Re: Michiru Akiyoshi

From: Jason Jasberto Batog (jasbat@home.com)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 01:00:43 CET

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    Shinichi Osawa's new single..
    r u refering to Bird's mermaid 3000??
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    I think he is referring to the Hiroshi Fujiwara & Shinichi Osawa with
    Crystal Kay track called "Lost Child" that is apart of the Tribute Link
    collection. It sounds interesting but I don't know if I can get into
    Crystal's Japanese vocals. They are soulful but I heard she is quite
    childlike so maybe the vocals are bad. There is an instrumental and an
    orchestral version on the CD single and 12" vinyl too.

    You can check the video and the song out at:
    http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/tributelink/LOSTCHILD/

    BTW, bird is released "Sakura" sometime in March with this very chambered
    and awesome Mad Professor dub! I think it should be good. I don't know if
    I am going to dig on bird's vocals. Vinyl will be released afterwards. I
    totally didn't like "Mermaid 3000" though, even "Mindtravel" wasn't great.
    There is a great song on the album though called "Clay". That's a fine
    Shinichi programmed movement!

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    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.
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    Is she related to the hard bop jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi? I know Monday
    has some sort of roots in the jazz field with her parents. Does anybody
    know if the IG Culture and Ananda Project remixes are still coming out?
    They were supposed to come out with 4 Seasons but I guess nothing has
    happened!

    How was the Play It By Ear single? The song sort of reminds me of
    commercial pop but I heard a batucada version that sounded interesting but
    the lack of knowledge from anyone on this release must be quite small.

    The best that Monday ever got was definitely Incognito's Caporeira Remix of
    Yellow Bird! Nice!

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    I just got a Monday Michiru: falling forward. : ]
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    The 12" of this is nice because you get the instrumental which isn't on the
    CD. Sames goes for the Introspection 12". You get Changes as an
    instrumental. Nice!

    Oh yeah, BTW, the first Monday album is very poppish. Watch out!

    jas|jas|bat



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