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01. Studio Mule - Shinzo No Tobira Album Edit (feat. Miyako Koda aka Dip In The Pool)
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02. Studio Mule - Kagami No Naka No Jyugatsu (feat. Nanako Sato)
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03. Studio Mule - Carnaval Album Edit (feat. Miyako Koda aka Dip In The Pool)
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04. Studio Mule - Ballet
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05. Studio Mule - Soshite Bokuwa Toho Ni Kureru
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06. Studio Mule - Yugao (feat. Saho Terao)
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07. Studio Mule - Face To Face Album Edit (feat. Miyako Koda aka Dip In The Pool)
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08. Studio Mule - The April Fools (feat. Nanako Sato)
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ARTIST
STUDIO MULE
TITLE
BGM
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
STUDIO MULE
CATALOG #
STUDIOMUL 018CD
STUDIOMUL 018CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
5/10/2019
Mule Musiq's sub-label Studio Mule has formed a group of shifting members and are now releasing a debut album with eight tracks of reworked, obscure Japanese gems.
BGM
contains the three singles the group released so far, featuring
Miyako Koda
of the experimental pop band
Dip In The Pool
-- whose
On Retinae
was reissued by Music From Memory to great acclaim (MFM 010EP, 2017) -- on vocals and Mule Musiq staple
Kuniyuki
on production with direction by label head
Toshiya Kawasaki
. One of them, "Carnaval", is a cover of the Japanese dance classic by
Taeko Ohnuki
, produced by
Yellow Magic Orchestra
. "Shinzo No Tobira" is a remake of the track by
Mariah
, a band led by sax player
Yasuaki Shimizu
, from their album
Utakata No Hibi
(2015) -- which was one of the reissues that sparked the global interest in obscure Japanese music in the last few years. Studio Mule's version features Japanese lyrics rewritten by Miyako Koda. "Face To Face" is a cover of the ambient pop gem from the ultra-rare album by
Yumi Murata
of Mariah. Also included is a rework of "Kagami No Naka No Jugatsu", a song by
Tamao Koike
produced by YMO, turned into a dubby Balearic pop track -- dubbier than the version included on the Yen label compilation -- sang by
Nanako Sato
, one of the artists enjoying some newfound success following a string of reissues stemming from the "city pop" revival craze. The oriental ambient pop "Yugao" by singer songwriter
Mioko Yamaguchi
is covered by vocalist
Saho Terao
, who some describe as this generation's Taeko Ohnuki. "The April Fools" is a rework of
Yukihiro Takahashi
's track, which itself was also a cover of the original song by
Burt Bacharach
. This new version boasts a more experimental arrangement with Nanako Sato handling the vocals. YMO's "Ballet", originally with vocals by Yukihiro Takahashi, was reconstructed into a dancefloor-ready instrumental by Kuniyuki. Many say
Yoshiyuki Ohsawa
's "Soshite Bokuwa Toho Ni Kureru" is one of the greatest songs of the '80s. The 12" dance version is reshaped here into a melancholic Balearic house track. The album cover is by the increasingly popular hotshot photographer
Kota Shouji
.
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