It was a month ago today that I posted this article on Phnonpenh Model's "MATANE"（またね）which was the veteran band's collaboration with Jun Togawa（戸川純）and Susumu Hirasawa （平沢進）, With all of those folks in there, the song was as avant-garde as I could imagine for a techno-rock number.
Well, a couple of months ago, the band released an album titled "Vast Empty Pulse" (their first release in 18 years) and on it, I found "Kaze wa Go Go" (Wind Go Go) which was composed by keyboardist Hikaru Kotobuki（ことぶき光）and written by bandmate Masaaki Maruta Taniguchi（谷口マルタ正明）. One would think that from the title, the song may have something to do with the swinging 1960s. No, not quite. It's actually another absinthe-fueled musical adventure that seems to take place somewhere in the cities and forests of Southeast Asia. Thrilling, chaotic and mesmerizing,,,a real trip may not be real safe but vicariously listening to the musical equivalent of flying through vines and ancient towers while folks are speaking in computerized tongues at you is pretty heady.
Now, this is very wild and thrilling music! I imagine it must be hard for musicians to remember.
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