monochrome

boy, what a shift! after the disco oriented 'love heart', rajie goes on full technopop mode with the help of YMO and taeko ohnuki. taeko herself wrote herself some of the lyrics, and yukihiro takahashi produced the album. this was still a beginning of synthpop era for both rajie and taeko, considering how organic instruments are prominent here, and it sounds beautiful with synth compositions. classic early YMO sound is heard in most of the songs, especially in title track or 'watashi wa ... read more

splendid techno-kayō album from ritsuko kazami, who left the music industry with only three, however great albums. japanese people really liked europes vivid culture, in this specific case, french. there is lots of french atmosphere in the songs, which are so vulnerably and maturely woven into the core of the album. the lyrics about love, affair, breakups and even human emotions are flawlessly transferred to the music with ritsuko-san's soothing and girlish vocals. quite enjoyable ... read more

cover album with some well known tunes such as '(they long to be) close to you', 'feel like makin' love' and 'lovin' you' accompanied with miki's lush and saccharine vocals. its mainly a slower paced album but it seems to feel like a warm and endearing hug especially now with cold weather so it rlly gives a cozy atmosphere. there's still however, some more upbeat moments in here too. only thing i couldnt wrap my mind about is why is the album called 'fiesta' exactly? there's nothing to party ... read more

tomoko aran is one of the most prominent citypop personas that received her flowers for her iconic album fuyu kukan, however last good-bye seems like it stayed in its under the radar demise, most likely undeservedly imo. a quite concept album with such creative and retro-futurstic artwork in its sleeves that tells the story for which we're not really sure what it is about, but you still desire to know. it could've been up to our interpretation atleast for us foreign listeners/fans. similar ... read more