Hoppy Kamiyama + Bill Laswell - A Navel City / No One Is There flac album

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In this new collaborative album, God Mountain label owner and versatile musician Hoppy Kamiyama joins up with bassist and producer BillLaswell. It's an approach that can often obscure the music underneath the overbearing production, but on A Navel City the thick production sheen is perfectly suited to the eclectic mix of styles and techniques on display. The music is a liquid blend of jazz, electronics, dub, and.

This is not your typical Bill Laswell venture, but it is one of the most unique productions he's been involved with, and arguably one of the best. Although there are distinct elements of free jazz present in several of the pieces, the majority of the album is tightly structured, with some of the most phenomenal drumming I've ever heard (courtesy of Kiyohiko Semba)

Who the heck is Hoppy Kamiyama?" is a question you're probably asking about now, unless you're pretty well up on your hippy Japanese unk-pop producers who were big in the '80s. Should this inexplicably not be the case, he's this well-respected bloke yonder where the sun doth rise, apparently having produced hundreds of records in his two decades of knob twiddling. That said, holy Moses on a pogostick, but the album art is terrible. Kamiyama's polished production pulls all three musicians together into one weave of playing wherein each and every sound is clearly defined, the whole easy on the ear but brimming with life and internal tensions. Whether your primary musical interest lies with jazz, dub, electronica, or simply sound, behind the strange name and awful cover lies much to intrigue and delight you, and the trio pull it all off with seemingly effortless panache and intelligence.

Artist: Hoppy Kamiyama & Bill Laswell Title Of Album: A Navel City, No One Is There Year Of Release: 2004 Label (Catalog Kanpai Records 73043-2 Genre: Electronic, Nu Jazz, Dub, Modern . Tokyo-based Kamiyama is a producer and keyboardist, perhaps best known as head honcho of the God Mountain label and the impresario behind acts as varied as eX-Girl and the Pugs, while producer and bassist Laswell has been involved with everything from Material and Painkiller to remixing Miles Davis. The idea of Laswell's deep dub sensibilities combined with Kamiyama's more prankish nature intrigued me as soon as I heard of the project.

Paired with quirky Japanese keyboardist Hoppy Kamiyama, one would expect this album to feature both attempting to out-freak the other in a dense sonic stew. Quite to the contrary, these players know when to let the other work. And more impressively, they leave ample room for the drumming of one Kiyohiko Senba, whose history with Japanese popsters Cornelius and Soukichi Kina barely hinted at the stellar playing found on the tumultuous end of "Azlo. Fans of both Laswell and Kamiyama should be happy with this release. And expect followers from both sides to discover a new hero in Senba's drumming.

A Navel City/No One Is There is a collaborative album by Hoppy Kamiyama and Bill Laswell, released in May 2004 by Creage. All music composed by Hoppy Kamiyama and Bill Laswell. Adapted from the A Navel City/No One Is There liner notes. Hoppy Kamiyama – Digital President, asshole box, Slide Geisha, gram pot, producer. Bill Laswell – bass guitar, effects, producer, mixing. Kiyohiko Semba – drums, electronic drums, percussion. Michael Fossenkemper – mastering.

Artist: Bill Laswell. Album: A Navel City, No One Is There, 2004. 157303217?i 157303221?at 11lMDe. php?main page product info&cPath 24 14&products id 43. I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same time.