Makoto Kubota - Bye Bye Baby / Scent of Early Summer

Makoto Kubota - Bye Bye Baby / Scent of Early SummerFollowing the debut solo album 'Wait and see', a classic acid folk record, this is an authentic reissue of a single album released after returning to the US. A funky groove 'Bye Bye Baby' with a motif of southern American roots music is performed by Shigeru Suzuki, Hiroshi Sato and others. The B side features 'Hatsuatsu Natsu no Kaori (Scent of Early Summer)', which was later featured on 'Yuyake Band'. It is an exotic number with a beautiful steel

Because the album had to be recorded live

' Uusi Aika has already debuted live in Helsinki

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blending humor and raw intensity for an unforgettable listening experience

and played high-profile live sessions with the likes of NPR's Tiny Desk

which was hinted at on previous releases

shunning the usual rockstar games of Metal musicians during the early '80s

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Arkhon reveals itself as an album whose power derives from abandon

While sharing roots with it's two predecessors

Their latest offering

the term "library music" in 2020 might evoke dodgy Italian gray market LPs and crate diggers hunting for "funky breaks"-but London's venerable KPM Music is working with groundbreakers like O'Sullivan to open up new avenues for composers to experiment