Japanese releases are always sought after for numerous reasons - superb production, great pressings, gorgeous artwork and super rarity factor. Sometimes the music's good too - as in this one.
This is house music but on a kind of Pepe Braddock tip with a beautiful melody running over the top in a kinda Detroit style building the synths for nearly four minutes before the beats come in. Then we are off into the groove as the arrangement builds and drops around us. Amazing stuff. Every track here is great though. 'El Sol' is kinda similar to the A Side but possibly a bit housier with a real funky bassline and some latin percussion - still tons of melody though. The final track is on a chill out tip, with an real early 70's Miles Davis fusion feel. All in all a killer EP.
Records like this would stay in my DJ bag for ages as I would play every track off it over the space of the night. Too many labels would stick 4 track EP's out when only the lead track was worth owning. At the same time some artists would embrace the concept of an EP and make it a real trip - Underground Resistance spring to mind, especially their Nation to Galaxy trilogy.
I was bit obsessive with the Japanese scene for while, although a lot of it was indulgent jazzy
nonsense. Still a good few gems over the years though - will look some out.
A1. Hanadokei (The Flower Clock)
B1. El Sol
B2. Magus Steps
This is house music but on a kind of Pepe Braddock tip with a beautiful melody running over the top in a kinda Detroit style building the synths for nearly four minutes before the beats come in. Then we are off into the groove as the arrangement builds and drops around us. Amazing stuff. Every track here is great though. 'El Sol' is kinda similar to the A Side but possibly a bit housier with a real funky bassline and some latin percussion - still tons of melody though. The final track is on a chill out tip, with an real early 70's Miles Davis fusion feel. All in all a killer EP.
Records like this would stay in my DJ bag for ages as I would play every track off it over the space of the night. Too many labels would stick 4 track EP's out when only the lead track was worth owning. At the same time some artists would embrace the concept of an EP and make it a real trip - Underground Resistance spring to mind, especially their Nation to Galaxy trilogy.
I was bit obsessive with the Japanese scene for while, although a lot of it was indulgent jazzy
nonsense. Still a good few gems over the years though - will look some out.
A1. Hanadokei (The Flower Clock)
B1. El Sol
B2. Magus Steps
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