BEATS OF LOVE
118. Hai-Donan by Shigharu Mukai-Morning Flight
IS IT Balearic are spinning off in a variety of musical directions that highlight their depth of talent. The Marius Circus twelve has unsurprisingly been the pick, but Wrekin Havoc's Camino is also brilliant and representative of what they do best. Soulful Italo influenced goodness.
If the Delia Recordings sampler is anything to go by, three brilliant LPs are just around the corner by Shrinkwrap, Torn Sail and Brown Fang. Three unique acts that instantly scream quality. Add to that Jim's remix package that includes a sun-drenched Begin interpretation of Still River Flow with its subtle keys, with a more dizzying, floor-friendly X-Press 2 remix of Phoenix and you have a Midlands set on musical fire.
I had to mention that, but this week I've been obsessed with this colourful masterpiece. It was either Basso or Moonboots who first introduced me to Japanese jazz-fusion with its ridiculous attention to detail and resplendent touches that work against the American orthodoxy to produce something more sanitized yet more magical. When I searched for some online info about trombone virtuoso Shigeharu Mukai, I not only discovered he'd lived in New York before forming his group back in Japan, but also learned of his blood group. Note the ridiculous attention to detail.
More noted for the powerful Miracle of Tungus that elevates his trombone to the next level boogie machine, this album opener leaves me drenched in steel band percussive fairy dust. With reggae man Pecker sprinkling the magic as the trombone soothes, whilst I ask myself, 'is it Balearic?'
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