shoukichi kina: ??? / ???

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moved by the spirited luaka bop debate on the david byrne thread, i finally forced myself to plop down the $2.16 for this at my local used shop. i had been debating it for a while (who can argue with bubblegum pink / fluorescent blue / slime green album art??) and now it is in my hot hands.

what say ye?

i am particularly interested in steve shasta's take ...

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

I have a song by them called "Ching ching!" or something similar. It was very cute.

― Trayce, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

"jing jing"??

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

never heard of them. my luaka bop defense is centered around shuggy, tom ze, nouvelle vague and os mutantes.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 05:54 (nineteen years ago)

hmm... okinawan music is great (shamisen)... one of my favorite restaurants plays this doom-metal take on shamisen that's really amazing, like melvins/earth de-tuned sludge in weird time signatures.

but i've never heard this guy. ysi the best track.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 05:56 (nineteen years ago)

Jingjing, thats the one! I knew I had that kind of wrong wtf.

― Trayce, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

yeah it's like shamisen meets "roots rock", but it really ends up sounding like YMO doing bluegrass.

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 06:41 (nineteen years ago)

the back cover has a quote from ryuichi sakamoto: "i cry tears of joy when i hear this music"

^^ no joke

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 06:41 (nineteen years ago)

one of my favorite restaurants plays this doom-metal take on shamisen that's really amazing, like melvins/earth de-tuned sludge in weird time signatures.
-- Steve Shasta, Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:56 AM (47 minutes ago)

uh what band is this and also WHAT RESTAURANT?!?!?

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 06:44 (nineteen years ago)

is it the one that serves LIVE LOBSTER??

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 06:45 (nineteen years ago)

Search: "Subete No Hito No Kokoro Ni Hanna O" and "Haisai Ojisan" (although I think I actually prefer the Tarika Samy re-make of "Hana" that appeard on A World Out of Time). "Jing Jing" is pretty good too. I can't listen to the Shoukichi Kina straight through though. I am slightly more curious about traditional Okinawan music now that I've seen All About Lily Chou-Chou.

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 11:10 (nineteen years ago)

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