"Samba de Mar" is another track from Ohnuki's 5th album from 1981, "Aventure". Written and composed by the singer and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto(坂本龍一), it's a bit of Brazilian fun in the sun filtered through technopop. As I mentioned to Marcos, it's pretty straightforward until the last minute or so when it seems as if Ohnuki, Sakamoto and the rest of the production staff got slightly punch drunk in the studio and decided to throw the whole song onto a warp engine. I was dumbfounded and annoyed at first but I've gotten accustomed to the whimsy at the end. And she does make up for it with the lovely "la mer, la ciel" also from the same album.
I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Taeko Ohnuki -- Samba de Mar
"Samba de Mar" is another track from Ohnuki's 5th album from 1981, "Aventure". Written and composed by the singer and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto(坂本龍一), it's a bit of Brazilian fun in the sun filtered through technopop. As I mentioned to Marcos, it's pretty straightforward until the last minute or so when it seems as if Ohnuki, Sakamoto and the rest of the production staff got slightly punch drunk in the studio and decided to throw the whole song onto a warp engine. I was dumbfounded and annoyed at first but I've gotten accustomed to the whimsy at the end. And she does make up for it with the lovely "la mer, la ciel" also from the same album.
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