Hosono

SEX… ENERGY… STAR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEWPKhv-P2w&t=45s F.O.E. - Total Eclipse From F.O.E. - Sex, Energy and Star Released on Non-Standard, 1986, Japan For those who wouldn't know, F.O.E.(which stands for Friends Of Earth)  is "just" another band lead by the mastermind, Haruomi Hosono, teaming with some of his long-time musical contributors like Jotaro Nonaka and Miharu Koshi... ... Don't think we need to…Lire la suite SEX… ENERGY… STAR

ANOTHER H. HOSONO PRODUCTION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWNBaNZU9I Kuniko Yamada - Tetsugaku Shiyo From 山田邦子 ‎- セカンド - 贅沢者  Released on Victor, 1982, Japan Our first dancefloor-friendly post in a while is a classy Japanese synthpop track by Kuniko Yamada. Kuniko has a long career of humorist,comedian, actress, and writer behind her but she also found the time to record 2 albums…Lire la suite ANOTHER H. HOSONO PRODUCTION

THE ALFA INVITATION MIX

Our friends at Moderneast recently asked us to do a mix. We decided to celebrate Japanese music, and picked some of our favorite records from Japan. Featuring classic albums, rarities as well as  work by today's generation of Japanese artists, we tried to make this selection as broad as possible. You can listen to it here : https://soundcloud.com/moderneast-magazine/moderneast-the-alfa-invitation