Posted on April 8, 2009 - by Mark Zonda

Yoshi Dub

My musical existence was defined by precise periods in time when I got letteraly obsessed with certain niches or scenes. Indie pop, twee, Cloudberry Records this year, Factory right now, Trattoria just one year ago. I had my grunge period. Oh yeah. A Motown one too. But the most expansive one (ask the cd on my library right beside “Ranma 1/2“ and “Video Girl Ai“) are the ones belonging to Shibuya-Kei.

On of the few artists able to survive the breakdown of the gender along “Fantastic Plastic Machine” was the international dj and producer Yoshinori Sunahara. The man pulled out the very gist of abstract-pop, with sophisticated catchy loop and samples from the ’70s easylistening era, making out his unique futuristic and exquisite sound.

Recently I’m listening to a very strange collection of works. It’s called (guess what)… “Works ‘95-’05″!

The selection focus on the work of Yoshinori as DJ and producer and it’s divided in two part. The first one deals with some of his downtempo lounge club productions. The second cd is the most appealing, and shows many other Japanese Pop artist remixed by the guy (”Supercar”, “Cornelius”, “Towa Tei” and “Rip Slyme” amongh the others).

If you’re i the mood of giving new shapes to your grey urban night or feel the need to switch that little neon light on a mixed friday night, the sound of YoshiSan could be the one to make the difference and do the trick. Fasten your IPod.

Yoshinori Sunahara – “747 Dub”

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