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01. Mkwaju Ensemble (Midori Takada) - Mkwaju
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02. Mkwaju Ensemble (Midori Takada) - Shak Shak
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03. Mkwaju Ensemble (Midori Takada) - Lemore
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04. Mkwaju Ensemble (Midori Takada) - Tira-Rin
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05. Mkwaju Ensemble (Midori Takada) - Pulse In The Mind
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ARTIST
MKWAJU ENSEMBLE (MIDORI TAKADA)
TITLE
MKWAJU
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WRWTFWW RECORDS
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 025LP
WRWTFWW 025LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
11/16/2018
2023 repress; LP version. 140 gram vinyl; 350 gram sleeve, with sticker. WRWTFWW Records announces the highly anticipated official reissue of holy grail album
MKWAJU
by acclaimed Japanese percussionist
Midori Takada
's
MKWAJU Ensemble
, sourced from the original masters and available in two versions: a vinyl LP cut at Emil Berliner Studios (formerly the in-house recording department of Deutsche Grammophon) and a digipack CD. Originally recorded in February and March 1981 and released by fabled Japanese avant-garde label Better Days (home of
Ryuichi Sakamato
's debut album,
Yasuaki Shimizu
's Kakashi (1982),
Colored Music
's self-titled LP (WRWTFWW 024CD/LP, 2018) and many more)
MKWAJU
is the fruit of the collaboration between Takada's crew and world-famous composer/musical director
Joe Hisaishi
, the man behind most of
Hayao Miyazaki
's Studio Ghibli anime soundtracks and over 100 other films scores, including
Takeshi Kitano
's
Sonatine
(1993),
Hana-Bi
(1997), and
Kikujiro
(1999). The ensemble's transcendental wonder is, in fact, the first-ever Midori Takada album and the first-ever Joe Hisaishi-produced album: historic. Led by Midori Takada on marimba, gong, vibraphone, and tom tom,
MKWAJU
is an inventive and riveting take on Eastern and Western minimalist traditions, African rhythms, and early electronica. Drawing from its jazz-rooted polyrhythmic improvisations in the most inventive ways, the album covers a wide spectrum of sounds, from colorful dance floor-ready percussion pieces that stand somewhere between proto-techno and experimental synth-pop, to cinematic ambient landscapes and ethereal drone delicacies. The feverishly sought-after full-length is a stepping-stone in Midori Takada's career and an all-around pioneering album. Alongside Takada and Hisaishi (who not only produced the album but also played synthesizers), personnel on MKWAJU includes famed Japanese musicians
Yoji Sadanari
and
Hideki Matsutake
of
KI-Motion
(WRWTFWW 026CD/LP, 2018) fame,
Junko Arase
(heard on
Satoshi Ashikawa
's legendary
Still Way - Wave Notation 2
(1982)), and
Pecker
(whose stacked resume boasts collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto and
Jun Fukamachi
).
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