Midori Takada

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Originally recorded in February and March 1981 and released by fabled Japanese avant-garde label Better Days (home of Ryuichi Sakamato’s debut album, Yasuaki Shimizu’s Kakashi, Colored Music self-titled LP and many more) MKWAJU is the fruit of the collaboration between Takada’s crew and world-famous composer/musical director Joe Hisaishi, the man behind most of of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli anime soundtracks and over 100 other films scores, including Takeshi Kitano’s Sonatine, Hana-Bi, and Kikujiro. The ensemble’s transcendental wonder is, in fact, the first-ever Midori Takada album and the first-ever Joe Hisaishi-produced album. Historic.

PERSONNEL:

• Midori Takada - (vibes, gong, marimba, tom tom)
• Yoji Sadanari - (bassmarimba, gong, tom tom)
• Junko Arase (mitla marimba, gong)
• Pecker - (latin percussions)
• Hideki Matsutake (computer programming)
• Joe Hisaishi - (keyboard)

TRACKS:

• 01. Mkwaju
• 02. Shak Shak
• 03. Lemore?
• 04. Tira-Rin
• 05. Pulse In My Mind?
• 06. Flash-Back