Hiroshi Sato - Orient (Vinyl)
If you like synth-pop, you’ll love this obscure, cult-ish, previously hard to find treat. Actually, 'Orient' is synth-pop meets jazz-funk with more than a touch of exotica and Oriental proto-electronica. Originally released in 1979 in Japan only, it was a distant Japanese relation of M, Flying Lizards, Buggles, Gary Numan, The Human League et al. It is now being made widely available six years after the death of its creator, Hiroshi Sato, a keyboardist, composer, arranger, producer, sound engineer and – some say – near-member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (apparently he turned down the offer to join the collective and they drafted in Ryuichi Sakamoto instead). This is the best Oriental jazz funk, synth-pop, electro soul, album you’re likely to hear all year!
Tracklist:
A1 Kalimba Night
A2 Son Go Kuw
A3 Tsuki No Ko No Namae Wa Leo
A4 Doncama
B1 Jo-Do
B2 Sora Tobu Jutan
B3 Picnic
B4 Hikaru Kaze
If you like synth-pop, you’ll love this obscure, cult-ish, previously hard to find treat. Actually, 'Orient' is synth-pop meets jazz-funk with more than a touch of exotica and Oriental proto-electronica. Originally released in 1979 in Japan only, it was a distant Japanese relation of M, Flying Lizards, Buggles, Gary Numan, The Human League et al. It is now being made widely available six years after the death of its creator, Hiroshi Sato, a keyboardist, composer, arranger, producer, sound engineer and – some say – near-member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (apparently he turned down the offer to join the collective and they drafted in Ryuichi Sakamoto instead). This is the best Oriental jazz funk, synth-pop, electro soul, album you’re likely to hear all year!
Tracklist:
A1 Kalimba Night
A2 Son Go Kuw
A3 Tsuki No Ko No Namae Wa Leo
A4 Doncama
B1 Jo-Do
B2 Sora Tobu Jutan
B3 Picnic
B4 Hikaru Kaze
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