Izumi 'Mimi' Kobayashi
Choice Cuts 1978-1983
23,33 €
Audio
LP
SKU : TIME020
Description
A luminous soul with an indefatigable love for music, few artists have had careers as varied and successful as Izumi ‘Mimi’ Kobayashi. One of Japan’s leading jazz-funk pianists, she wrote and recorded cult albums with fusion legends at home and abroad. Obsessed with new electronic instruments, she penned some of the country’s most well-known TV themes and pioneered the use of drum machines in anime soundtracks.
A star in Japan, she moved to Europe to record global hits with Depeche Mode and Swing Out Sister, toured the world with the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra and made beats with Attica Blues’ Tony Nwachukwu. Now based in London, Mimi currently fronts Tokyo Riddim Band - the intergenerational live Japanese Reggae outfit born from Time Capsule’s acclaimed 2023 compilation of the same name - playing live shows and releasing a trio of recordings made at Prince Fatty’s studio.
Choice Cuts 1978-1983 collects eight recordings from four of Mimi’s first five albums – Sea Flight (1978) recorded with her group Flying Mimi Band, and Coconuts High (1981), Nuts Nuts Nuts (1982) and Tropicana (1983) under her own name.
Tracklist
A1. Mas Que Nada
A2. Coffee Rumba
A3. Crazy Love
A4. Quiet Expression
B1. Naze
B2. Palm St.
B3. Espresso
B4. Angel Sky
A2. Coffee Rumba
A3. Crazy Love
A4. Quiet Expression
B1. Naze
B2. Palm St.
B3. Espresso
B4. Angel Sky
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