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I’m still venturing to think that 1992 must have been a very special time for Japan. If you caught my post about Hiroshi Fujiwara’s Subliminal Calm you would be wise to notice a shift in mindspace and soundspace taking hold then and there. Serious economic bubbles popping had led to a younger generation to grapple…
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he first year of Yen Record’s existence surely must have felt like a fruitful one for its famous YMO founders Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi. Initially begun as an imprint for the Alfa Records company, Yen Records became less of a way to release YMO side projects, and more as a way to expand upon the amount of musical ideas…
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Fascination. That’s the main word I can use to describe the reason I’ve devoted my time in shedding light on Christina Moser and Maurizio Arcieri of Chrisma/Krisma. Most artists you can follow a trajectory pointing you how they get to a destination. However, Krisma from their beginning as a disco duo to this point as…
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Krisma’s “Samora Club” is such an interesting track. For the album Clandestine Anticipation Krisma decided to look at influences outside of the European sphere. The black music of America, specifically hip-hop, Asian, and various global genres were areas that they wanted to explore. The only limit they imposed on themselves is to use electronic instruments in…
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Maurizio in Bali. Water is a liquid that can take many forms. From mist to vapor no other elemental substance can be so morphic. Its no wonder Krisma used the symbolism that it has to inspire this track and their true masterpiece Clandestine Anticipation, an album that criminally has never been re-released in the US! This album…
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The Memorial Day weekend is almost over. This is a great track to ease out of it. Who knew that a bunch of British funksters, who probably never traveled to the South, could capture the feel of a southern breeze. Freeez’s “Southern Freeez” is the perfect middle point between West Coast R&B and early British…
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