Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Kirinji -- Futago-za Graffiti（双子座グラフィティ）

 

Number: 072

Lyricist: Yasuyuki Horigome

Composer: Yasuyuki Horigome

Arranger: Tomita Lab and Kirinji

From Kirinji's 1998 album: "Paper Driver's Music"

"Futago-za Graffiti" is City Pop's sunnyside progressive form extending the path laid down by Sugar Babe, Original Love and Kenji Ozawa（小沢健二）. It splendidly inherits the genes of "Downtown" via the groovy sound of that clavinet, but at the same time, its lyrical world is clearly in Kirinji's（キリンジ）21st-century court. It's the cool answer to the question "What is progressive City Pop?".

The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).