japan, the band

he's skipped "gentlemen take polaroids' though. jimmywine should check that out.

the only 'lesser' japan albums are 'adolescent sex' and 'obscure alternatives' and those are only 'lesser' to the extent that they are more influenced by early glam than new romantic.

Jansen and Barbieri's 'Stories Across Borders', from the same year, is also quite good.
Def my fave of the releases they did as a duo.
Karn pops up on a couple of tracks, too, so you pretty much have most of yr RTC right there.

Learning a lot here - thanks!

Context for Jansen and Barbieri? Who are these guys? New name(s) to me.

they are half of Japan!

I wanted to stop by today and mention that Howard Shore's film score to Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars kinda scratches that rain tree crow instros/ECM-y fourth world itch. Fidgety upright bass + tablas + ominous synths.

Learning a lot here - thanks!

Context for Jansen and Barbieri? Who are these guys? New name(s) to me.

they are half of Japan!

The drummer and the keyboard player to be precise. Responsible for a lot of the sound on RTC.

+ steve jansen is also sylvian's brother fyi

sorry that fyi was meant w/o snark

sometimes stage names really puzzle me. Why change your surname from Batt to Jansen? Sylvian I get.

Listening to GTP and Best of Japan a lot lately. And Yukihiro Takahashi's Neuromantic. Something's going on with my brain for sure.

Why change your surname from Batt to Jansen?

HUH

whoa

Yeah who’d a thunk

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bowie - drive in saturday

Cursing at the Astronette 8
Who stands in steel
by his cabinet
He's crashing out with Sylvian
The Bureau Supply
for ageing men

Sylvian (Sylvain) and Jansen (Johansen) were both NY Dolls tributes.

Mick Karn/Arthur Kane too I guess.

Quiet Life getting the deluxe reissue treatment:
https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/japan-quiet-life-box-set/