Kumio Kurachi

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Deluxe CD accompanied by 3 double sided art cards by Kurachi, a 4 panel fold out poster and full translation of his poetic lyrics

After 11 albums and unknown quantities of cassettes, compilations and split releases, Sound of Turning Earth is the first release outside of Japan for one of the most original figures in Japanese music, Kumio Kurachi.

Recorded by Jim O’Rourke at his home studio, Sound of Turning Earth is Kurachi solo on vocals and guitar, mixing surreal lyrics and theatrical vocal personas with unorthodox tunings inspired by Japan’s national instrument, the koto.

Lyrically Kurachi draws life from the small events of life, the hira, - the joy of choosing a lipstick in springtime, the business of changing the tatami, raindrops deciding whether to fall as snow. Set to his own brand of progressive folk in the Hirajoshi scale and laced with winding melodies which can be hard to forget, Kurachi maps his own territory for the people who inhabit his everyday.

TRACKS:

• 01. A Siren At 5 O'Clock
• 02. Ice Cream In November
• 03. Don't Bully The Nine Tailed Foxes
• 04. Instant Dramatic Rain
• 05. Taue Ute
• 06. At Home
• 07. I Got A Share Of The Gift Someone Else Received
• 08. Glittery Lip Sticks In Spring
• 09. Rejuvenating Shinkansen
• 10. Here Comes The Tatamiya