a r t i s t : Yamasuki
t i t l e : Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki
d a t e : 2005
l a b e l : finders keepers
g e n r e : Other
r l s. d a t e : Aug/2009
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 51,1 MB
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Props and kudos to soup for bringing us the vinyl rip
(Yamasuki-Le_Monde_Fabuleux_Des-(Finders_Keepers)-LP-JP-2006-
soup) of this fabulous album. here's the cdda!
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After February's dazzling critical acclaim of Jean-Claude
Vannier's Serge Gainsbourg-related rarity L'Enfant Assassin
Des Mouches LP, April will see your favourite purveyors of
obscure and undiscovered vinyl treats consolidate their
healthy obsession with funked-up French concept albums by
releasing the mind-boggling 'Yamasuki' LP by Daniel Vangarde
and Jean Kluger.
For those in need of epic, exotic, metronomic, and dare I say
it - proto-psychedelic hip hop that defies categorization -
you need look and listen no further. An educational bubblegum
multicultural psych-rock opera with lavish choral arrangements
and triple-fat beats and basslines is the only way to describe
this 1971 French/Japanese choreography LP which was designed
to bridge the European and Eastern-Asian culture gap through
the power of deep and funky music.
This release has already received a warm welcome from some of
the most obsessive collectors of obscure music ranging from
top producers to vinyl vultures and home listeners who are
still struggling to track down the elusive music from this
team of theatrical, progressive conceptualists who remain
quite understandably in a league of their own.
So that's all you need to know, apart from the added
information that original copies of this record are as rare as
the usual 'Finders Keepers' hand-carved stallion stools; and
for those who are asking... this IS the first time 'Yamasuki'
has been released on Compact Disc. It's also been mastered by
Jean Kluger himself from the original studio tapes.
'Yamasuki' is the second collectable release from Andy Votel,
Dominic Thomas (B-Music) and Doug (Delay 68) Shipton's
'Finders Keepers' library label, who, with over 40 combined
years of record collecting experience are dedicated to
bringing an analogue catalogue of unheard, unreleased and
unbelievable vintage vinyl anomalies to the comfort of your
psych-starved stereo laboratories. All available on both CD
and high quality, industry standard black vinyl with authentic
packaging.
Anyone for 'escargot sushi'??? - It's time to do the
'Yamasuki'.
QUOTES AND REVIEWS
"Imagine the bloke from Banzai yelling introductions over the
Franco-Japanese equivalent of the Langley School Music
Project, only with a late Sixties Eurovision Song Contest
psychedelic flavour. No... wait... where are you going? Ah,
fuck ya. On one level, this is woefully patronising, cross-
cultural bubblegum pop, devised and recorded in 1971 by two
French pop composers determined to bridge the European/Asain
gap through some cheesy and funky pop sounds: holiday camp
rock that you can imagine a generation of Christians with
shoulder-length hair singing along to. On another, it's
absolute fucking genius - there are levels of elation,
innocence and tunefulness here that lesser artists have spent
decades trying to emulate. The insanley joyful African (yes!)
beats of 'Aieaoa' even surfaced 20 years later, as Banarama's
debut recording. Music that has transcended its origins to
become both an ironic and avant-garde icon, this is a special
album indeed."
PLAN B (APRIL 2005)
"Honestly, you've got to wonder where on earth they find this
sort of thing. For the record, Yamasuki was originally a
French/Japanese project to unite Eastern and Western culture
via choreography, children's choirs and a screaming Japanese
black belt. When you add the fact that the Yamasuki was,
according to Andy Votel's sleeve notes, a dance craze that
could have rivalled the mashed potato and that 'AIEOA' was
heard, then covered, by the band that became Bananarama, you
can understand why Finders Keepers were so keen to find and
keep it. Odd, yet compelling beyond belief, this bizarre mix
of random noise, spoken (Japanese) word and the occasional
funk-fuelled drumbeat is thankfully one crazed, genre-defying
record they've decided not to keep hidden. 8/10"
CITY LIFE (APRIL 2005)
(www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_yamasuki.html)
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01-Yamasuki [03:02]
02-Kono Samourai [02:25]
03-Yamamoto Kakapote [02:29]
04-Okawa [02:14]
05-Aieaoa [02:38]
06-Aisere I Love You [02:33]
07-Yama Yama [02:15]
08-Seyu Sayonara [02:50]
09-Abana Bakana [02:47]
10-Fudji Yama [02:43]
11-Yokomo [03:12]
12-Kashi Kofima [02:55]
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