Takafumi Ikeda（池田貴史）was once the keyboardist of the funk band Super Butter Dog but I had fully expected that he would be showing up for the first time on this blog. However, when I began typing his name into Labels, his name miraculously popped up immediately signifying that he had already been introduced. As it turns out, he had. Over a decade ago, I noted in a February 2014 KKP article that he and chanteuse Yuko Ando（安藤裕子）had done a 2011 duet cover of "Ringo Satsujin Jiken"（林檎殺人事件）as originally done by Hiromi Go（郷ひろみ）and Kirin Kiki（樹木希林）back in 1978.
Oh, goofy me. In any case, Ikeda has taken on the stage name of Rekishi（レキシ）and last month, he released his most recent single which is yet another duet with a famous former 80s aidoru, Kyoko Koizumi（小泉今日子）who is under the guise of Anmitsu Hime（あんみつ姫...Princess Anmitsu）. "Elekitellme" is a pretty funky strut which also sounds like a Latin jazz number if done in the in-house restaurant/bar within one of those robot-themed hotels in Tokyo. Written and composed by Ikeda, Rekishi and the princess are talking about a potential night of doing the nasty (nice to say your dreams out loud there, Rekishi😎) but of course, the official video below has something a lot more innocent. It's also a tad disappointing that Kyon-Kyon doesn't even show up. Neat touch with the Vaporwave tribute in the thumbnail above, though.
Well, well, well. Who may this be?
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