Na Casa de Bambu 39

 

Esta semana temos seleção de City Pop bem disposta e synth pop temperamental. Destacamos bons exemplos de programações de Hideki Matsutake, um nome essencial na pop japonesa, que é mais que o "quarto elemento" dos YMO.

This week we’ve got a cheerful selection of City Pop and moody synth-pop. Big highlights are some great examples of programming by Hideki Matsutake, an essential figure in japanese pop who is much more than just the “fourth member” of Yellow Magic Orchestra.

 

 

 

 

 

1.Wonder City Orchestra - Highway Cracker
2.Pecker - Sha La La
3.Miharu Koshi - Lipstick War
4.Eiichi Ohtaki - Peppermint Blue
5.Mammy - Mizu No Naka No Himitsu
6.Tamao Koike - Kagami no naka no jūgatsu
7.Ichiko Hashimoto - Catch Me on Merry-Go-Round
8.Syoko - Sphinx in the Night
9.PSY・S - Silent Song
10.Tsugutoshi Goto - First Solitude
11.Tatsuro Yamashita - Solid Slider
12.Minako Yoshida - Alcoholler

Na Casa de Bambu 38

 

De volta ao lado experimental/lúgubre da cultura synth japonesa dos 80. Esta semana destacamos o volume 4 da compilação Obscure Independent Classics, da Cordelia Records, e o projeto dark ambient do seu organizador Yutaka Tanaka.

Back to the experimental and gloomier side of 1980s Japanese synth culture. This week we highlight volume 4 of the Obscure Independent Classics compilation from Cordelia Records, along with the dark ambient project of its curator, Yutaka Tanaka. 

 

 

 

1.Excentrique Noiz - All That Place
2.Pessimist - Sattyuzai
3.Tomo Akikawabaya - Le Voleur
4.Normal Brain - KE-300
5.Shinobu - Hello Little One
6.Circadian Rhythm - Gulliver Takes a Walk
7.Haiginsha - Lusefeea
8.S·Core - Water Color
9.Salaried Man Club - Gray Cross 4
10.Kimihide Kusafuka - The Sea Of Bliss 
11.Osamu Sato - My Stupa

Na Casa de Bambu 37 Wechselbalg Syndicate

 

Mais conhecida como a casa dos Auto-Mod e G-Schmitt, a Wechselbalg Syndicate dedicou os 7 anos de existência não só à promoção de alguns dos melhores projetos de rock gótico japonês dos anos 80, como de rock progressivo pesadão e até lançamentos de outras editoras. Recordamos alguns dos pontos altos de uma das editoras fundamentais na história da música confrontacional japonesa.

Best known as the home of Auto-Mod and G-Schmitt, the Wechselbalg Syndicate label spent its seven years not only promoting some of the finest Japanese gothic rock of the 1980s, but also releasing heavy progressive rock and even works from other labels. Lets revisit some highlights from a fundamental label in the history of the more confrontational Japanese music.

 

 

 

 

1.Zeitlich Vergelter - Schlagen
2.G-Schmitt - LSD
3.Sadie Sads - Angora
4.Baji Worktheater - Theme
5.Sarasvati - Co-O-Ni (festive version I)
6.Canis Lupus - untitled
7.Libido - Misc III
8.Sodom - Breaking Glass
9.Hanatarash - Cock Victory
10.K.G.G.M. - Rock'n' Roll Radio
11.Sekiri - Yōreihi
12.Kokushoku Elegy - Warrior  

Na Casa de Bambu 36

 

Este programa foi originalmente para o ar quando Portugal recebia tempestades com nome, sendo a chuva o elemento que uniu todos os 14 temas: esperem boas doses de melancolia e meditação, nas quais se inclui um dos discos mais tristes que ouvi na vida, entre faixas de musica ambiental e uma quantidade saudável de gente chamada Suzuki.

The program originally aired when Portugal was experiencing women-named storms, so rain is the element tying together all 14 tracks. Expect generous doses of melancholy and reflection, including one of the saddest albums I’ve ever heard, alongside ambient music pieces and a healthy number of people named Suzuki.

 

 

1.Chakra - You Need Me
2.Love, Peace & Trance - Solaris
3.Yoshio Suzuki - The Mirage
4.Mitsuko Suzuki - Ame no Pikunik
5.Keiichi Suzuki & Moonriders - Hi no tama boi
6.Tamami Koyake - You Wanna Rain
7.Doji Morita - Sabishii sobyō
8.Masahiko Satou - The Dead City
9.Yann Tomita - Luna for Electronics & Live Concrete Sounds
10.Morgan Fisher - The Unbroken Circle
11.The Gurdjieff - S.P.I.Ritual
12.Name - Do We All Need Love?
13.K.Yoshimatu - Crystal Life
14.Juicy Fruits - Raindrops

Na Casa de Bambu 35

 

 
Esta semana oferecemos uma hora de música ambiental japonesa dos 80, com breve visita a 2004. Destacamos Hiroshi Yoshimura a esticar o nosso genérico, dois temas do projeto World Standard de Sohichiro Suzuki e a integral da bela Rebirth, de Tomo Akikawabaya.

Enjoy one hour of Japanese ambient music from the 1980s, with a brief visit to 2004. Highlights include Hiroshi Yoshimura extending our show´s theme, two tracks from Sohichiro Suzuki’s World Standard project, and the beautiful Rebirth by Tomo Akikawabaya.

 

 

1.Hiroshi Yoshimura - Tokyo Bay Area
2.Shinsuke Honda - Asa
3.Masanori Sasaji - Yearning
4.Interior - N.F.G.
5.Salon Kitty - Shokubutsu
6.World Standard & Wechsel Garland - Dandelion Wine
7.World Standard & Wechsel Garland - The Harbour
8.Keizo Inoue - Kitsu Tsuki
9.Tomo Akikawabaya - Rebirth
10.Masahide Sakuma - Dormir
11.Hiroshi Yoshimura - Sleep 

Na Casa de Bambu 34

 

Synth pop e uns toques de ambient são as armas com que enfrentamos o retorno do pólen. Retorna também o universo da Yen Records, com alguns dos seus heróis e uma mão cheia de produções de Yukihiro Takahashi.

Synth pop and a touch of ambient are our chosen weapons against the return of pollen season. The Yen universe is back too, with some of its heroes and a handful of productions by Yukihiro Takahashi.

1.Maki Nomiya - Furafūpu Runba
2.Susan - It's No Time For You To Cry
3.Tamao Koike - Runnin’ Away
4.Super Eccentric Theater - Oh Les Beaux Japonais!
5.Yukihiro Takahashi - Curtains 
6.PSY・S - Woman・S
7.Joe Hisaishi - A Rainbow in Curved Music
8.Inoyama Land - Wässer
9.Koharu Kisaragi - me o tojite
10.Miharu Koshi - Pocket ippai no Love Song
11.Shoody - Tokyo Melody
12.Izumi Kobayashi - Feeling Free

Na Casa de Bambu 33

 

Desta vez as escolhas andam pela synth pop e rock alternativo, entre pedidos de desculpa a Yumi Murata, excessos dos Jagatara (na foto) e mini homenagens a Bowie.

This time the choices lean toward synth-pop and alternative rock, ranging from apologies to Yumi Murata, to the excesses of Jagatara, and small tributes to Bowie.

 

 

 

1.Pater's Space - Space Rendez-Vous
2.Juicy Fruits - CHANGIN' MY HEART
3.Hinomaru Factory - Modern romance
4.Moonriders - Istanbul Mambo
5.Jagatara - ku-ni-na-ma-she
6.Kazuhiko Katō - MASQUE ROSE DE Mme M
7.Haiginsha - Lusefeea
8.Chris Mosdell - C2h5emystery
9.Hajime Tachibana - Bq
10.Yumi Murata - Rakuchin
11.Yumi Murata - Roman Express
12.Date Of Birth - Mutatsumindare (Kinjirareta Mori no Machi)