Haruomi Hosono - Tropical DandyFormat : LP Label : Stones Throw Catalog # : LP STH 2515 Genre : Japanese Marking 50 years since its original release, Stones Throw Records reissue of Haruomi Hosono's 1975 album Tropical Dandy is the first edition of this record to be released outside of Japan. Tropical Dandy is the cult classic album that marked Hosonos shift toward genre blending, fusing exotica, jazz, and pop to lay the groundwork for Japanese City Pop.

The imagined moment of rebirth and entering to this new realm of existence is what I call “Awakening”

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daylight gradually emerges

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and wholly synonymous with the Motor City

legs slowly sinking into the mud

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his first solo EP under his own name

with vocal samples and beats lifted from Disco classics

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