Artist : Mas
Title : Steppers Plus
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2005
Date : 12/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 10
Label : Flyrec
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 56:03 min
Size : 77,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Trivial Joke 05:52
02.Circus (Joint Origami) 05:38
03.Bring On 07:36
04.Cael Rock 06:36
05.Fadomi 04:04
06.A Beauty Pear 06:31
(Tokyo Zawinul Bach Remix)
07.Tick (Beige Remix) 04:28
08.Smood (Pasadena Remix) 05:59
09.Hokama Bass (Mokira Remix) 04:53
10.Turn (Kazumasa Hashimoto Remix) 04:26
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56:03 min
New album from mas consists of beat
oriented tracks "Steppers" which is the
fruit of their live feedbacks and "+"
(Turn remixes) which is a remix
collection from their first album
"Turn".
After releasing their last album "Turn",
they have gained much tighter groove by
carrying out numerous live performances.
"Steppers + " is a compilation of these
Rhythm oriented tracks. The tracks were
developed through their live
performances and again reconstructed and
turned into this powerful album: multi-
layered band ensemble skillfully blended
with edited electronic sounds.
"Trivial joke" is a track with rhythmic
tight beats and floating sounds.
"Circus" features Origami's (a popular
Japanese rap group with unique poetry
style and original flow) Shibit and
Nanorunamonai as MC's.
"Bring on" is a loose mixture of middle
tempo rhythm with kokyu, bass and
stereophonic sounds.
"Cael rock" is a development of "Cael"
which was included in their last album
"Turn" and it directly expresses
themselves as a live band.
"Fadomi" brings a nostalgic feeling with
sound focused structure and strings
which ends up the (beat oriented) first
half of this album gradually.
You can discover something new every
time you hear this album.
Furthermore, this album includes 5 remix
tracks from their first album "Turn".
The remixers are "Tokyo Zawinul Bach"
which is an outfit of keyboardist
Masayasu Tsuboguchi who is active in
bands like Date Course Pentagon Royal
Garden (DCPRG) etc., "Kazumasa
Hashimoto" who leads the composed
electronica scene, the dub unit
"Pasadena" which has a successful new
album out exchanging remixes with Mas,
"Beige" who has released from Nonplace
under the name Braun & the Mob, Andreas
Tilliander's "Mokira" who is known for
the great works on Mille Plateaux, Force
Inc, Raster Noton etc.
mas profile
Mas was formed in 1999 by the band
leader Tatsuya Yamada. The present 5
members are Tatsuya Yamada
(Laptop/keyboards), Kiyomi
(kokyu/glockenspiels) , Yoshio Ootani
(SAX), Masami Hokama (Bass/Trumpet),
Yoshinori Kuno (Drums). In 2003, They
released their first album "Turn"
(FLYCD-05) from Flyrec which was a
highly acclaimed album of precise
editing and thrilling grooves. They are
also active in live performance and
overwhelms the crowd with their
outstanding playability and the dub mix.
They have participated in Asana "Ini
Apa?"(Thanks giving) and Pasadena "One
point five"(Mao) as a remixer.
They also contributed tracks to Flyrec
compilation album "Out", Mao label
compilation "UR" and for the Afterhours
magazine.
mas website : http://www.dubdish.com
http://www.flyrec.com