele. Anthony plays the other instruments. They have released second album; Whiskey Leaves from digitalis recordings U.S. last summer. Hana Akari is beautiful, softly intoned songwriting. Her ghostly incantations would be stuck in the back of your mind.

OMODAKA – PLUM SONG (mp3)

OMODAKA (Sohichi Terada)
http://www.fareastrecording.com/

OMODAKA (Sohichi Terada) released the remix EP for japanese old song Plum Song with techno sound on November last year. Plum Song is called in Japanese, “Umewa Saitaka” that has been sung under the name of “Hauta” by Geisha girls; traditional, female Japanese entertainers since Edo Jidai. He actually made a 21st centurys strange pruduct with old Japanese taste.

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