Grand Gallery is to bring us a compilation of Japanese club/dance scene artists performing covers of new wave hit songs. All new recordings, this features Mansfield, Akakage, Tycoon To & Sugimoto Kuni, Coldfeet, Tica and many more.
Various Artists "Grand Gallery presents New Wave"
1. Shimazaki Hitomi / Alison (Elvis Costello)
2. Kihara Ryūtarō feat. Bei Xu / North Marine Drive (Ben Watt)
3. Struttin Unlimited / What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (The Special Aka)
4. Akakage / Since Yesterday (Strawberry Switch Blade)
5. Cargo / Heart Of Glass (Blondie)
6. Tica / New York Telephone Conversation (Lou Reed)
7. Tycoon Tosh & Kuni Sugimoto / This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (The Talking Heads)
8. Dr. Echologic a.k.a. Asamoto Hirofumi / Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)
9. Small Circle Of Friends / Reach (The Pale Fountains)
10. A Hundred Birds / Walking In Your Footsteps (The Police)
11. Coldfeet / Call Me (Blondie)
12. Soul Source Production / Frustration (Soft Cell)
13. Ikeda Masanori a.k.a. Mansfield feat. Raj Ramayya / City Lights (Wiliam Pitt)
Grand Gallery GRGA-0040
Out 10/24, ¥2800 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: HMV, YesAsia
Will we ever seea new album by Mansfield? I really liked his Readymade International alnum...
Posted by Damian on October 14, 2007 at 01:50
I miss him too. He's still DJing regularly, so hopefully he's just taking his time..! I was also worried of his absence on Readymade compilations though...
Anyway I'm glad that this compilation marks a return! Plus it's that great "City Lights" song that FPM has covered before!
Posted by Patrick on October 14, 2007 at 01:59
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