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artist :: Monday Michiru
release :: Higher
year :: 1999
genre :: House
label :: Polydor
catalog :: n/a
link :: www.polydor.de
ripper :: mbs-crew
date :: 26.05.2003
quality :: 192kbps/44,100hz
source :: Vinyl
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01.Higher (Spiritual Life Vocal) 14:39
02.Higher (Higher Dub) 06:06
03.Higher (Bonus Beats) 02:56
23:41 min
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Monday Michiru stands as one of Japan's finest soul and R&B singers
of the 1990s and whose cosmopolitan sensibility and mixed nationality
have made her stand out among her contemporaries. Regarded as one of
the pioneers of Japanese club music, she was born in 1963 in Tokyo to
pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and alto sax jazzman Charlie Mariano but
raised in the United States. Michiru originally kept her father's
last name, then briefly adopted Michiru Akiyoshi as a screen name in
the mid-'80s, but settled on her current name at the time of her
debut album (Michiru is her middle name). Originally, she was an
actress and first came to the public's attention when she was awarded
a prize at 1987's Yokohama film festival for her performance in
Hikaru Onna. But, come 1991, her attention had gone to composing
music and performing, appearing in small Tokyo jazz clubs and
releasing her first album Mangetsu. While it didn't sell millions, it
did bring her to the attention of Tokyo's burgeoning dance and acid
jazz scene and soon she was appearing on records by Mondo Grosso, DJ
Krush, Kyoto Jazz Massive, and United Future Organization, and easily
slotted into the model of the soul chanteuse, such as Jhelisa or
Cassandra Wilson. Signed to Kitty Records, she released an album a
year, including 1994's Maiden Japan and 1995's Jazz Brat, a
maturation of her sound. Songs were still funky, but Michiru dabbled
in hip-hop, rap, jazz ballads, Latin, and rock. Her lyrics are often
probing examinations of culture in Japan, especially as it pertains
to women. In 1997, she left Kitty for the larger label Polydor and
also turned to composing and producing for other acts, including Yoko
Oginome and UA, and occasionally appeared on the club circuit as a
DJ. Her album Double Image is considered by many to be her finest
works. In 1999, she ditched the heavy production for a stripped-down
acoustic sound on Optimista. In 2001, she went on hiatus to start a
family. ~ Ted Mills, All Music Guide
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