| Shugo Tokumaru was born in Tokyo in 1980. Night Piece is his debut album and it’s been released on New-York based Music Related. It was recorded over a period of two weeks. A singular miniature of bizarre folk pop, this first record, which was elaborated as an experiment, assembling ukulele, guitare, musical saw and a whole range of unexpected effects, immediately made his reputation as major miracle, by all those who, in the world, spontaneously began to champion him (especially Pitchfork, which fell in love with the record and grated him with an exceptional 8.6 mark). What is better to begin one’s career with but with an accidental masterpiece? His first concert, for a Map Magazine evening, was done on the latter’s request, and with similar accidental purpose – which didn’t prevent Shugo’s brilliant constructions of loops, delay and toy instruments, to provoke nothing but awe and admiration. So what: a Tokyoite folk singer singing in Japanese, and who manages to convince everybody with a simple thirty minute affair? This was just the beginning. |
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Tracklist :
1. Such a Colo
2. Light Chair
3. Lantern on the Water
4. Sleet
5. The Mop
6. Switch
7. Typewriter
8. Paparazzi
9. Funfair
10. A Kite of Night
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