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Haruomi Hosono’s career has taken so many twists and turns that if you randomly chose five of his records, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re hearing five different artists. He helped pioneer Japanese-language rock with folk rock band Happy End, spoofed Western “Oriental” “exotica” tropes, pushed synthpop forward with Yellow Magic Orchestra, and helped bring ambient music to the Japanese masses. That’s not to mention his pivotal role in city pop, his myriad of late-period lounge records, his versatility as a bassist, or that his 1984 LP Video Game Music was the burgeoning genre’s first full album. Among the hundreds of projects Hosono’s had a crucial hand in, some are essential, groundbreaking pop records while others are just Hosono messing around on an E-mu Emulator for 40 minutes. Despite the stylistic diversity, his exploratory nature and seeming disregard for perfection runs consistently throughout his five decades of output. Hence why an accidental masterpiece that he’d completely forgotten about is only a year separated from four records that sound like a 10-year-old was let loose in a studio.

His 1973 solo debut Hosono House wasn’t the start of his career, but the first development towards forging his own path. Hosono House Revisited is compilation of reworks of Haruomi Hosono’s iconic solo debut, celebrating 50 years since its release. This compilation sees musicians from the Stones Throw roster and beyond offer up their own interpretations of Hosono’s songs. Artists revisiting Hosono's songs include John Carroll Kirby ft the Mizuhara Sisters, Jerry Paper, Pearl & The Oysters, Sam Gendel, Cornelius, and more. — via Label

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Label: Stones Throw Records
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Compilation
Released: 2024
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: J-Rock, J-pop, Electronica

File under: Japanese Electronic
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