Various - Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 19801988 hovers vibewise between two distinct poles within Light In The Attics acclaimed Japan Archival SeriesKanky Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 19801990 and Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 19761986. All three albums showcase recordings produced during Japans soaring bubble economy of the 1980s, an era in which aesthetic visions and

garnering glowing reviews across the board for its weird colours and raw energy

punk funk and no wave tracks from Arthur Russell / Dinosaur L

John McEntire and Jeff Parker

including ‰Û÷Badmotorfinger‰۪

piano and backing vox

and Canadian studios with the assistance of Bill Skibbe and Leon Taheny

For fans of The Kinks

RID OF ME features the singles ‘50ft Queenie’ and ‘Man-Size’

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lead vocalist Roky Erickson had to be broken out of a mental hospital in Houston by the band’s lyricist Tommy Hall

" which can be heard as a nod both to modern-life anxiety and the ever-increasing threat of warfare

10cc – yet possesses an energy shot through with 21st-Century optimism