Mayumi Horikawa -- CA-SI-NO（カ・ジ・ノ）

Pretty busy day and night today, so before I end the festivities for another broadcast day, let's try one more City Pop outing.

Let's give Mayumi Horikawa's（堀川まゆみ）"CA-SI-NO" a spin on the roulette wheel. A track from her January 1986 album "Maym", and yep, despite the dark background for that video above, it still works. A song from the jazzier side of City Pop, it still provides some walking fun...or maybe some strutting fun...on any of the main avenues of Tokyo on a Friday or Saturday night. Fine funky beat, tight horns and that sax solo...just the instruments you need for some cool urban contemporary stuff in Japan in the 1980s.

Through the Daemonskald method, I could find out that Masako Arikawa（有川正沙子）was behind the words, while it was a joint effort between Mayumi and Toshio Kamei（亀井登志夫）for the boppy music. "Maym" also has the track "FM Radio Band".