![]() Since there was not much time left before graduation, I proceeded to set up the recording. Although the members had never performed live or engaged in other musical activities together, they were childhood friends and often went out for drives and drinks, so they got to know each other well and were able to get into a good groove. ![]() Since there was no money to rent a practice studio, they proceeded to write and arrange songs in small room (11 square meters / 118 square feet) of Fumio Miura in Nakano. The members brought together a total of nine songs: four by Miura, two by Kiyo, and one each by Chabo, Nakajima, and Noguchi. The common tastes of the members at that time were AOR, soul, jazz, and bossa nova. Japanese music was limited to Yumi, Arai, Minako Yoshida, Haruomi Hosono, and a few others.Īt the beginning of the new year, 1980, we began preparing to make a record with old friends from our hometowns (Nakano and Nerima, Tokyo): Kiyo (Kiyo Nakamura, guitar, vocals), Chabo (Toshiya Hashimoto, guitar, vocals), Takeshi Nakajima (bass, vocals), Tadashi Noguchi (drums, vocals), Reiko Hibino (vocals), Yurippe (Yuriko Yamazaki, chorus), and Fumio Miura ( (keyboards, vocals) began preparations for record production.Īlthough we had no knowledge of copyrights, we thought it would be difficult to obtain permission for copying songs, so we decided to use all original songs. So, wanting to leave something tangible behind before entering the workforce, I approached my friends about producing a record.Īt the time, I was listening mostly to Western music such as Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Michael Franks, and the Original Savannah Band, but I was also becoming interested in YMO, Kraftwerk, Donna Summer (Giorgio Moroder) that was playing at discos, and synth techno sounds such as M “Pop Muzik”, etc. All of my friends were music lovers, and many of them had experienced some form of musical activity. While I had been active in music since junior high school, playing in copy bands of The Beatles, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, I became interested in home recording and synthesizers in college and began working on multiple recordings of original songs. ![]() In the winter of 1979, I was a senior in college, had found a job, and was vaguely enjoying my moratorium. Recording in my room, March 1980 Fumio Miura Fumio Miura, 1980 ![]()
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