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Maple Fyshh – You Are Leaving My Mind: The “Mariko” and “Dokitto Station!!” Era
Maple Fyshh
You Are Leaving My Mind: The "Mariko" and "Dokitto Station!!" Era
Style: Rock
Label: EM Records
Catalog Number: EM1214LP
A collection of late ’80s/early ’90s recordings of introspective Japanese dream pop self-produced and recorded by outsider artist Maple Fyshh in his home studio in Miyazaki, Kyushu (Japan’s southern island facing the Pacific). Apparently inspired by Phil Spector and Joe Meek, as well as hot rod and surf music, the songwriting here attempts to replicate a sort of seaside ’60s American pop sound, but the spectral reverb, crunchy 4-track cassette recording, and wall-of-sound inspired production levitates these tracks into an ethereal territory. “君がどんどん離れて行く（リプライズ） (You are Leaving My Mind [Reprise]),” in particular, is an immensely beautiful little campfire type song that lingers in your memory long after the 2-and-three-quarter minutes are over.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Acid Folk / Dream Pop / Surf Rock
Tracklist:
Mariko』 Side
A1 The Prelude
A2 君がどんどん離れて行く = You Are Leaving My Mind
A3 君はもう一つの現実 僕はこの現実 (判ったよ もう 怖い顔はやめて) = You Are The Other Reality And I Am This Reality (Okay, Okay, No More Scary Faces)
A4 君がどんどん離れて行く (リプライズ) = You Are Leaving My Mind (Reprise)
A5 Mariko 終章 ~ 砂と太陽 (Inst) = Mariko: The Finale ~ Sands And Sun (Inst)
A6 はがれ落ちるポスター Part 2 (Inst) = Peeling Off Poster Part 2 (Inst)
『Dokitto Station!!』 Side
B1 丘の上のSha-La-La (丘の上で~Sha-La-La~夜明けの詩) = Sha-La-La On The Hill (A Dawn Poem)
B2 春の鐘 = Bells Of Spring
B3 口紅 Boy = Lipstick Boy
B4 青い海へと消えた恋 (海岸どおりでもういちど) = Love Gone To The Blue Sea (Once Again On The Seaside Path)
B5 Twistar Sister Pylot (Twinkle Star Patrol)
