Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa. With this first volume of the Wamono series, our two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!
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The Tasters!
Tracks & Artists
A01. Toshiko Yonekawa - Soran Bushi
A02. Takeo Yamashita - A Touch Of Japanese Tone
A03. Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys - Jongara Reggae
A04. Chikara Ueda - Cloudy
A05. Chumei Watanabe - Downtown Blues
B06. Kifu Mitsuhashi - Hanagasa Ondo
B07. Monica Lassen & The Sounds - Incitation
B08. Norio Maeda - Go Go A Go Go
B09. Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes - The Sidewinder
B10. Masahiko Satoh - Sniper's Snooze
12 comments:
A really promising compilation! Thanks for review, P.
Thank you AMM Much Appreciated for this Album
Thanks AMM. Thanks for the ABCs of Japanese Jazz Funk
The journey continues with the volume 1. Thank you AMM.
Sunday soul with a difference thanks AMM .
I love this stuff... many thanks AMM for these great reviews
BigD
thanks for Wamono i bet you know huge better than me!
Thanks for the tasters great taste Thanks AMM
Cheers Pedro
Thanks for the review AMM
Thanks for this review!
Another interesting share thanks Reb
Nice compilation. Some unheard gems on this. Thanks for the great review!!!
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