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Unknown post-Moda-choki
Today I bought Unknown Soup & Spice's album "Chant" (Sony SICL-57), and I absolutely love it.
Unknown Soup & Spice is a Japanese unit consisting of ex-Modern Choki Chokies lead singer HAMADA Mari and IWASHIRO Taro. Their sound is quite "ethnic" (as Japanese generally define what's from the Middle East), reminding me a bit of Banco de Gaia, and HAMADA Mari sings beautifully in a language unknown to me. The album also reminds me of "aire kawaiya" (produced by Autechre) from HAMADA Mari's second solo album "amu onna".
I found out about this unit a few days ago while searching the net for "元モダンチョキチョキズ" (formerly of Modern Choki Chokies), guessing that of the dozens of members there must still be a few doing something. I knew about HAMADA Mari's two solo albums but not about this recent project.
The search also led me to Philip-kun's "rock unit" called "sore wa himitz" ("that's a secret"). Their Web site also contains their recently started online radio program "Radio Himitz Golden". The last show just featured ex-Modern Choki Chokies member Nurupyon.
The Himitz site's links page also led me to sites of other former Modern Choki Chokies members HASEBE Novko and ISODA Osamu.
I'm glad to see that some members are still active! Now I just wish they'd get back together, and perhaps release the 1994-announced "Made In Taiwan" album.
Not quite likely though.
Posted on January 2, 2004 at 23:53 | Tweet
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