Kazuhito Murata -- Taiyou no Koibito（太陽の恋人）

 

Let's see...I just returned from a rather contentious condo owners' board meeting tonight pitting the board association against the owners. Hell was unleashed and ninety minutes into the meeting, we hadn't even gotten past the first item on the agenda. With all of the accusations and anger thrown at each other, it was time for me to leave since it was obvious that nothing was going to be resolved and there is now a somewhat toxic atmosphere in our neighbourhood.

However, before I witnessed our version of "Gladiator" tonight, I had encountered a piece of good news on the blog. Back on March 3rd, I sent out an All-Points Bulletin regarding a mystery song that commenter Javier had told me about. Usually the results of our APBs have been rather hit-and-miss admittedly and it's even rarer when the person making the request for an APB actually tracks down the original song. Well, it's our lucky day.

The Future Funk song known as "Dreaming" as arranged by Cosmjc Burrito is actually singer-songwriter Kazuhito Murata's（村田和人）"Taiyou no Koibito" (Sun Lovers), and indeed Javier was the one who tracked it down. If Javier is reading this, I hope that he can let us know how he was able to figure it all out. "Taiyou no Koibito" is a track on Murata's 11th album "Sweet Vibration" from September 1995. Written by Yoshihiko Ando（安藤芳彦）and composed by Murata, it's a typically summery concoction of good vibrations and I'm indeed happy that the song has been uncovered. Some nice harmonies in there, too.

Usually when it comes to Murata's discography, I've focused on his 1980s stuff but including this 1995 entry, I have covered one other 90s song by him: "TRUST" from his 1994 album "evergreen". Anyways, a mystery is solved! Congratulations and thanks to Javier!