Another album of note out here recently is DJ Krush's fantastic
joint project with longtime Jazz trumpeter Kondo Toshinori. This
album is an extremely well-balanced project for its type and the
energy and sense of both artists comes through VERY clearly in
the end. Notable are an atypically "techno" beat by Krush on
the first track, "Toh-sui," the indescribably perfect combination
of Kondo's nearly ambient melody, and Krush's manually programmed
beats (i.e. non-looped), an unusual joint cover of Bob Marley's
"Sun is Shining," the splendedly "lifted" feeling of "Fu-yu"
(which Krush claims is a "summer" track), the one take "live"
track "Ki-gen" which Krush claims to be his gift to demonstrate
the potential of a DJ's musicianship, the powerful abstract
bass bomb of "Ha-doh" and more. 13 tracks in all (3 of which
might be considered "interludes") at Y2500 per CD (around $25).
The album is apparently only planned for Japanese release right
now with NO plans to release this material on vinyl, though the
promo's DO exist. Those DESPERATE to get this album might be
able to order it through AVPlusONE <saj97761@pcvan.or.jp> (standard
disclaimers)
Incidentally necessary info includes:
Artist: Kondo Toshinori X DJ Krush
Title: Kioku
Cat. #: SRCS - 8093
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