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Haruomi Hosonos career has taken so many twists and turns that if you randomly chose five of his records, youd be forgiven for thinking youre hearing five different artists. He helped pioneer Japanese-language rock with folk rock band Happy End, spoofed Western Oriental exotica tropes, pushed synthpop forward with Yellow Magic Orchestra, and helped bring ambient music to the Japanese masses. Thats not to mention his pivotal role in city pop, his myriad of late-period lounge records, his versatility as a bassist, or that his 1984 LPVideo Game Musicwas the burgeoning genres first full album. Among the hundreds of projects Hosonos had a crucial hand in, some are essential, groundbreaking pop records while others are just Hosono messing around on an E-mu Emulator for 40 minutes. Despite the stylistic diversity, his exploratory nature and seeming disregard for perfection runs consistently throughout his five decades of output. Hence why anaccidental masterpiece that hed completely forgotten aboutis only a year separated from fourrecordsthatsoundlikea 10-year-old was let loose in a studio.
His 1973 solo debutHosono Housewasnt thestartof his career, but the first development towards forging his own path. Hosono House Revisited is compilation of reworks of Haruomi Hosonos iconic solo debut, celebrating 50 years since its release. This compilation sees musicians from the Stones Throw roster and beyond offer up their own interpretations of Hosonos songs. Artists revisiting Hosono’s songs include John Carroll Kirby ft the Mizuhara Sisters, Jerry Paper, Pearl & The Oysters, Sam Gendel, Cornelius, and more. via Label
Label: Stones Throw Records
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Compilation
Released: 2024
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: J-Rock, J-pop, Electronica
File under: Japanese Electronic
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