In Between Days

 

Various - Somewhere Between [LITA 183 FRA/USA 2021 24-Bit FLAC]

Subtitled as Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988

The subtitle should reveal exactly what to expect on this splendid double 45rpm set, released about a year back as part of Seattle label Light In The Attic's Japan Archival Series. My copy is a clear vinyl version from a French distributor, pressed in the Czech Republic. 

The compilation style is very similar to those Les Disques Du Crépuscule releases from the early-mid eighties, however with highly nipponic leanings. The majority of artists will be relatively unknown to western ears, however I do recall the elegant Sonoko whose vocal style is close to Liz Fraser and her excellent La Débutante album found its way onto Crammed Discs in 1987.

A1 Noriko Miyamoto - Arrows & Eyes

A2 Mishio Ogawa - Hikari No Ito Kin No Ito

A3 Yoshio Ojima - Days Man

B1 Mkwaju Ensemble - Tira-Rin

B2 R.N.A-Organism - Weimar 22

B3 Naoki Asai - Yakan Hikou

B4 Takami Hasegawa - Koneko To Watashi

C1 Mammy - Mizu No Naka No Himitsu

C2 Dip In The Pool - Hasu No Enishi

C3 Wha Ha Ha - Akatere

D1 D-Day - Sweet Sultan

D2 Perfect Mother - Dark Disco-Da-Da-Da-Da-Run

D3 Neo Museum - Area

D4 Sonoko - Wedding With God (À Nijinski)