Yeah, I've read that article before - one of the few critiques you can find on the internet in English. It's pretty good as a resource for further stuff to find, and definitely interesting, but b/c there's so little else out there it's difficult to know quite how relevant the stance is to her work overall...
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― emil.y, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it's frustrating how little information is out there, I agree. the article itself mostly rings true but what do I know? most everything in there is new to me.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
xp - who's that a cover of?
No idea if Hosono produced that track. it does sound a bit like his work with Miharu Koshi. I know Hosono wrote "Tamahime Sama". If you're really familiar with his work it's apparent right away. Interestingly enough Hirasawa produces some of her later stuff, mostly with Yapoos, who are perhaps not as interesting conceptually as Togawa's solo works (or Guernica), but musically sound a bit better.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
oh, I did not know that. just the title track and not the whole lp, I'm guessing?
hosono did this one too, I'm sure you've heard it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lnkoT9t1xs
probably my fave togawa track, and again, great live performance.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
oh, missed your question. that's a patti smith cover.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, great song off an album I'm kind of lukewarm about. that one's got YMO's fingerprints all over it (particularly Service-era YMO)
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Greatly digging Togawa Fiction from 2004, it is utterly all over the place and fantastically so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdTKR_B9P8
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 22:48 (eight years ago) link
Wow, that's great
― space prophet wogan (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 01:56 (eight years ago) link
This is a pretty good read.
http://aramajapan.com/aramaexclusive/arama-interview/jun-togawa-discusses-35-years-industry-return/82068/
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
OMG, thank you for this, I hadn't seen it before.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
well, that explains what happened to her voice. so glad it seems to be coming back somehow.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
Escalating feelings that far exceed common senseA rose colored love that popped up like a sudden mutationA love so pure that you could call it violentA love so forceful that it's already been engraved into the Showa era
Kiss me as if you're punching me, until my lips bleedHold me until my ribs make a cracking sound and breakI like you, I like you, I love youI like you, I like you, I love youI like you, I like you, I love youIf you don't say you love me, I'll kill you
Eros takes shape and breaks down the everydayRomance overlaps with instinct, creating an endless hellAn intuitive recognition of anti-nihilismTriggers a tendency towards latent infantile violence
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 09:41 (three years ago) link