Five pieces exploring the history of music.
I see. You picked up several records today, and we would like you to choose five of them that show your musical history.
5 pictures selected by Ryo Yoda
From left to right: NEBRASKA "F&R 005", JACK J "LOOKING FOWARD TO YOU", Fruity "ROCKY, COLT AND TUM TUM E.P.", V.A. "SNFW003", YOUR SONG IS GOOD "Re-search / Dripping"
Yoda:First is the FRUITY 7-inch "ROCKY, COLT AND TUM TUM E.P." that I mentioned earlier. FRUITY was the first one that I really wanted a record. The color of the vinyl was clear blue, white, and light blue....
Saito:Wow, all three kinds (laughs). It's a complete set. As you can see, it's about 25 years old, so it's a nice yellowish color.
Yoda:That's right (laughs). I knew the record was out, but of course it was sold out when I found out. I went to a used record store to look for it. It's rare, but if you wait, you can find it (laughs).
All:(Laughter)
Yoda:And YSIG's "Re-search / Dripping", and it's signed (laughs). This is one of the pieces that inspired me to start collecting dance music records.
Yoda:The other three are dance music records that I am listening to right now, and I love them so much that if I were to explain each one individually, the story would be endless.... I like them so much that I asked NEBRASKA to make me a T-shirt with the logo "CUP AND CONE" in the same color as this label for the 10th anniversary of "Cup and Cone" last year.
5 pictures selected by Jun Saito "JxJx".
Clockwise from top left: The Damned "Damned Damned Damned", GENERAL LUDD "The Fit of Passion EP", DAVID BATISTE & THE GLADIATORS "FUNKY SOUL", ORGANIZATION "SMOKEY FEELING", V.A. "TURN IT AROUND!
Saito:To make it easier to understand the itinerary I have followed, I would like to start with "Damned Damned Damned" by The Damned, a punk band from the 70s. I was in junior high school around the time of the 10th anniversary of punk. I remember I took a train from Kobe to America Mura in Osaka and bought this album. I didn't pay attention to it, but I thought maybe I had bought some kind of rare UK vinyl, so I checked it now, but it was pressed in the 80's with a barcode (laugh).
Saito:The other 12-inch is an underground dance music record that I am still into. This was released a while ago, but it is "The Fit of Passion EP" by GENERAL LUDD from the "MISTER SATURDAY NIGHT" label that I mentioned earlier. This is one that I was really looking forward to getting my hands on.
How did you come across this record?
The label has a definitive release by ANTHONY NAPLES called "MAD DISRESPECT EP". I was shocked by it and was checking out what the label was up to when I saw this trailer on Soundcloud, I was so impressed by it that I was checking out what the label was up to when I saw this trailer on Soundcloud. The tribal and intense dub feel of the music has a post-punk feel to it, and I was intrigued by the direction it was taking. Also, the early "RHYTHM SECTION INTERNATIONAL" and "MOOD HUT," people who were updating beatdown house around the same time, such as MAX GRAEF, and of course FOUR TET, etc. Each release was interesting.
How about the next one?
Saito:Going back to the 90's, there was a series of record purchases that made me happy. I was surprised to see a record I had wanted for a long time on the wall of a record store in San Francisco, but in my poor English I mustered up the courage to say, "Excuse me, I want that one," and bought it, It was a compilation 7-inch of the East Bay punk scene, "Turn It Around!
I'm sure you must be very happy to know that you bought it abroad.
Saito: The yellow jacket is a record by CRIMPSHRINE, another East Bay punk band. I already had this record, but I was so happy to see it being sold in the U.S. that I bought it as a memento of my trip. I had never imagined such a reissue from a new perspective, so I thought it was very interesting.
Saito:And "Funky Soul Part 1&2" by DAVID BATISTE & THE GLADIATORS. This one I came across in the New Orleans section of the best used record and used book store in the station next to where I used to live, which had a huge selection. I thought I had to buy it because of the title, so I bought it and it turned out to be exactly what I expected (laughs). The sound of all the instruments engraved on the 7" including the drums is amazing.
And here is the last one.
Saito:SMOKEY FEELING" by ORGANIZATION is a very important one that was given to me by one of my favorite senpai, who said, "I think you will definitely like the B-side. This record expressed what I was trying to achieve as a band at the time in the best possible way, and it gave me the courage to say, "I knew I was right to go in this direction! It was a fateful piece of music that gave me the courage to do what I was trying to do at the time.
Saito:As a side note, when I received this record, it coincided with when I started DJing, and I was sorting through the growing number of records in my house. When I was cleaning out the warehouse of the record store where I used to work part-time, I found a bag of records that had been left unattended for 7 or 8 years after being told that I could take it home because it was in tatters. When I opened it up, I found that it was full of tattered Japanese-style items, but when I pulled it out to listen to one of Naoko Ken's records, I found a record that was exactly the same as this one (laughs).
All:(Laughter)
Saito:I felt a tremendous sense of destiny when I met him, but he had been holding on to it for about seven years (laughs).
