Omni Sight Seeing
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| omni Sight Seeing | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | July 21, 1989 |
| Recorded | 1988–1989, Tokyo and Paris |
| Studio | Various
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| Genre | Ambient, electronica, world |
| Language | Japanese, English, French, Arabic |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | Haruomi Hosono |
Omni Sight Seeing is a 1989 album by Haruomi Hosono.
Background and recording
[edit]This was their first studio album in four years since their last album, "Endless Talking", and their first release since moving to EPIC/SONY RECORDS.
This work was the result of sessions and collaborations with Arabian musicians, with an inclination towards the 'world music' that was gaining attention at the time.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Haruomi Hosono, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Esashi" (江差) | traditional | 1:50 |
| 2. | "Andadura" | 6:23 | |
| 3. | "Orgone Box" | 6:05 | |
| 4. | "Ohenro-san" (お遍路さん) (instrumental) | 2:44 | |
| 5. | "Caravan" | Irving Mills, Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Retort" | 3:33 | |
| 7. | "Laugh-Gas" | Hosono, Amina Ben Mustapha, Tomoko Nunoi | 11:27 |
| 8. | "Korendor" (instrumental) | 5:27 | |
| 9. | "Pleocene" | Hosono, Keiko Hida | 6:12 |
Music description
[edit]- ESASHI
- The title Esashi is taken from Esashi Oiwake.
- Hosono was watching NHK Nodo Jiman in 1988 and could not forget the song Esashi Oiwake sung by then 14-year-old Kimura Kasumi from HokkaidoEsashi Town, so he sought her out and recorded it a cappella.[1]
- ANDADURA
- The genre is "Arab music".
- The vocalists are the Arab singer Amina ("Amina Ben Mustapha" in the liner notes)[1] and Hosono.
- 'ORGONE BOX'
- The title refers to the orgone discovered by Wilhelm Reich.
- The song is about Cloudbuster. (See Orgon for more information.)
- OHENRO-SAN
- The title Ohenro refers to Ohenro.
- It contains some of the songs used in Human Promise, directed by Yoshishige Yoshida.
- CARAVAN
- Hosono himself says: "A compilation of quotations, a ghost band of ghost musicians"; the names Les Paul and Duke Ellington are credited, but this is a simulation, not an actual performance and recording.
- RETORT
- The lyrics are included on the lyric card, but the singer himself explains, "I can't sing it very well, so I'm hoping someone will record a song version of it for me one day." He explains,.[2]
- A song version self-cover was included as "Retort - Vu Ja De ver." (M11) on his album Vu Jà Dé, released in 2017.
- LAUGH-GAS
- The lyrics are in French and the song is sung by "Amina Ben Mustapha".[2]
- KORENDOR
- Image of "a deranged alien playing piano in the Japanese countryside", according to the man himself.
- 'PLEOCENE'
- The song PLEOCENE is a development of the song PLEOCINE, which was used in the film Night on the Galactic Railroad released in 1985.
- The vocals are sung by Hosono and Moro Fukuzawa.
Personnel
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ESASHI
ANDADURA
ORGONE BOX
OHENRO-SAN
CARAVAN
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RETORT
LAUGH-GAS
KORENDOR
PLEOCENE
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References
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