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*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO DIGITAL VERSION COMING WITH THIS RELEASE, ONLY THE EXCERPTS BELOW FOR PREVIEWS PURPOSE ***
Includes unlimited streaming of WAMONO A to Z Vol. II - Japanese Funk 1970-1977 (Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Following the highly acclaimed Volume I, dig further into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!
- Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring rarities from Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media, Hiroshi Sato, Bread & Butter, Hatsumi Shibata, Fujio Tokita and more!
- Tracks selection by Japanese super diggers and Wamono specialists DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam
- Mastered and cut at Timmion Cutting Lab
- Artwork by Yoxxx (Tokyo)
- 180g heavy vinyl pressing, reverse board jacket
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Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene.
After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa.
In this second volume of the acclaimed Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam dig into some of the best and rarest funky tunes produced in Japan during the seventies. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!
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All tracks licensed by Nippon Columbia except B3 licensed by Victor Entertainment, Japan.
Compilation produced and all tracks selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam.
LP release production by Ryohei “Nitchiku-kun” Tanaka (Nippon Columbia), Gregory Gouty and Maxime Brottes (180g).
Art direction and design by Yasuho Takahashi (Yoxxx, Zooham).
Original illustration by Akira Teranishi.
Illustration retouch by Toshiko.
Mastering and lacquer cut by Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland.
180GWALP02 - Manufactured and distributed by 180g.
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Complete your Wamono!
- Wamono A to Z Vol. I - Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 (180GWALP01)
- Wamono A to Z Vol. III - Japanese Light Mellow Funk, Disco & Boogie 1978-1988 (180GWALP03)
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Killer Electro Funk Hip Hop musical U.F.O. from 1987 Japan!
Kenka Oyaji is a cult album in Japan's early hip hop and electro-funk history, now reissued for the first time since its original release! Wamono series
Japan import - Pressed and printed at Sony Music Labels Inc., Japan. An exceptional compilation about legendary Japanese jazz label Three Blind Mice! Wamono series