{"product_id":"various-dj-notoya-funk-tide-tokyo-jazz-funk-from-electric-bird-1978-87-new-vinyl","title":"Various - DJ NOTOYA Funk Tide: Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 (New Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"description\"\u003eLP version. A stylish selection of jazz-funk from Japanese label Electric Bird, selected by \u003cb\u003eDJ Notoya\u003c\/b\u003e and featuring \u003cb\u003eYasuaki Shimizu\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eShunzo Ohno\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBobby Lyle\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eToshiyuki Honda\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMikio Masuda\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDavid Matthews\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eRonnie Foster\u003c\/b\u003e. Following the success of the \u003ci\u003eTokyo Glow\u003c\/i\u003e compilation, Wewantsounds once again teams up with Japanese Tokyo-based DJ Notoya to dig the rich Electric Bird catalogue and come with a versatile selection of sunny jazz-funk gems recorded between 1978 and 1987 for the label. Most tracks make their vinyl debut outside of Japan and the album has been designed by \u003cb\u003eOptigram\/Manuel Sepulveda\u003c\/b\u003e and is annotated by DJ Notoya. Audio newly remastered in Tokyo by King Records. A sub-label from the venerable Japanese label King Records, Electric Bird was set up in 1977 to cater for the booming Nippon jazz funk audience that King -- as the Japanese licensee for such US jazz labels at Blue Note or CTI -- had grown for years. Taking advantage of their experience and the many contacts King had garnered through their American partners, Electric Bird, headed by in-house producer \u003cb\u003eShigeyuki Kawashima\u003c\/b\u003e, decided to apply the same formula to their new label. Kawashima began signing a new wave of jazz musicians from Japan, putting them in state-of-the-art Tokyo or New York studios and backing them with the best American and Japanese players in order to shape the slick, sun-drenched jazz funk sound that would be Electric Bird's signature sound. With \u003ci\u003eFunk Tide\u003c\/i\u003e, DJ Notoya aimed at showcasing the diversity of the label's output, from the funky opener \"In The Sky\" by Trumpeter \u003cb\u003eShunzo Ohno\u003c\/b\u003e to the sunshine mid-tempo groove of sax player Toshiyuki Honda's \"Living in a City\" featuring \u003cb\u003ePaulinho Da Costa\u003c\/b\u003e on perc via \u003cb\u003eMikio Masuda\u003c\/b\u003e's Fender Rhodes-infected \"Let's Get Together.\" One of \u003ci\u003eFunk Tide\u003c\/i\u003e's highlights is certainly \u003cb\u003eKatsutoshi Morizono\u003c\/b\u003e's \"Space Traveller\" from 1978, a remake of \u003cb\u003eJames Vincent\u003c\/b\u003e's eponymous cult classic recorded two years before with some of \u003cb\u003eEarth Wind And Fire\u003c\/b\u003e's musicians and which has since become a favorite on the groove scene. Faithful to Vincent's beautiful laid-back, breezy original, Morizono's rendition add its own spice to it, and ending Notoya's skilled selection of the cutting-edge Electric Bird label on a perfect note.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49610038083815,"sku":"WWSLP 081LP","price":49.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0094\/8718\/8015\/files\/Various-DJ-NOTOYA-Funk-Tide-Tokyo-Jazz-Funk-From-Electric-Bird-1978-87-New-Vinyl.jpg?v=1745595052","url":"https:\/\/www.sonicboommusic.com\/products\/various-dj-notoya-funk-tide-tokyo-jazz-funk-from-electric-bird-1978-87-new-vinyl","provider":"Sonic Boom Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}