Laying out a crucial piece of the puzzle of how Japan came to embrace the sound of Jamaica, Tokyo Riddim Vol. 2 1979-1986 features the two tunes produced for Teresa Noda in Kingston by Ryuichi Sakamoto, and featuring Neville Hinds and Rita Marley. The half dozen others here exemplify how the sound infiltrated city pop, with a handful of ice-cool Grace Jones' Bahamas era influenced outings in for good measure. - Flying Out
Where Tokyo Riddim Vol. 1 focused on the city pop sound, this compilation goes further, digging out the more experimental collaborations and hybrids exemplified by Tomoko Aran, who in working with Yusuaki Shimizu and Mariah emphasised just how far reggae had travelled to be recast into something entirely new on the other side of the world.
Perhaps more than anything, in connecting the dots between Tokyo and Kingston, between Jamaica and Japan, the Japanese reggae was building a musical language that existed outside of the paradigms of US and European cultural hegemony - an encounter shaped by commerce, capital and creativity that is now being recognised more broadly for the first time.
Tracklist
- Teresa Noda - Tropical Love
- Yosui Inoue - Anata wo Rikai
- Juicy Fruit - Oshiete Ageru
- Yuki Nakayama - 3 - Trois
- Risa Minami - Jamaican Blue
- Kay Ishiguro - Red Drip
- Tomoko Aran - Kanashiki Vaudevillian
- Teresa Noda - Yellow Moon
Please note that Tokyo Riddim Vol. 2 1979-1986 (Vinyl LP) is currently not in store but is an imported title from an overseas supplier.
Most of the time it takes around 2-3 weeks for the item to arrive here and be sent out but it can take longer if there are any delays.