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Best pizzicato five album12/3/2023 ![]() Darker in sound than much of what was to come, “Audrey Hepburn” marks an incredibly unpolished effort that nevertheless stands out as a vital reminder of how much of a transitionary group P5 was. The first song I’ve chosen to highlight, somewhat disingenuously, is their debut single 1985’s “The Audrey Hepburn Complex”. Similarly, a later spotlight is planned for Yasuharu Konishi’s work outside Pizzicato Five, as the former Pizzicato band leader is every bit a solo artist in his own right. Additionally, as the incestuous nature of the Shibuya-kei scene led to countless collaborations between artists in varying configurations, spotlights will aim to be as specific as possible Flipper’s Guitar’s spotlight series will be separate from Kenji Ozawa and Keigo “Cornelius” Oyamada, and Cornelius himself will receive separate features as a performer and as a collaborator. In light of this, with Memories of Shibuya‘s Artist Spotlight series, I aim to capture the careers of the artists and groups profiled through their own music, limiting the words wasted on redundant information that could be easily gleaned from any number of online artist profiles. They were also among the first to break out of the Japanese market, signing with American indie label Matador and enjoying a remarkably successful stint as crossover artists – with songs winding up in as unlikely places as the show Futurama (which featured “Baby Love Child” in an episode) and the Kids in the Hall movie Brain Candy (with “Nata di Marzo.”) This first spotlight will focus on the early days of the group, prior to third member Keitarou Takanami’s departure, while the second will highlight the two-piece group’s material.Īs the advent of Wikipedia has largely rendered profile pieces in the conventional sense hopelessly redundant – if one lacks any insider information, the best they can really hope to provide in the way of biography is, at best, a paraphrased version of that wonderful/terrible site’s primer. ![]() Pizzicato Five predates the term “Shibuya-kei” – the term was originally applied to the crop of artists that sprung up alongside Flipper’s Guitar years after P5’s 1985 debut – but it would be incredibly difficult to find a group that better embodies the carefree, jet-setting kitsch aesthetic of Shibuya-kei than Yasuharu Konishi’s brainchild. – Best! Morning Musume.Every month, Memories of Shibuya will be taking a look at a different artist or group, with featured songs – regularly one per week, but as this first column is so close to the end of the month, this debut feature will feature two per post. ![]() ![]() Anniversary from Debut LIA Lia 20th BEST Ayumi Hamasaki – LOVEppears / appears -20th Anniversary Edition- Morning Musume. Miki Hirayama – Miki Hirayama Columbia Years V6: 20th Century – Yumenoshima Serenade Philosophy no Dance – Ai no Tetsugaku HYDE – HYDE COMPLETE BOX 2001-2003 Uminote 21st Century Soundtrack Chisato Moritaka – The Singles 1993-1999 (2012 Remaster) Anzenchitai – ALL TIME BEST 35 ~35th Anniversary Tour 2017~ LIVE IN Nippon Budokan Official HIGE DANdism – HIGEDAN LIVE AT NIPPON BUDOKAN Shouta Aoi – Shouta Aoi ONLINE LIVE at Nippon Budokan “Utaibito” Chiaki Mayumura Nippon Genki Onna Kashu Dempagumi.inc – Cosmo Tour 2019 in Nippon Budokan Mumin Nemu Sotsugyou Kouen ~Aratanaru Tabidachi~ Masaki Suda – LOVE BEYOOOOONDS – Megane no Otoko no Ko / Nippon no D.N.A! / Go Waist Ganbarou Nippon Ai wa Katsu Singers – Ai wa Katsu JAM Project – JAM Project 20th Anniversary Complete BOX Yoshida Brothers – THE YOSHIDA BROTHERS 20th. ![]()
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