Fretless bass playing + Japan/Mick Karn/Percy Jones/Ippu-Do/Masami Tsuchiya/YMO/Ryuichi Sakomoto/Bill Nelson

'advanced stages' :(

titles is sounding pretty good right now, i hadn't played it in a while. amazing how he makes his bass sound like a 303 on "passion in moisture"

really digging some of these Ippu-Do albums

about half of "Real" is one big tribute to Neu!, and unlike what I've heard in the past, it's actually pretty spot-on and awesome. "Normal" has some ace tracks too and "Radio Fantasy" is a classic.

Wow, Night Mirage is splendid. Super super lush and deep.

fuck the haters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iay1HePfFks

mick karn+david sylvian — "buoy" (1986)

wonderful track, one of my favourite solo releases from either. Big fan of Dreams of Reason all round.

Numan couldn't get Palladino for Warriors but Bill Hubbard does a fine job of holding it down on the fretless & Bill Nelson makes the album great, single most underrated album (including by Numan) in his catalog

I cherry-picked the "Warrior" tracks with Mick on bass. There's just no one that sounds like him.

I'm enjoying Dreams of Reasons Produce Monsters more than Titles, but Karn really needed contributors to bring focus to his music. He's such an unassuming vocalist, and even when he's trying to specialize in texture, the results are thin.

"Dreams" is my favorite solo Mick but "Titles" is very good as well, I had passed on it for years before listening with fresh ears. "Weather The Windmill" is particularly great. I also dig "Bestival Cluster" but after that it's cherry picking time.