HARUOMI HOSONO - "N.D.E." 2xLPHaruomi Hosono N. D. E. 2xLP (Rush Hour, 2023 reissue) "First ever vinyl pressing of Haruomi Hosonos full album N. D. E. Featuring Goh Hotoda, Yasuhiko Terada, Yasuaki Shimizu, Bill Laswell & Franois Kevorkian. Big TIP! Ever since his days as a pioneer of Japanese electronic music in the 1970s, Haruomi Hosono has constantly pushed forwards musically. The 1990s was a particularly fertile decade for the Yellow Magic Orchestra co founder. Following two

Cheryl Kingan on sax

and the tracks often have a compositional feel with a distinct taste of Canterbury

From the outset

was a prominent figure in the scene

Youre way up there and the airs thin

Edition of 10

and it arrives just in time to squeeze in a few more shoreline drives with what's left of these hazy summer daze

except the last song on the album

"Cohesive and kooky as hell

"2021 starts as 2020 ends

with which he had started creating these strange mysterious little pieces

still the most amazing slice of OTT freak to come out of the Netherlands in the late 1960s: a project masterminded by four far-out poets -- Simon Vinkenoog