I have a feeling that I don't really need to ask Noelle Tham whether there is snow in Singapore, being so close to the Equator and all that. Mind you, considering how much of a technopolis it is, they could easily make their own snow.
The reason that I am even mentioning snow and Singapore in the same sentence is that I encountered this song by singer-songwriter Masatou Higashi（東正任）, "Singapore no Yuki" (Singapore Snow), from his one-and-only 1987 album "E La Nave Va ~ Soshite Fune wa Iku"（そして船はいく...Then the Ship Departs）. Written by Higashi and composed by Ryohei Yamanashi（山梨良平）, it's a fairly haunting metropolitan tune that also reminds me of Robbie Nevil's "C'est La Vie". I could have done without the weird bass voice blurting out "IT'S A HARD DAY'S NIGHT", though.
The only information thus far that I could find regarding Higashi is right from his own website, and between 1971 and 1988, he was involved in the music industry...participating in recording sessions with Billy Ban Ban（ビリーバンバン）, Asami Kado（門あさ美）and other singers while also helping out in the production process with Sentimental City Romance（センチメンタル・シティー・ロマンス）. In 1985, he put out a single "White Season". Since his music days, though, Higashi has gone onto many corporate endeavors, it seems.
I would have guessed that this one was from the 1990's, but to me surprise is from the 1980's. I think this was a bit ahead of it's time.
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