Asa-Chang & Junray – Jun Ray Song Chang
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Leaf – BAY 22 CD
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 |
Hana
Voice – Miki*, Kazufumi Kodama, Punku Boi, Yoshimi P-We* |
6:43 | ||
| 2 |
Preach
Lyrics By – Jai Okada |
4:06 | ||
| 3 | Kobana | 4:31 | ||
| 4 |
Nigatsu
Lyrics By – Hideki Yoshimura Music By – Bloodthirsty Butchers |
5:47 | ||
| 5 |
Goo-Gung-Gung
Music By – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra |
2:04 | ||
| 6 | Kutsu #2 | 1:01 | ||
| 7 | Jippun | 9:33 | ||
| 8 |
Kokoni Sachiari
Lyrics By – Kikutaro Takahashi Music By – Saburo Iida |
3:24 | ||
| 9 | Tabla Bol (Catastrophe) | 2:25 | ||
| 10 |
Radio-No-Youni (Comme A La Radio)
Lyrics By – B. Fontaine* Music By – A. Belkacem* |
6:30 | ||
| 11 | Kutsu | 2:03 |
Credits
- Arranged By – Asa-Chang & Junray
- Lyrics By – Asa-Chang (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 9)
- Music By – Asa-Chang (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 9, 11)
- Producer – Asa-Chang
- Programmed By, Guitar [And More] – Hidehiko Urayama
- Recorded By, Mixed By, Effects – Kiyoshi Kusaka
- Tabla [And More] – U-Zhaan
- Tabla, Congas, Trumpet, Voice [And More] – Asa-Chang
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| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun Ray Song Chang (LP) | Leaf | BAY 22 V | UK | 2002 |
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Reviews & Discussion
I admit, "Hana," the first track on Asa-Chang & Junray's album JUN RAY SONG CHANG, blows me away. Against a backdrop of cinematic strings comes a Japanese spoken word piece, both male and female, regular and distorted, perfectly accompanied with a tabla. As the voices speed up, so do the strings. Beautifully bizarre. The rest of the album doesn't quite live up to the promise in "Hana," though, though the circus-on-acid "Preach" and the freaky festival of "Goo-Gung-Gung." Much of the album seems to be examining the textures of the Japanese language itself, stretching it and cutting it up, with some tracks more successful than others. "Kobana" simply seems to be a restatement of "Hana," with a harmonica instead of strings, but "Jippun" speeds us through a swirling landscape, with bits of shakuhachi floating on the surface, finally puncturing the surface with a scat-like vocal. "Kokoni Sachiari" is all organized clutter, with heavy metal feedback and folksy plucking all in the same track. What a way to take Japan into the future!
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