Tokyo's Coolest Sound

Kikuchi Naruyoshi (DCPRG, ex-Spank Happy) has a new album out now, backed by "exotic jazz orchestra" Pepe Tormento Azucarar. This time Kikuchi sings ten of the 11 songs himself. About half of the songs are originals, while covers include songs by Frank Ocean, Yakushimaru Hiroko and Kip Hanrahan.

Audio samples can be heard at CDJapan.

The included DVD (Region 2 NTSC) is of various live footage from shows held between 2006 and 2013. The album itself comes in SACD Hybrid format which can be played on SACD players (Super Audio CD) and regular CD players.

Kikuchi Naruyoshi to Pepe Tormento Azucarar "senzen to sengo" (CD+DVD)
菊地成孔とペペ・トルメント・アスカラール 「戦前と戦後」

CD
1. Regression
2. Woman W no higeki yori
3. Michelangelo
4. CARAVAGGIO
5. Eros + Massacre
6. I.C.I.C.
7. Une chanson pour les grands
8. Before and after the war
9. Voodoo / Fruits & Sharks
10. Super Rich Kids
11. Nur Eine Stunde : Medley

DVD
1. sokkyō
2. kujaku
3. Kyō Machiko no uta
4. gishiki
5. yoru no zenra
6. Lupe Velez no sōgi
7. Arashigaoka
8. Paris no Elizabeth Taylor
9. gyōretsu
10. gishiki
11. Arashigaoka

Taboo VRCL-10114
Out now (3/19), ¥3400 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Amazon (2% off *), HMV, Tower Records ^†, (Japan ^‡)
* Discount at time of writing
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.
‡ How to buy from iTunes Japan?

"Lupe Velez No Sougi (Live)"
May be different than from the included DVD!