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KKP readers may be noticing that I've started the usual Friday Urban Contemporary articles a tad early on a Thursday night. Well, one reason is that I'm going to be rather busy tomorrow with other projects so I'm getting a lead on at least a few of them tonight.
Such as this one. Singer Yumi Seino（清野由美）released three albums with the first one being "U・TA・GE" in March 1981. And I guess I'm continuing some of that city City Pop from my last article being a Tokyo-based one; this time, we're heading down to Rio de Janeiro with the track "Rio no Mahoutsukai" (The Wizard of Rio). Written by Ayumi Date（伊達歩）and composed by Latin jazz musician Naoya Matsuoka（松岡直也）, there is a rumbling samba rhythm in there but the City Pop arrangement is also not standing back either. Plus, Seino's singing with the background chorus reminds me of some of the music from vocal groups such as Circus（サーカス）and Hi-Fi Set（ハイ・ファイ・セット).
[[KKP readers may be noticing that I've started the usual Friday Urban Contemporary articles a tad early on a Thursday night...so I'm getting a lead on at least a few of them tonight.]]
ReplyDeleteOkay that explains it! I had been wondering why there were so many post today. Rio no Mahoutsukai has that super late 70's ~ early 80's funky City Pop style that almost seems to disco, but never cross the line to the other side, it sort of dance right on top of the line.