Ghost Guide - 御山Δ EDIT (Oyama Edit) 12"リリース！
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Most Excellent Unlimited presents "Ghost Guide," a deep listening session from Osaka's Mori Ra & DJ Ground aka Oyama Edit (御山Δ Edit). Four psyched-out cuts edited from the duo's obscure record collection, and overdubbed in their home studio, range from chilled cosmic disco jams to frantic psychedelic krautrock pieces that make for both a killer listening session, and head-turning tools for the discerning dance floor. Vinyl only edition of 400 ships late March 2015.
All tracks recorded and edited by Mori Ra & DJ Ground at Mori Ra Studios in Osaka, Japan. Mastered & Distributed by Dietrich Shoenemann at Complete USA. Jacket artwork by Jesse Fillingham. Art Direction by Paul Raffaele. © & Ⓟ 2015 Most Excellent Unlimited Recordings.
Tracklisting:
a1. Niagra Pink
a2. Space Flight
b1. Ghost Guide
b2. Love & Love
a1. Niagra Pink
a2. Space Flight
b1. Ghost Guide
b2. Love & Love
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これぞまさに「遂にリリース」という言葉がぴったりのリリース。御山EDITに声を最初に声をかけてくれたのが、このMOST EXCELLENT UNLIMITEDとROTATING SOUL RECORDS。最初に声がかかってからかれこれ２、３年越しのリリースとなりましたが、レコード屋さんの反応も良くて売れ行きも好調とのことで何より！400枚プレスですがレーベル在庫もすでに無いようです。
収録曲は初期のEDITで大地くんがネタを選び最初にEDITに取り組んだA1NIAGRA PINKは御山EDITの１番ということで、まさか初めてのEDITがレコードリリースされるとは当時思ってもいませんでした。A2、B１、B２はそれぞれヨーロピアン・ライブラリーからセレクトしたEDITですがどれもお気に入りです。やっぱりEDITしたものがアナログカットされるのは最高です！音質もとても良い仕上がり！
また、同時リリース予定のMIX TAPEは納品が遅れているようですが、まもなくリリースされると思いますのでお楽しみに！
※Juno Record (UK) Balearic/Discoチャート 最高３位
※Piccadilly Records (UK) Top seller of this week !
juno records review
Launched in late 2013, Paul Raffaele's Most Excellent Unltd has developed into a most unpredictable label, equally happy to facilitate more thunderous techno from Phil Moffa being released as it is to coax Mr K edits out of Danny Krivit. The label's first point of business for 2015 swings the focus on the edit talents of Japanese selectors Mori Ra and DJ Ground, two heads with deep knowledge of their country's musical heritage (here's a tip: check Mori Ra's Japanese Breeze mix series). Anyway Ghost Guide is a fine edit 12", veering from thunderous psyche drum work outs to slinky proto house via sultry 80s sax pop workouts and cosmic jazz. This one is likely to remain in many a record box!
Piccadilly Records review
From the land of the rising sun, Sailor Moon and throwing stars comes this superb edit EP of mindbending cosmic sounds. Oyama Edits is the studio moniker for a couple of Japan's underground legends, renowned diggers and DJs Mori Ra and DJ Ground. For the uninitiated, Mori Ra's "Japanese Breeze" series has offered heads around the world a rare window into the obscure and inscrutible world of Japanese electronics, while Daichi Furukawa's mixes on Chillmountain have caused a stir in the deepest musical circles. The Oyama rocket ship instantly hits warp speed with the spiralling sequences of "Niagra Pink", a brainpulping psyche edit that could easily serves as an alternate soundtrack to THAT scene in Kubrick's 2001. All manner of howls, traffic sounds and dislocated voices swirl through the background while clattering percussion tumbles over the wormhole synth, finally dropping us in the motorik breakdown at the track's conclusion. "Space Flight" takes a calmer approach, albeit still at about 125 bpm, flinging us around a melodic milky way on a carousel of filtering sequences, meteor showers and space dust, while the droning synthline waxes and wanes. This is the kind of space disco I lost my heart to back in the mid 2000s, and is a total treat for anyone with a healthy stash of Feedelity and Full Pup in their collection. For the flipside we drop out of warp speed, instead opting for a couple of wonked out zero gravity trips in the form of "Ghost Guide" and "Love & Love". The former kicks off the B-side with a irresistible bass groove, expansive strings and an ascending staircase of key changes which keeps you peaking again and again. The closest analogue I can come up with is Logic System's superb "Unit", but with the weight of dub effects and space echo going on here, that's still way off the mark. "Love & Love" closes the set in emotional form thanks to a killer fusion of cosmic magic, jazzy instrumentation and tripped out sonics, perfect for leaving you elated, inflated and a little unbalanced. Domo arigato!
juno records review
Launched in late 2013, Paul Raffaele's Most Excellent Unltd has developed into a most unpredictable label, equally happy to facilitate more thunderous techno from Phil Moffa being released as it is to coax Mr K edits out of Danny Krivit. The label's first point of business for 2015 swings the focus on the edit talents of Japanese selectors Mori Ra and DJ Ground, two heads with deep knowledge of their country's musical heritage (here's a tip: check Mori Ra's Japanese Breeze mix series). Anyway Ghost Guide is a fine edit 12", veering from thunderous psyche drum work outs to slinky proto house via sultry 80s sax pop workouts and cosmic jazz. This one is likely to remain in many a record box!
Piccadilly Records review
From the land of the rising sun, Sailor Moon and throwing stars comes this superb edit EP of mindbending cosmic sounds. Oyama Edits is the studio moniker for a couple of Japan's underground legends, renowned diggers and DJs Mori Ra and DJ Ground. For the uninitiated, Mori Ra's "Japanese Breeze" series has offered heads around the world a rare window into the obscure and inscrutible world of Japanese electronics, while Daichi Furukawa's mixes on Chillmountain have caused a stir in the deepest musical circles. The Oyama rocket ship instantly hits warp speed with the spiralling sequences of "Niagra Pink", a brainpulping psyche edit that could easily serves as an alternate soundtrack to THAT scene in Kubrick's 2001. All manner of howls, traffic sounds and dislocated voices swirl through the background while clattering percussion tumbles over the wormhole synth, finally dropping us in the motorik breakdown at the track's conclusion. "Space Flight" takes a calmer approach, albeit still at about 125 bpm, flinging us around a melodic milky way on a carousel of filtering sequences, meteor showers and space dust, while the droning synthline waxes and wanes. This is the kind of space disco I lost my heart to back in the mid 2000s, and is a total treat for anyone with a healthy stash of Feedelity and Full Pup in their collection. For the flipside we drop out of warp speed, instead opting for a couple of wonked out zero gravity trips in the form of "Ghost Guide" and "Love & Love". The former kicks off the B-side with a irresistible bass groove, expansive strings and an ascending staircase of key changes which keeps you peaking again and again. The closest analogue I can come up with is Logic System's superb "Unit", but with the weight of dub effects and space echo going on here, that's still way off the mark. "Love & Love" closes the set in emotional form thanks to a killer fusion of cosmic magic, jazzy instrumentation and tripped out sonics, perfect for leaving you elated, inflated and a little unbalanced. Domo arigato!
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