Like the time Jay Graydon and David Foster went to Japan to record with Maria Takeuchi
― calstars, Monday, 11 March 2024 17:58 (two months ago) link
Yeah City Pop is a lot like Yacht Rock, but often gets a little funkier/jazzier/busier than Yacht Rock does. Also there can sometimes be some Beach Boys influence in there, that isn't really part of Yacht Rock. Basically it tends to pull from a slightly wider range of 70s/early 80s American influences.
― MarkoP, Monday, 11 March 2024 18:01 (two months ago) link
i'm not super knowledgeable about city pop but there's also a whole aspect of it relating to the japanese economic bubble. probably the best-known city pop song is "plastic love", which went viral some years back. in terms of influences on the genre, i think it's also worth pointing out the influence of japanese fusion like casiopeia. there _is_ more recent city pop for sure, but it tends to be kind of "revival" stuff. i do think there's some crossover between shibuya-kei and city pop - for instance kirinji, i think their music has a _lot_ of city pop influence.
the beach boys influence... probably a lot of that comes through tatsuro yamashita, who is one of the city pop GOATs and is a _huge_ beach boys fan. he in turn has had a lot of influence of his own... you know how it is.
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 11 March 2024 18:44 (two months ago) link
oh, also, a lot of YMO members had a lot to do with city pop, even though YMO aren't really city pop proper. that's also where you get kind of offbeat unexpected influences on city pop like david sylvian
a city pop record that i recommend a lot that doesn't get much play, probably in large part because it came out in '92, after city pop's commercial peak, is satoshi ikeda's _a love supreme_. you can also hear music in the genre branching out into different styles, like you got some acid jazz influence in there for instance.
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 11 March 2024 18:47 (two months ago) link
for your next generation of city pop considerations-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTD5vKQhcqAcolor filter - "vision" (2000)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 1 April 2024 21:46 (one month ago) link
Dope track
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 02:31 (one month ago) link
pre-City Pop ('77) deep cut from my buddy's auntie in Honolulu:
Nohelani Cypriano "Lihue"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE1mwfX_5EY
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 02:40 (one month ago) link
I love that song so much
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 08:52 (one month ago) link
Yeah, huge fan of Lihue!
I like the Vision track you posted but just sounds like a 90s jam though :shrug:?
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 15:11 (one month ago) link
subthread: city pop/reggae fusion
in this regard, i submit the following for your consideration:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTb3s2AXGkkjunko yagami - "ジョハナスバーグ (Johannesburg)" (1985)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:25 (one month ago) link
yeah that nohelani cypriano sounds awesome!
losing the plot a bit here, but on that note, here's a dj muro mixtape called hawaiian breaks that highlights hawaiian funk records. very fun!
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:31 (one month ago) link
that junko yagami tune appears on a comp that time capsule just put out, which focuses on the reggae tracks from pop & city pop artists...
https://timecapsulespace.bandcamp.com/album/tokyo-riddim-1976-1985
this one's not on it, and it's cheesy and stupid and perhaps kinda a beginner song in that whole area, but i do love it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Hqy_PMGIwMarlene – Zanzibar Night
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:45 (one month ago) link