Haruomi Hosono

whoever wrote that is a real hero

Crapped my pants today, Harry is playing his first ever gig in the UK in June, public tickets on sale tomorrow.

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/light-in-the-attic-haruomi-hosono-acetone

Noticed that in my email box today.

any idea what he's playing these days? "material across his career" is kind of a funny thing to say about Hosono...imagine saying that about Brian Eno

Dunno, but gawd, what a wellspring to draw from.

If he even plays Kaze Wo Atsumete, I'd lose my mind. Pleocene and I'd die altogether.

oooh! thanks for the heads up. just need to find a pal who likes him enough to accompmany me now.

Booked! Can't quite believe this...

i sprung for this too! :D

it's a shame it's a bit of a weird combination of acts though. not that i dislike acetone but i can't really see any connection to hosono other than the record label

wait, i typed the above without really thinking through what i was saying (just for a change)

hosono is on LITA's 'Even A Tree Can Shed Tears' comp, but that's it. wonder if we can read anything more into him appearing at a LITA night? they did say there were "dozens of releases" due in their japan archival series after all:

http://blog.lightintheattic.net/introducing-our-japan-archival-series/

jealous of you guys

I almost pulled the trigger on flying to San Fran for that one-off YMO reunion show

any idea what he's playing these days? "material across his career" is kind of a funny thing to say about Hosono...imagine saying that about Brian Eno

I'd be really surprised if he does anything electronic. in his RBMA academy interview from a few years ago, he spoke of his more recent 'boogie woogie' style in a way that made it sound something like the culmination of a life's work. like it took him a long time to arrive there & he seemed to be really comfortable & happy making music in this style. so, maybe covers in this mode?

unfortunately, I have little interest in this music myself. I heard what sounded like his new album in a record store a few months ago and it seemed to confirm that this music is not for me. hard to complain when someone has touched so much that I love already tho.

anyway, don't wanna be a debbie downer! I'd absolutely go in a heartbeat if the show were closer!

hes got to be one of the only artists whose musical output ventures from 15 years ahead of its time to 80 years behind

I've only heard Hosonova of his most recent stuff. Its fairly pleasant and has a couple really great tracks on it. But yeah, I don't think I'll be listening to it much.

An affordable reissue of Paraiso would be most welcome, I'm all for anything that helps that along

LITA putting Haruomi on the cover of their magazine:
https://instagram.com/p/BhxCfILl6kR/

They’ve gotta be up to something right? The Hosono article is a piece by Van Dyke Parks btw and apparently the zine is free at selected indie records shops, but you can read some of it on that insta post in the meantime

As suspected, IT'S ON.

https://lightintheattic.net/artists/2475-haruomi-hosono

I think this might be Omni Sight Seeing's first time on vinyl? I'll be getting that & Paraiso. I've got an original pressing of Philharmony, and the recent Japan-only vinyl reissues of Cochin Moon and Hosono House. But fantastic to see these records back out there.

very cool! im going to have to pick up Philharmony, i almost pulled the gun on an original release of that a few times. ended up getting (and loving) "Pacific".

also that label as a nice selection of stuff! i want to get Lee Hazlewood's "A Cowboy in Sweden" but apparently it's sold out.

tempted to get the 3xLP bundle (Paraiso, Philharmony, and Omni)!

Philharmony also has, of course, one of the very best covers of all time.

check the high res version here, along with lots of other cool hosono-relevant pics: http://lightintheattic.net/artist_press_images/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&artist_id=2475-haruomi-hosono

Fantastic news!

not a huge fan of Hosono House but I think I'll be picking up the other 4 on vinyl. he's too important of an artist to me, this is such a big void I have to fill. does anyone know what the 3xLPs are???

boom! so happy Omni Sight Seeing is coming on vinyl.

does anyone know what the 3xLPs are???

tempted to get the 3xLP bundle (Paraiso, Philharmony, and Omni)!

I listened to both Philharmony and Paraiso over the last week - so good. I still haven't heard Omni!

aha I get it now. the site doesn't really say what they are, I almost thought they were expanded versions. yeah I'll be getting that

had totally missed the fact that he's also going to be playing in brighton a couple of nights after the london show, except this time he's the main act:

http://theoldmarket.com/shows/haruomi-hosono/

so i guess i'm seeing him twice next month (sorry)

I listened to both Philharmony and Paraiso over the last week - so good. I still haven't heard Omni!

Oh man! Such a great record and Pleocene is one of the greatest songs from his post-YMO period.

https://youtu.be/-22NysUDulc?t=41m45s

Playing in London next month:

http://33-33.co/mode/

23.06
HARUOMI HOSONO + ACETONE
BARBICAN CENTRE
LONDON

Money's tight so I've been trying to talk myself out of buying these reissues. I decided to listen to the four albums in the reissue campaign I wasn't as familiar with (Cochin Moon is buy-on-sight for me and has been for years, no way I'm passing up a reissue). I haven't listened to Omni, Philharmony, or Paraiso since I discovered and downloaded them a few years ago, and have never heard Hosono House at all.

Paraiso holds up great, as do the great songs on Omni Sight Seeing (which justify the purchase of the album imo). But not sure what I ever saw in Philharmony. It's by no means a bad record, and is in some places actually quite good (I like "Luminescent / Hotaru" and "Sports Men"), but a lot of this just floats right by me. There are also a few obnoxious ones I could live without ever hearing again ("Platonic"), and stuff like "Birthday Party" and "In Limbo" just remind me why I don't listen to The Residents. That said, I'm a sucker for this stuff, so I know deep down I will probably buy 'em all. LITA always does such a great job on packaging. I don't care a lick about Lee Hazlewood, but I was actually tempted by how nice those reissues looked in the shop.

Am I the only one who really likes Pacific? Wonder if that will ever get a reissue.

i love Pacific

Omni Sight Seeing is wonderful. Prob my favorite of this trio of albums. I can do with just a little bit of HH's Nino Rota homages, though. I hope someone will reissue "The Tale Of Genji" and "Naga" soon!

key track on Philharmony for me is "LDK". such a catchy tune, plus the synth solo is just wild

if you haven't heard it, there's a duo called Kimonos whose cover of "Sportsmen" is absolutely perfect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gi8futLRbM

I'm hoping all the Monads get a reissue. I have literally worn my copies out from over playing / over use in dj sets. Also hoping these aren't only being granted a US license for reissue as pre-order is not available outside US.

Also hoping these aren't only being granted a US license for reissue as pre-order is not available outside US.

Oh fuck you're right and I hadn't spotted that - Paraioso, Philharmony and Omni Sight Seeing are all saying "Not Available to Customers Outside U.S." - ughhhhhh.....

Cochin Moon and Hosono House are though:

https://lightintheattic.net/releases/4192-cochin-moon-uk-eu-version
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/4191-hosono-house-shipping-for-uk-eu-residents

Lol pic.twitter.com/qMAZ0uQqOj

— Sam 🧢 (@fuiud) March 26, 2018

One of life’s little surprises

that would suck to have been soooo close to collaborating on a legendary album, and the reason you didn't was diarrhea, plain and simple

London this eve, so excited for this.

Fantastic! Enjoy and report back, please :)

TROPICAL DANDY WHEN

got mixed up and thought it was tomorrow. only twigged a couple hours ago thanks to an fb alert, or else I’d have travelled up to the barbican tomorrow instead. but yes, excited!

I realise Acetone must have their fans who are probably just as excited but idg the running order, it's like going to see Joni Mitchell supporting Built To Spill or something.

holyyyy shiiiit!!

way too excited after that to watch acetone, i only lasted one song

full report, please.

okay so five piece band including upright bass player, haruomi on acoustic guitar. start off pretty loungey, not really what I was truly hoping for but it was very charming and nice. then they started swinging with some ‘boogie-oogie-oogie’ and it all started to get quite rock’n’roll and you realised just how good his band was. was getting super into it by that stage, just a really nice vibe. lounge cover of ‘radioactivity’! a great rock’n’roll version of ‘sportsmen’! and then at the end, hosono asks for the house lights to be switched on and he calls for his friend takahashi to join him from the audience. and then they start playing a rock’n’roll ‘absolute ego dance’ (correct me if I’m wrong there maresnest). and then halfway through, ryuichi wanders on stage and seizes partial control of the keyboards. absolutely start banging through the song, screech to a halt, crowd go fucking batshit, then off the go, no encore or anything and everyone’s just rubbing their eyes wondering wtf just happened

they all look in great shape btw, yukihiro was looking particularly suave in a suit and v dapper hat

wow, just wow! thanks.

Photo here (not my account)

Midway through a bit of YMO the man himself Ryuichi Sakamoto walks on stage to goose the keyboardist, crowd explodes. pic.twitter.com/DKm70CKFba

— JAM (@JAMXCORE) June 23, 2018