#Ai ga nakucha ne

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Nihon shōjo (1976), Iroha ni konpeitou (1977), Tokimeki (1978), Gohan ga dekitayo (1980), Tadaiima (1981), Ai ga nakucha ne. (1982), OSOS (1984),  Akiko Yano

Akiko Yano’s music has always been about its fusion, about her embracing collaborators and sounds and intricately, seamlessly blending them into her own artistic definition. It’s that quality that has truly run through her music over the years, from the careful and intricate blends of lightly jazzy, richly electronic, sometime-new-age-y, often-funky and always-traditional-Japanese-inflected works Nihon shōjo [Japanese Girl], Iroha ni konpeitou [Yellowtail Amberjack] and Tokimeki [Excitement] through to her pacey synthpop bleepers Gohan ga dekitayo [Dinner’s Ready]and Tadaima [I’m Home] and more elegant synthetic pop on Ai ga nakucha ne [There’s got to be love?] and OSOS. So much has passed through the Yano machine, but so much of it has been transformed totally afresh by her rampant eccentricity, thereby making all else feel safe, unambitious, boring.

Pick(s): ‘Kikyū ni notte’, ‘Iroha ni konpeitou’, ‘Yameru wake nya ikanai wa’, ‘Pon pon pon’, ‘Ramen tabetai’

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Watch "[Full Album] 矢野顕子 (Akiko Yano) - 愛がなくちゃね (Ai Ga Nakucha Ne) LP Japan Record, 1982 #Akko Hosono YMO" on YouTube

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Akiko Yano | 愛がなくちゃね, Donna Toki Mo, Ai Ga Nakucha Ne, 1982

[dakohnooo]

There were a couple of color photos of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano that were released last week (I think it was during Ai Ga Nakucha Ne era) and I wanted to draw them 😌

[videostak]

ai ga nakucha ne really is the best akiko yano album and im about to start fighting people who imply otherwise

[beatdisc]

It's been a while since our last Japanese update, so here's a dig through our racks highlighting the latest new releases & re-issues, along with our usual range of ambient, new wave, jazz and folk re-stocks from our favourite archival labels.

NEW RELEASES Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island $65 Towa Tei - LP $55 Midori Takada: - Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter $55 - You Who Are Leaving To Nirvana $55

RE-ISSUES (Ambient) Inoyamaland - Danzindan-Pojidon $55 Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Postcards $55 Yutaka Hirose - Nova +4 $50 Motohiko Hamase - Notes Of Forestry  $50 Midori Takada - Through The Looking Glass $45

(Rock, Pop & Psych) Takeshi Terauchi - Nippon Guitars $45 Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang - Dixie Fever $55 Akiko Yano - Ai Ga Nakucha Ne $55 Kikagaku Moyo: - House In The Tall Grass $55 - Masana Temples $55

(Folk) Ichiko Aoba - Windswept Adan $70 Sachiko Kanenobu - Misora $60 Kazuki Tomokawa: - Finally His First Album $55 - Straight From The Throat $55

(Electronic, New Wave & Avant-Garde) Yasuaki Shimizu - Kiren $45 Mariah - Utakata No Hibi $65 Colored Music - s/t $45 Takehisa Kosugi - Catch-Wave $55 Yamash'ta & The Horizon - Sunrise From The West Sea $55 Ryuichi Sakamoto: - Esperanto $60 - Hidari Ude No Yume $65

(Hip-Hop) Nujabes: - Metaphorical Music $110 - Modal Soul $110

(Jazz & Funk) Ryo Fukui - Mellow Dream $45 George Otsuka Quintet - Sea Breeze $55 Mystery Kindaichi Band - The Adventures Of $50 Haruka Nakamura - Nujabes Pray Reflections $100

(Compilations) Wamono A to Z: - Vol. 1: Jazz Funk & Rare Groove $60 - Vol. 2: Japanese Funk $60 - Vol. 3: Light Mellow Funk, Disco & Boogie $60 Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk $60 Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop & Electronic Minimalism $65 (2xLP) Nippon Girls: - Vol. 1: Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova $55 - Vol. 2: Pop, Beat & Rock & Roll $55

(Soundtracks) Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop $70 Kenji Kawai - Ghost In The Shell $40 Hikara Utada - One Last Kiss $48 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Black Mirror: Smithereens $40 Joe Hisaishi: - My Neighbor Totoro $100 - Castle In The Sky $120 - Castle In The Sky: US Edition $120

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Ai Ga Nakucha Ne / Akiko Yano (2021 Remaster)

Ai Ga Nakucha Ne

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Advertisement for Sugar Sugar Rune toys in Nakayoshi January 2006

Moyoco Anno

(personal collection)

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Akiko Yano

Ai Ga Nakucha Ne

+ CD (for fun)

[snackpointcharlie]

Prop open your earlids with global music from a sad and beautiful planet, live 10PM-midnight EDT on WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley and archived very soon afterwards at WGXC.org

Last night’s show has been lovingly restored by Wave Farm’s crack team of audio technicians so even if you couldn’t hear all of it live, it is here for you 100% intact and free of charge at https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/a879cc

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 074 - 2021.09.01 PLAYLIST

1) Tiny Giant - “Ngày Mới (New Day)” from NHẠC GÃY TỔNG HỢP SỐ 1 https://nhacgay.bandcamp.com/album/nh-c-g-y-t-ng-h-p-s-1

2) Shinichi Tanabe and Alfred The Great Brass - “(?)” from 松岡きっこのラブ・ラブ25時 (MATSUOKA KIKKO NO RABU RABU 25-JI / MATSUOKA KIKKO'S LOVE LOVE 25:00) https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7636-kikko-matsuoka-s-love-love-25-00

3) Akiko Yano - “Aisuru Hito Yo” from AI GA NAKUCHA NE https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/akiko-yano-ai-ga-nakucha-ne-deluxe-black-vinyl-edition-with-24p-colour-booklet-and-gatefold-sleeve

(underbed throughout) Pinetop Gherkins - “Plinkyring”

4) Ode-Omore Osarenren & Ẹwaẹn Ọsẹtin Stars - “Enotiomwan” from ỌYỌETIGBE - THE BIRTH OF A CHILD https://digthiswayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ode-omore-osarenren-ewaen-osetin-stars-oyoetigbe-the-birth-of-a-child

5) ??? - from Analog Africa’s Tropical Dream Under Construction - Part 16 (Analog Africa Kenya 2: Kenya Caida Inferno) https://analog-africa.wetransfer.com/downloads/e71553152f5a26a54803d71f0c6e654a20210830201048/6009b2

6) สุริยา ฟ้าปทุม | Suriya Fahpratoom - “ปลอกหมอนสีชมภู (Plok Mon See Chompoo / Pink Pillowcase)” from ปลอกหมอนสีชมภู (PLOK MON SEE CHOMPOO / PINK PILLOWCASE) https://www.discogs.com/%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%95-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%87-%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2-%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A1-%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9A-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A5/release/16612509

7) Damas Swing Orchestra - “Odylife” from CAMEROON GARAGE FUNK https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/cameroon-garage-funk

8) Al Thoulathy Al Mareh - “Asmar Ya Sukkar” from ZAMAAN YA SUKKAR - زمان يا سكر https://radiomartiko.bandcamp.com/album/zamaan-ya-sukkar

9) Moussa Tchingou - “Tamiditine Agid Issalane” 10) Dj Ben Ft. Tchingou - “Assafnam” https://www.facebook.com/moussatchingou

11) Mdou Moctar ft. MC Yallah - “Tala Tannam (Debmaster Remix)” https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/track/tala-tannam-debmaster-remix

12) Rey Sapienz & The Congo Techno Ensemble - “Eza Makambo” from NA ZALA ZALA https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/na-zala-zala

13) Mister Bibi - “Ennemi” from MADJOUGA PLUS http://africangrooves.fr/2021/07/04/mister-bibi-ennemi-cameroun-1980s-tamwo-records/ https://www.discogs.com/Mister-Bibi-Madjouga-Plus/release/9954965

14) Etran de L'Aïr - “Mon Amour” from NO. 1 https://etrandelair.bandcamp.com/album/no-1

15) Lee "Scratch" Perry - “Roast Fish & Cornbread” from ROAST FISH, COLLIE WEED, & CORN BREAD https://www.discogs.com/Lee-Perry-Roast-Fish-Collie-Weed-Corn-Bread/master/111141

16) Upsetters - “Dreamland Skank” from UPSETTERS 14 DUB - BLACK BOARD JUNGLE https://www.discogs.com/Upsetters-Upsetters-14-Dub-Black-Board-Jungle/release/14790243

17) The Congos - “Congoman” from HEART OF THE CONGOS https://www.discogs.com/The-Congos-Heart-Of-The-Congos/master/37159

18) Saz Moog Project - “Zuhtu Yekte” from TURKISH ELECTRONIC DISCO SESSION https://arsivplak.bandcamp.com/album/turkish-electronic-disco-session

19) Upsetters - “Apeman Skank” from UPSETTERS 14 DUB - BLACK BOARD JUNGLE https://www.discogs.com/Upsetters-Upsetters-14-Dub-Black-Board-Jungle/release/14790243

20) Şatellites - “Seni Sen Olduğun İçin Sevdim” from SENI SEN OLDUĞUN İÇIN SEVDIM / ŞASKIN https://satellites-tlv.bandcamp.com/album/seni-sen-oldug-un-i-c-in-sevdim

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Mick Karn, Steve Jansen, Ryuichi Sakamoto, & Akiko Yano.

Photos taken during the recording of Akiko’s album  愛がなくちゃね。(Ai ga Nakucha ne).

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Akiko Yano - Ai Ga Nakucha Ne

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Photography from Akiko Yano's 1986 album "Ai Ga Nakucha Ne."

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[Full Album] 矢野顕子 (Akiko Yano) - 愛がなくちゃね (Ai Ga Nakucha Ne) 

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Rules: We’re snooping on your playlist.

Set your entire music library on shuffle and repost the first 10 songs that pop up.

Choose 10 some victims.

1. Justice - Fire (Sped up remix)

2. Buckethead - Game of Death, Bruce Lee

3. Susanoo Terumi - Must Die

4.  Akiko Yano - Ai Ga Nakucha Ne - 7  Aisuru Hito Yo

5. Soul'd Out - Magenta Magenta

6. Doom - Kitchen Ace remake by Andrew Hulshult

7. Lustt - Pillow Talk

8. THE PROTOMEN - HOLD BACK THE NIGHT

9. Murs ft. Rob Feature- Room 3:16(One of my favorites)

10. Handsome Boy Modeling School - Sunshine (Another favorite)

TAGGED BY:@veequeent (Thanks Bud. Mondo appreciated.)

TAGGING: @kirukakiru @voqurnen-jovein @magician-stuff @arkanik7th and anyone else who follows me who wants to do this.

[videostak]

only listened up to esperanto today so tomorrow i listen to media bahn live :) i dont have many of his albums just mostly the 80s ones so today i listened to b2 unit (which is his earliest album of his i have since i let my uncle borrow/have my thousand knives cd), hidari ude no yume, coda, ongaku zukan, and esperanto. and then the other albums i have of his which ill will be listening to are media bahn live, neo geo, beauty, cm/tv, and async. may also listen to all my ymo albums tbh and am def gonna listen to ai ga nakucha ne since he produced/arranged it :( really am still heartbroken thinking abt it