Hosono & Yokoo - Cochin Moon
I leave the explication to pitchfork.com:Before performing with Ryuichi Sakamoto in classic Japanese synth pop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra (or just YMO), producer and onetime session bassist Haruomi Hosono made his share of eclectic music. If you're familiar with YMO, you might imagine he was involved in Kraftwerk-influenced electronic music, or perhaps more traditional pop, but as it happens, he made his name as session bassist and playing in bands like the psychedelic Apryl Fool and folk rockers Happy End-- a far cry from the modernist slant of his reputation in the West. However, he also made a record in 1978 called Cochin Moon with keyboardist Shuka Nishihara, and future YMO bandmates Sakamoto and Hideki Matsutake that is arguably more bizarre and forward thinking than anything he's done since.
Very interesting album.
Download it here
Download it here


13 Comments:
Incredible! Thanks for posting this.
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Les, at 4:57 PM
I've waited this for a long time.
I think this might be the oddest album in his works, but unique in the nowadays contemporary electronic music scene.
Thank you very much.(^o^)/
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Anonymous, at 8:35 PM
I can't get Hum Ghar Sajan out of my head, but that's a good thing. : )
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Les, at 3:58 PM
Thanks!!!! In my top 3 of all time. My copy got whacked in Katrina. Thanks a mill!
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Electric Voodoo, at 2:35 PM
Thanks so much - this is strange, sweet, lush and acutely infectious. A revelation!
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Jonah, at 3:50 PM
Thank you very much for this! Never heard it before and now I need to find a copy for my collection!
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Anonymous, at 2:17 PM
what an amazing wacky album! Thanks so much for this, I really love this blog. Where have you been? upon discovery your site, its one of my top faves!
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raymond, at 4:43 PM
Awesome. I've been wanting this for a long time.
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Aaron, at 8:00 PM
Thanks for this obscure stuff.
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vanDiemerbroucke, at 10:42 AM
aargh, missed this one! Can you repost?
Thx and thx again
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Anonymous, at 7:15 AM
oops, sorry got it now after figuring out the rar file thing. Music = ..wow!
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Anonymous, at 7:03 AM
this album is truly a masterpiece, thanks a lot!
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Anonymous, at 9:21 AM
Hosono is great – check out his more recent material too. Thanks for this!
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