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| Yoshida Brothers Volume 2; album review, 2004 | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 18 2006, 12:31 AM (614 Views) | |
| Angus Mac | Feb 18 2006, 12:31 AM Post #1 |
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What has Angus been listening to over the past month? Two words: Yoshida Brothers You might have seen this duo on Revolution or PopJapan TV, wailing away at these stringed instruments that I call Japanese banjos, but it’s so much more. Their second album, Yoshida Brothers Volume II, came out in 2004, and it’s a mix of all sorts of world influences, mainly jazz. Their string playing is just incredible. Thoughts per track: 1. Frontier – This definitely has that Lion King “Circle of Life” feeling. 2. Gales of Wind (Hayate) – The background music is like those 70’s cop show themes. One of the bros solos this fast jazzy song, along with some organs and drums. 3. Mirage (Shinkiro) – Light jazz, but add an acoustic guitar and some light congas. 4. Lullaby of Takeda (Takeda no Kimoriuta) – A slower more traditional song featuring both bros and a violin. 5. Kodo – We’re back to a fast plucking jam with both bros. 6. Indigo – Influenced heavily by American blues; they do capture that genre well, although personally they’re not as expressive as regular blues players. 7. Kagero – Influenced by Latin America plus an acoustic guitar solo. 8. Evening Calm (Yuunagi) – they weren’t kidding about calm – this is a quiet folk song with a harp and piano accompaniment. 9. Nikata – this was the song they played on PopJapan TV. It’s very popular and catchy because of the dueling banjos aspect, and their Jazz & Japan blend. 10. Old/New “Modern” Third Movement – kind of a sequel to Nikata, but they play the melody together. 11. Arigato – quiet Japanese folksy song to round out the album. 12. Kodo [Inside the Sun Remix] – redone version of Kodo to some tencho/house style. Think of music from The Matrix. This album is available in the US so you don’t have to worry about paying Japanese album import prices. That version has the bros on the cover (actually all their covers do) dressed in brown with their instruments, and the notes are all translated in English. |
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| Angus Mac | Sep 4 2007, 02:00 AM Post #2 |
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I heard this album over the weekend when I visited this shop in J-town San Jose. Wow that brings back memories. It's also cool that the Kodo remix is getting lots of airtime with all the Wii ads. |
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| Angel | Sep 4 2007, 09:25 PM Post #3 |
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this album sounds really interesting ^_^ |
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