Carmen Maki & OZ: Carmen Maki & OZ

Back from a two day workshop and ready to enjoy my three day weekend. Judging by whats been popular recently, I thought this one would follow suit. Carmen Maki is a great Japanese songstress starting her career in the mid 60's and she is still recording today. After a string of solo albums and a single effort with the established group "BLUES CREATION", Maki help form a new group in a progressive rock vein named "OZ". The group released 3 albums and one live album and were fairly successfully despite Carmen Maki reportedly having a diminishing status in the music world around the time of their debut. I find their music to be fairly enjoyable and I was glad to have discovered this album (along with the second) on "The Vault". Enjoy!

Carmen Maki & OZ (1975)

1. 六月の詩

2. 朝の風景

3. Image Song

4. 午前1時のスケッチ

5. きのう酒場で見た女

6. 私は風

Akeboshi: Akeboshi

Today's been a pretty awful day....but I'm sure it will get better. I'm posting this a little ahead of the schedule I drew up, but I felt it is a nice change of pace and is the kind of music the helps sooth those rough days. Akeboshi is a fantastic singer/songwriter from Japan and I absolutely fell in love with his sound after hearing "Wind" as one of the ending themes for "Naruto" a few years back. Akeboshi has a distinct pop-folk sound with odd time signatures but he also unique due to the fact that he frequently uses English. In fact his second album (which I will post as well) is completely in English. This is a great listen and your are robbing your ears of great music if you don't listen. I also included extra tracks from his ep's prior to the release of this s/t debut. Enjoy!

Akeboshi (2005)

1. Wind (Album Version)

2. Night and Day

3. Hey There (Album Version)

4. no wish (Album Version)

5. 秋風のうた

6. 廃墟のソファ (Album Version)

7. A Nine Days' Wonder

8. White reply (Album Version)

9. Faerie Punks

10. Morning high (Album Version)

11. Tall boy

12. The Audience

13. 神様の舌打ち / 時の舟

EXTRA

Stoned Twon (2002)

Wind

no wish

廃墟のソファ

White Reply(2003)

Morning high

White Reply

MONEY

Faerie Punks (2004)

Hey There

Akiko Yano: Japanese Girl

Here's Yano's debut. Great album and courtesy of "The Vault" Enjoy!

Japanese Girl (1976)

1. 気球にのって

2. クマ

3. 電話線

4. 津軽ツアー

5. ふなまち唄パート2

6. 大いなる椎ノ木

7. へりこぷたぁ

8. 風太

9. 丘を越えて

10. ふなまち唄パート1

Lee Sun Hee (이선희) - 1집 - 아! 옛날이여

As promised, here begins the Lee Sun Hee albums. Hopefully more people will check her out! Enjoy!

1집 - 아! 옛날이여 (1985)

1. 아! 옛날이여

2. 다시필 사랑 위해

3. 갈등

4. 혼자된 사랑

5. 남들은 몰라

6. 빛의 자손들

7. 소녀의 기도

8. 나는 사랑에 빠졌어요

9. 누가 나를 알까요

10. 사랑의 약속

11. 이 말을 하고 싶어요

K-Pop Selections: S.E.S. (에스.이.에스) - Sea & Eugene & Shoo / Baby V.O.X (베이비복스) - Why

School ended a little earlier today so I thought I'd work on some postings. I've got a lot of things planned and I hope everyone will enjoy them. I thought I return back to some K-pop and post two great albums that have grown on me recently, particularly the one from S.E.S. I found these files earlier this year from an old k-pop blog, pre-meagupload raid. They aren't the best quality but they still sound great. While the music is relatively new to me, it is rich with nostalgia. Particularly the first two tracks on S.E.S's second album. Both produced by Yoo Young-Jin , they capture both his signature styles and the feeling of the late 90's and early 2000's. Baby V.O.x's 4th effort is their first of the 2000's and in my opinion their best album.배신 is an great pop song and is complimented by the albums title track and "Bad Boy". Unfortunately, record/CD stores are scarce in Korea and when I do find some old cd's they are overly priced. So, if anyone happens to be a fan of K-pop from this era or older, please let me know and send me your files! I wouldn't even be at this stage though if it were not for FEN and his always impressive selections. Thank you FEN! Enjoy!

Also, visitors please check out my friend corwyn's freshly started blog. With the recent announcement from JJ and the force retirement of many blogs, I hope the few of us remaining can keep the spirit alive. I know I don't always have the most popular of post choices, infrequent postings and varying audio quality, but I do this for the chance to get the word out about the music I love and I've met some great people along the way!

2집 - Sea & Eugene & Shoo (1998)

1. Shy Boy

2. Dreams Come True

3. Snow. X-mas

4. 너를 사랑해

5. 느낌

6. 비가

7. 애인 찾기

8. 너에게

9. Kiss

10. Eternal Love

4집 - Why (2000)

1. Why

2. 배신

3. 회상

4. 허락

5. Overlap

6. Lux (별)

7. 슬픈 별에서

8. Bad Boy

9. 올가미

10. Before Sunrise

11. Patron (만화 건드레스)

12. Why (MR)