Watching NHK's morning information variety show "Asaichi"（あさイチ）as I usually do, I have to say that the cover for this album above has three people who eerily look a tad like the hosts of that show. I see comedy duo Hanamaru-Daikichi Hakata（博多華丸・大吉）and then NHK announcer Naoko Suzuki（鈴木奈穂子）but I admit that I am probably extending things a bit much there.
Anyways, I mentioned QYPTHONE the other day during another visit to the AI gallery and I knew that I had a song by them on the backlog list for a while. Well, it gets shown now and it's a lively Brazilian number called "On the Palette" on QYPTHONE's 5th album from December 2002, "Montuno No. 5". Unlike some of the other songs that I've covered by them, "On the Palette" swings more toward some good ol' samba than the dance remix feeling and obvious Shibuya-kei vibes although they're still in this song if a bit more subdued. It's quite refreshing and yes, I would like some of that orange tea that the vocalist is offering right off the top. Izumi Ookawara（大河原泉）is the lyricist while Takeshi Nakatsuka（中塚武）took care of the happy melody.
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