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THE MIXTAPE CLUBMaki AsakawaMaki Asakawa
A stunning survey of the 1970s heyday of great Japanese singer and countercultural icon Maki Asakawa (1942-2010). Deep-indigo, dead-of-night enka, folk, and blues, inhaling Billie Holiday and Nina Simone down to the bone. A traditional waltz abuts Nico-style incantation; defamiliarized versions of Oscar Brown Jr. and Bessie Smith collide with big-band experiments alongside poet Shūji Terayama; a sitar-led psychedelic wig-out runs into a killer excursion in modal, spiritual jazz. Existentialism and noir, mystery and allure, hurt and hauteur. With excellent notes by Alan Cummings and the fabulous photographs of Hitoshi Jin Tamura. “Japan’s answer to Scott Walker, with a visual aesthetic and a death-decadent appeal that is straight out of the Keiji Haino songbook.” –Volcanic Tongue
a1
Nemuru No Ga Kowai
a2
Chicchana Toki Kara
a3
Blue Spirit Blues
a4
Fushiawase To Lu Na No Neko
a5
Govinda
b1
Chicchana Toki Kara
b2
Boro To Furutetsu
b3
Aisa Nai No Aise Nai No
b4
Uramado
b5
Kamone
c1
Machi
c2
Gogo
c3
Zenkamono No Christmas
c4
Hikkoshi
d1
Cabaret
d2
Konna Funi Sugite Iku No Nara
d3
Onna
d4
Yuki Ga Furu