Wednesday, December 19, 2007

more japan ADDENDUM

tonight, thanks to my sister-in-law in illinois, i'm listening to the aforementioned love, peace & poetry: japanese psychedelic music, a german comp that's not a half-bad companion to julian cope's japrocksampler tome. while it doesn't contain any of the crucial stuff, it provides a nice overview of several of the strands in copey's narrative.

the "group sounds"-type bands included here (the happenings four, the mops, the beavers) are of mainly historical interest (i.e., pretty lame), but i dig the sides by foodbrain and apryl fool more than cope does, possibly because i'm a bigger fan than he is of period psychedelia like src and "mk I" deep purple. the tracks by shinki chen from his solo album, with foodbrain and speed, glue & shinki confirm that comparisons of the gtrist with hendrix are indeed spurious; he's more in leslie west or robin trower's league, which suits me just fine. (i also find it hilarious that sg&s's singing drummer went by the name of "joe smith," since that's also one of asian media crew member ratsamy pathammavong's pseudonyms.)

some early roots of flower travellin' band are audible here: a cut by yuya uchida & the flowers, whose challenge! alb was just reished in japan (most valuable player: katsuhiko kobayashi on lap steel), and the title track from kuni kawachi's kirikyogen alb that features future ftb frontman joe yamanaka's tortured tonsils. besides the song from blues creation's classic demon and eleven children alb, there's also a session appearance by kazuo takeda on takashi nishioka's tokedashita garasubako alb which has a nice garage-psych sound. band i wanna hear more of: the jacks, whose anguished garage blues, sung in japanese, influenced japanoise outfits like high rise and fushitsusha while inspiring comparisons to yanks like quicksilver messenger service. stirring stuff. again, thanks betsy and dave!

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