Akiko Yano - To Ki Me Ki - ト・キ・メ・キ (VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

Label:
Wewantsounds – WWSLP73
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country:
Europe
Released:
2023
Genre:
Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Pop
Style:
Synth-pop, Vocal
A1        こどもたち
Bass – Will Lee
Drums – Rick Marotta
Percussion – Armen
Piano, Synthesizer [Mini-Moog], Synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble], Synthesizer [Moog III] – Akko*
Programmed By [Moog III] – Hideki Matsutake
3:40
A2        カタルン カララン
Bass – Will Lee
Congas – Armen
Drums – Rick Marotta
Electric Guitar – David Spinozza
Piano, Synthesizer [Mini-Moog], Synthesizer [Moog III] – Akko*
Programmed By [Roland Micro Composer] – Hideki Matsutake
4:04
A3        ウオーサオー
Percussion – Nicky Marrero
Piano, Synthesizer [Mini-Moog], Synthesizer [Moog III] – Akko*
Programmed By [Moog III] – Hideki Matsutake
3:00
A4        Two On The Stage
Bass – Frank Blair
Drums – Steve Jordan
Organ [Hammond] – Will Boul Ware*
Piano, Synthesizer [Moog III], Keyboards [Powell-Probe] – Akko*
Programmed By [Moog III] – Hideki Matsutake
Programmed By [Powell-Probe] – Roger Powell
Voice – David Baker, Shigeru*, Steve Jordan
4:27
A5        大きな石
Piano, Synthesizer [Moog III], Keyboards [Powell-Probe] – Akko*
Programmed By [Moog III] – Hideki Matsutake
Programmed By [Powell-Probe] – Roger Powell
4:08
B1        アンダンテ・カンタービレ    3:23
B2        やめるわけにゃいかないわ
Bass – Frank Blair
Drums – Steve Jordan
Keyboards [Powell-Probe] – Roger Powell
Piano – Akko*
Technician [Drum Modulation] – Hideki Matsutake
3:47
B3        ヨ・ロ・コ・ビ
Piano, Synthesizer [Moog III] – Akko*
Synthesizer – Roger Powell
Synthesizer [Moog III], Programmed By [Roland Micro Composer] – Hideki Matsutake
3:05
B4        ト・キ・メ・キ
Bass – Frank Blair
Drums – Steve Jordan
Piano, Keyboards [Powell-Probe], Voice – Akko*
Technician [Bass Drum Modulation] – Hideki Matsutake
Technician [Vocal Modulation], Synthesizer [Drums & Bells], Programmed By [Powell-Probe] – Roger Powell
Voice – David Baker
5:45
Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios
Recorded At – Power Station
Recorded At – Bearsville Studios
Pressed By – GZ Media – 251963E
Manufactured By – AGR Manufacturing
Art Direction – Heyqlow Kobayashi
Co-producer – David Baker, Makoto Yano
Engineer [Assistant] – Don Berman, Lucy Laurie, Tommy Edmonds*
Engineer [Cutting] – Tohru Kotetsu
Engineer, Recorded By, Remix – David Baker
Illustration [Cover] – Tsutomu Murakami
Producer, Arranged By – Akko*
Romanized album title: To Ki Me Ki.

Runouts are stamped
Barcode (On Obi-Strip): 3700604745310
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): 251963E1/A WWW.AGRM.CO.UK
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): 251963E2/A

矢野顕子 (Yano Akiko)

Born as Akiko Suzuki (鈴木顕子) on 13 February 1955 in Tokyo, Akiko Yano studied jazz piano in high school and recorded her first album, Japanese Girl, in 1976. To the familiar wispy, girlish voice of Japanese idoru, Yano added something different: a whimsical sense of mischief and the ability to simultaneously sing and improvise on the piano. Japanese Girl caused a sensation in the Japanese music scene, with Yano standing out from the Japanese pop scene of the time as something entirely original and different. After a failed marriage to Makoto Yano, the producer of Japanese Girl, she went on to become the wife and musical partner of Ryuichi Sakamoto, soundtrack auteur and former member of legendary '80s ele-pop unit Yellow Magic Orchestra. The partnership saw Yano join YMO on tour worldwide in the early '80s as support keyboardist, and she began to cultivate her own following in the US. Little Feat supported her on the West Coast, and she also participated in recordings with UK rock band Japan, led by David Sylvian and Thomas Dolby. Separating from Sakamoto, she moved to New York in the '90s, where she now gigs regularly and records with a range of musicians, mostly in the jazz field.

• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: SYNTH-POP
• Format Type: LP
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 3/15/24