Simple Sentences *** Vinyl

The influences from Far East are more than evident andfunnily enough, even unconscious, which makes themintegrate in a beguiling childish and naive way that addseven more to the originality of the sound. Take forexample the lead track AppleBanana - Echoes of ChiemiManabe, Hosono and even overtones of Akiko Yano areall seamlessly there. 'Sand Dungeon' is a little gemreminiscent of Yellow Magic Orchestra at the heights oftheir powers and the aptly titled 'Anime Song' could bean unreleased track from Testpatterns infamous andsought after LP. 'Lovely Song' in its electronic pastoralvibe could have been produced by Seigen Ono, but isentirely the work of Shoko's expansive creative world.'CASH OK' harks back to New Yorks 90s Jazz Streetscene, paying tribute to her Brooklyn live gigs, andalbum closer 'Tsuki No Yama' goes back to her rootswith a meditative folk sound quite different from therounded pop edges that the rest of her album carries.