“A counterculture movement united by an expansive, experimental and deeply soulful sensibility, Japan’s rebel protest music challenged the status quo and changed the country’s music industry in the process.” Following the ’60s Group Sounds era, which was largely characterized by bands more-or-less imitating Western groups like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Ventures, the decade from 1970 to 1980 experienced a burst of innovation born on the campuses of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. At the forefront of this movement was Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Haroumi Hosono, a polymath innovator whose band Happy End released the first Japanese language rock album. Time Capsule’s new compilation Nippon Acid Folk surveys a little explored corner of Japanese music history, but one which ultimately laid the foundations for an independent music industry.
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Recommended – Full Listen
A1 Hiroki Tamaki– Kawa (River)
A2 Happy End– Kaze Wo Atsumete (Gather The Wind)
A3 Takashi Nishioka– Man In No Ki (The Crowded Tree)
A4 Ken Narita– Gingatetsudo No Noru (Night On The Galactic Railroad)
B1 Hiroki Tamaki– Beautiful Song
B2 Niningashi– Hitoribaotchi (On My Own)
B3 Tokedashita Garasubako– Anmari Fukasugite (Far Too Deep)
B4 Akaitori*– Hotaru (Firefly)