The Best of Japanese Boogie Funk All on One Disc
©Robert Beatty
Specialising in the re-release of rare and sometimes unknown soul albums, the label Cultures of Soul has turned its attention to 80s music from Japan and, more specifically, female singers. Compiled on a disk entitled ‘Tokyo Nights: Female J-Pop Boogie Funk – 1981 to 1988’, the songs reflect the unbridled optimism, technological success, excess and exuberance of this era when anything seemed possible.
‘Tokyo Nights’ features tracks from Hitomi Tohyama, Junko Ohashi, Mizuki Koyama, Kaoru Akimoto, Aru Takamura, Mariko Tone, Rie Murakami, RA MU and Kikuchi Momoko Seino. It’s fusion music, inspired by American R’n’B and mainstream Rock in equal measure. It’s the soundtrack to another era.
TRENDING
-
The Sources and Secrets of Japanese Tattooing
During their journey through tattooing across the world, the French authors met one of the last tebori masters in Japan.
-
The Portrait of an Island: BULL SUMO
Among the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture is an island with a long history of bullfighting that’s expected to become a world heritage site.
3:12 -
Les larmes du Levant, the New French Sake Produced as it Should Be
After a trip to Japan, Grégoire Bœuf set himself the challenge of creating a company dedicated to sake in France.
-
Love, Loss, Rebellion, and Solitude
Now Japan-based, French filmmaker and photographer Julien Levy worked previously in New York and Paris for luxury brands such as Chanel, Miu Miu, and Harper’s Bazaar.
-
Paris, Tokyo: Nobuyuki Nakajima
In the last episode in the series Paris, Tokyo, we meet pianist, arranger and composer Nobuyuki Nakajima, who now works in Paris with singer Jane Birkin.
