Sai Yoshiko - タクラマカン


Speaking of folky things from Japan here's another artist that's hovering somewhere in the obscurity. Perhaps most well known for collaborating with Jojo Hiroshige but she also put out several of her own albums.

Genre wise this album is a bitch to define. It flies all over the place but it's not a hit and miss type of flying. All of the songs are very well arranged and fit nicely with Sai's voice. Her voice sounds very mature and deep so thank the heavens she doesn't squeak while she sings (I hate that so much sometimes ;P especially in newer pop). A nice ballad here and and there, some psych rock, some jazz and some weirdness. Everything you could want is here.

Download.

3 comments:

  1. love the cover. its a yoshitaka amano, isnt it?

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  2. i downloaded the album, but my windows media player didnt support the file. what kind of a player did u use?

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  3. Ah just noticed I put up an unusual format.

    Well, I suggest you download Foobar. I use it and it plays all audio files + it's free and uses very little memory.

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