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Maki Asakawa: Maki Asakawa
"A stunning survey of the 1970s heyday of this great Japanese singer and countercultural icon."
- A1 Nemuru No Ga Kowai
- A2 Chicchana Toki Kara (Live)
- A3 Blue Spirit Blues
- A4 Fushiawase To Iu Na No Neko
- A5 Govinda
- B1 Chicchana Toki Kara
- B2 Boro To Furutetsu
- B3 Aisa Nai No Aise Nai No
- B4 Uramado
- B5 Kamome
- C1 Machi
- C2 Gogo
- C3 Zenkamono No Christmas
- C4 Hikkoshi
- D1 Cabaret
- D2 Konna Fūni Sugite Iku No Nara
- D3 Onna
- D4 Yuki Ga Furu
"A stunning survey of the 1970s heyday of this great Japanese singer and countercultural icon. Deep-indigo, dead-of-night enka, folk and blues, inhaling Billie Holiday and Nina Simone down to the bone. A traditional waltz abuts Nico-style incantation; defamiliarised versions of Oscar Brown Jr and Bessie Smith collide with big-band experiments alongside Shuji Terayama; a sitar-led psychedelic wig-out runs into a killer excursion in modal, spiritual jazz. Existentialism and noir, mystery and allure, hurt and hauteur. With excellent notes by Alan Cummings and the fabulous photographs of Hitoshi Jin Tamura."