Kazuki Tomokawa

In the 1970s, Kazuki Tomokawa catapulted into Tokyo’s avant-garde scene with his cathartic and utterly electrifying performances.

Straight from the Throat, Tomokawa’s second album, released in July 1976, finds the musician in his truest form: as the “screaming philosopher” he would come to be called—cynical but fair, cheeky and melancholic, and looking at the world with truth-seeking eyes.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Grampa
• A2. Goddam Winter
• A3. Ameran Kuyuran
• A4. Dagadzugu
• A5. A Fitting Adolescence
• A6. Footbridge

• SIDE B
• B1. The Spring Is Here Again Song
• B2. Fridge
• B3. Don't Kill The Sea Lions
• B4. Smithereens
• B5. Harmonica
• B6. A Little Ditty
• B7. Stone