I've only known about the Cosmic Funk duo KAGAMI since September but they're already leaving quite the lovely impression upon me with their take on Neo-City Pop. And it appears that I am going back in time with Lucas Sim and Rotem Gerad. I first started with their "Friends" track from their April EP "Time Machine" and liking that, I really enjoyed their "Endless Midnight" featuring City Pop singer Hikari which had come out a couple of months earlier in February.
Well, now I've learned that there was a single released by the duo in October 2024 titled "Itsuka Sonotokiga" (If That Moment Comes Back Someday). And this time, the singer helping out here is City Pop/reggae-loving Natsu Summer. Written and composed by Gerad, it's a short and catchy song which is notable for Summer not showing off any reggae vibes here. Nope, it's straight-up blippity-bloppity Neo-City Pop with that crystalline keyboard and a thumpy bass. And the craziest thing is that the whole arrangement sounds like a contemporary form of the music that Taeko Ohnuki（大貫妙子）had been doing in the late 70s and early 80s.
Listening to this makes me feel like I have gone back 40 some thing years in time! I think this sounds more 80's than 70's, but I guess it would not be out of place in the late, late 70's.
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