Re: Michiru Akiyoshi

From: Shawn Kuo (shawn@tradename.com)
Date: Wed Feb 28 2001 - 01:57:21 CET

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      Here's the description at Dusty Groove:

      Shinichi Osawa & Hiroshi Fujiwara with Crystal Kay -- Lost Child (original, orchestra version, radio edit, inst)
      SMEJ (Japan), 2001 Condition: New Copy
      Sweet and lovely soul from the genius behind Mondo Grosso! Japanese producer Shinichi Osawa is working here with singer Crystal Kay -- one of the new breed of Japanese soul singers in the mode of Bird or Monday Michiru. Like Bird, Crystal mixes together Japaanese and English lyrics -- with a soulfulness that's universal, a fact that's driven home even further by the track's complicated jazzy R&B backings! The original mix blends together strings, keyboards, and beats -- and the
      orchestra version is sparer, with a complicated sound that shows that Osawa's turning out to be one of Japan's top producers!
    It's interesting. I.ve never heard of anything about this...should check into that...

    >Good luck with michiru Akiyoshi, what's the cover looks like and album title?... I wish you the best of luck...I'll consult >with my Japanese source.
    >It's MANGETSU, released by Virgin in 1991. I'm looking forward to it because she does a cover of one of my favorite >Todd Rundgren songs, "Pretending To Care". Here's a link: http://sendai.cool.ne.jp/okaz8/mangetsu.htm
    Congratulation! You just got yourself a real keeper. Monday's full name is actually: Monday Michiru Akiyoshi. It's produced by John Ingham. It's her debut Album
    Monday kinda reminds me of Bebel Gilberto..Both comes from a music royal family...:)Below is the discography I grab from a japanese site,
    after 1994. We all know pretty much what happened after 1994 with Monday, right??
    sz~~
    a.. 1991.4 Album " full moon MANGETSU "
    b.. 1994.09.24 Album " Groovement "
    c.. 1995.07.26 Maxi single " Sunshineafterthe Rain "
    d.. 1995.09.25 Album " JAZZBRAT "
    e.. 1996.02.25 Maxi single " Brokentears "
    f.. 1996.03.25 Single " Adoptionagency "
    g.. 1996.06.25 Album " MAIDENJAPAN "
    h.. 1996.11.25 Album " DELICIOUSPOISON "
    i.. 1997.04.25 Best album " Lookintothepast (Toseethe Future) "
    j.. 1998.02.11 Album " mermaid "
    k.. 1998.07.23 Maxi single " Youmakeme " 1991.4 Album " full moon MANGETSU "



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