The latest and most danceable Japanese groove!
Folk + Latin + something = Minyo Crusaders' shocking first album!
There's no point if we don't sing folk songs!!
■Folk Song Crusaders are reviving the fusion of Japanese folk songs and Latin rhythms that great pioneers such as Tokyo Cuban Boys and Noche Cubana had ambitious attempts to make in the 21st century. The group was formed by Fussa-based guitarist Katsumi Tanaka and folk song singer Freddie Tsukamoto. This is a comprehensive collection of folk songs for the new era, created through repeated sessions at US military houses with musicians well versed in Latin, Caribbean, and Jamaican music.
■Even before the official CD release, the much-anticipated debut album from the band Minyo Crusaders has already attracted a lot of attention, with Ry Cooder taking up the band on Twitter, magazines and newspapers, and appearing at the music festival "Peter Barakan's LIVE MAGIC!" supervised by Peter Barakan. Famous Japanese folk songs are reborn with bizarre arrangements of Latin, boogaloo, cumbia, reggae, Afrobeat and Ethio-funk. An unknown world woven with a dynamic sound based on three percussion instruments and authentic folk song singing. Experience the completely new sound and groove that will fascinate not only folk song and ondo fans, but also Latin music lovers, ska and reggae fans, Afrobeat and outlying groove fans. YOI YOI!
■With the recent rise of Japanese music in the club music context, and outdoor festivals incorporating bon odori and festivals being held all over Japan, including the Bridge Under the World Music Festival in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, and the unusually exciting Sumida Kinshicho Kawachi Ondo Bon Odori in Tokyo, this is sure to attract a lot of attention!
■Kenjiro Ando of Cassette Con Loss is a guest. Recorded at a US military house in Fussa, mixed by Naoyuki Uchida (LITTLE TEMPO, OKI DUB AINU BAND, etc.). Jacket design by Yutaka Kimura (Central67).
A storm of praise from all walks of life!!
Following on from Hamaguchi Yuji and Black Wax, Kubota Makoto introduced me to another band that I really like. When I hear that they put real folk songs over a funky Latin beat, many people will probably think "???", but this is really good, and especially when you hear it live, it feels extremely legitimate. Minyo Crusaders will be performing at the festival I curate, Live Magic (livemagic.jp), so please come and see them!!
Peter Barakan
*This comment was received at the end of July 2017.
Folk Crusaders! I'll never forget the impact I felt when I first heard them. Kushimotobushi is always a killer tune. And finally a full album! 2017 is sure to be the year of the folk new wave!
Central67/Yutaka Kimura (Graphic Designer)
I'm friends with Kimura from Central67, who designs album covers for bands like Spitz, and when Kimura's taste in collecting records changed from trains to folk songs, I asked him "Why?" and he said "Because I can dance to the sun." That's why I go to Minkuru's hottest live shows too.
Moog Yamamoto (on leave from Buffalo Daughter)
I love Tamikuru so much that I sometimes faint
Sota Takagi
The first time I saw Tamikuru was at a live house in Fussa, and I'm pretty sure that was their debut live show.
I was really touched by the chaotic style of singing folk songs against the backdrop of Afrobeat.
I'm glad I'm Japanese.
I hope you spread your wings and make everyone on Earth excited soon.
Kensuke Kojima (Designer)
A folk song woven rhythmically with rich emotion.
This is like a creative fermented food.
You will experience a vague sense of loneliness amidst the excitement and cheerfulness.
Toshiya Gomi (Kiwokuza)
For many people living today
"Folk song" is a traditional song, an old event,
It may just be something that happened a long time ago.
But those who heard the song long ago
I'm sure I'll soon find myself unable to sit still like this.
I'm sure I'll lose track of time like this,
I'm sure he must have thought something like this was "cool."
Eri Ishiyama (Kiwokuza)
Roots x Roots What a pure sound.
Are you ahead of your time?
Or is it going backwards?
The sound of the heretical crusaders,
Regardless of skin color, people of all races around the world will be dancing to Japanese folk songs.
Katsuo Yusuke (Kiwokuza)
It's fascinating how music from previously separate places comes together and blends together in a variety of different ways, blossoming into an unidentifiable energy.
The Minyo Crusaders' live show, our first joint performance together in Sangenjaya, was amazing.
Look, this is a band started by immigrants shortly after the war, look, this is a fictional band that appears in a futuristic science fiction movie, look, this is a multinational band that livens up the modern club scene every night - it's easy to believe any of them.
A heartfelt toast to these cheerful drunks who travel freely through time and space!
Take Tetsutaro (Bakurocho Band)
Product Information
Artist: Minyo Crusaders
ARTIST: MINYO CRUSADERS
Title: Echoes of Japan
TITLE: Echoes Of Japan
Product number: PCD-25239
Format: CD
Release date: December 13, 2017
Price: Regular price: \2,500 + tax
recorded music
1. Kushimoto-bushi
2. Hohai section
3. Otemoyan
4. Mamurogawa Ondo
5. Yasugi Bushi
6. Akita Kaho Bushi
7. Toichinbushi
8. Coal Mine Festival
9. Mount Aizu Bandai
10. Sumo Ching
-Minyo Crusaders-
Freddie Tsukamoto (vo), meg (vo, pianica), Katsumi Tanaka (g), DADDY U (b), Moe (key), Sonoo Ide (timbales), Mutsumi Kobayashi (bongos), Irochi (congas), Stephan Yamauchi (tp), Koichiro Osawa (sax)
Minyo Crusaders is a band that revives in the 21st century the fusion of Japanese folk music and Latin rhythms that was attempted by the great pioneers Tokyo Cuban Boys and Noche Cubana with great ambition shortly after the war. Guitarist Katsumi Tanaka, owner of the US military house "Banana House" and resident of Fussa, a city in western Tokyo where Yokota Air Base is located, met with genuine folk singer Freddie Tsukamoto at a nearby bar, and the band was formed in 2012 by fans of fringe music from the Fussa area. The band has continued to play house sessions, which were a common sight in Fussa since the 1970s, and continues to this day.
The latest and most danceable Japanese groove!
Folk + Latin + something = Minyo Crusaders' shocking first album!
There's no point if we don't sing folk songs!!
■Folk Song Crusaders are reviving the fusion of Japanese folk songs and Latin rhythms that great pioneers such as Tokyo Cuban Boys and Noche Cubana had ambitious attempts to make in the 21st century. The group was formed by Fussa-based guitarist Katsumi Tanaka and folk song singer Freddie Tsukamoto. This is a comprehensive collection of folk songs for the new era, created through repeated sessions at US military houses with musicians well versed in Latin, Caribbean, and Jamaican music.
■Even before the official CD release, the much-anticipated debut album from the band Minyo Crusaders has already attracted a lot of attention, with Ry Cooder taking up the band on Twitter, magazines and newspapers, and appearing at the music festival "Peter Barakan's LIVE MAGIC!" supervised by Peter Barakan. Famous Japanese folk songs are reborn with bizarre arrangements of Latin, boogaloo, cumbia, reggae, Afrobeat and Ethio-funk. An unknown world woven with a dynamic sound based on three percussion instruments and authentic folk song singing. Experience the completely new sound and groove that will fascinate not only folk song and ondo fans, but also Latin music lovers, ska and reggae fans, Afrobeat and outlying groove fans. YOI YOI!
■With the recent rise of Japanese music in the club music context, and outdoor festivals incorporating bon odori and festivals being held all over Japan, including the Bridge Under the World Music Festival in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, and the unusually exciting Sumida Kinshicho Kawachi Ondo Bon Odori in Tokyo, this is sure to attract a lot of attention!
■Kenjiro Ando of Cassette Con Loss is a guest. Recorded at a US military house in Fussa, mixed by Naoyuki Uchida (LITTLE TEMPO, OKI DUB AINU BAND, etc.). Jacket design by Yutaka Kimura (Central67).
A storm of praise from all walks of life!!
Following on from Hamaguchi Yuji and Black Wax, Kubota Makoto introduced me to another band that I really like. When I hear that they put real folk songs over a funky Latin beat, many people will probably think "???", but this is really good, and especially when you hear it live, it feels extremely legitimate. Minyo Crusaders will be performing at the festival I curate, Live Magic (livemagic.jp), so please come and see them!!
Peter Barakan
*This comment was received at the end of July 2017.
Folk Crusaders! I'll never forget the impact I felt when I first heard them. Kushimotobushi is always a killer tune. And finally a full album! 2017 is sure to be the year of the folk new wave!
Central67/Yutaka Kimura (Graphic Designer)
I'm friends with Kimura from Central67, who designs album covers for bands like Spitz, and when Kimura's taste in collecting records changed from trains to folk songs, I asked him "Why?" and he said "Because I can dance to the sun." That's why I go to Minkuru's hottest live shows too.
Moog Yamamoto (on leave from Buffalo Daughter)
I love Tamikuru so much that I sometimes faint
Sota Takagi
The first time I saw Tamikuru was at a live house in Fussa, and I'm pretty sure that was their debut live show.
I was really touched by the chaotic style of singing folk songs against the backdrop of Afrobeat.
I'm glad I'm Japanese.
I hope you spread your wings and make everyone on Earth excited soon.
Kensuke Kojima (Designer)
A folk song woven rhythmically with rich emotion.
This is like a creative fermented food.
You will experience a vague sense of loneliness amidst the excitement and cheerfulness.
Toshiya Gomi (Kiwokuza)
For many people living today
"Folk song" is a traditional song, an old event,
It may just be something that happened a long time ago.
But those who heard the song long ago
I'm sure I'll soon find myself unable to sit still like this.
I'm sure I'll lose track of time like this,
I'm sure he must have thought something like this was "cool."
Eri Ishiyama (Kiwokuza)
Roots x Roots What a pure sound.
Are you ahead of your time?
Or is it going backwards?
The sound of the heretical crusaders,
Regardless of skin color, people of all races around the world will be dancing to Japanese folk songs.
Katsuo Yusuke (Kiwokuza)
It's fascinating how music from previously separate places comes together and blends together in a variety of different ways, blossoming into an unidentifiable energy.
The Minyo Crusaders' live show, our first joint performance together in Sangenjaya, was amazing.
Look, this is a band started by immigrants shortly after the war, look, this is a fictional band that appears in a futuristic science fiction movie, look, this is a multinational band that livens up the modern club scene every night - it's easy to believe any of them.
A heartfelt toast to these cheerful drunks who travel freely through time and space!
Take Tetsutaro (Bakurocho Band)
Product Information
Artist: Minyo Crusaders
ARTIST: MINYO CRUSADERS
Title: Echoes of Japan
TITLE: Echoes Of Japan
Product number: PCD-25239
Format: CD
Release date: December 13, 2017
Price: Regular price: \2,500 + tax
recorded music
1. Kushimoto-bushi
2. Hohai section
3. Otemoyan
4. Mamurogawa Ondo
5. Yasugi Bushi
6. Akita Kaho Bushi
7. Toichinbushi
8. Coal Mine Festival
9. Mount Aizu Bandai
10. Sumo Ching
-Minyo Crusaders-
Freddie Tsukamoto (vo), meg (vo, pianica), Katsumi Tanaka (g), DADDY U (b), Moe (key), Sonoo Ide (timbales), Mutsumi Kobayashi (bongos), Irochi (congas), Stephan Yamauchi (tp), Koichiro Osawa (sax)
Minyo Crusaders is a band that revives in the 21st century the fusion of Japanese folk music and Latin rhythms that was attempted by the great pioneers Tokyo Cuban Boys and Noche Cubana with great ambition shortly after the war. Guitarist Katsumi Tanaka, owner of the US military house "Banana House" and resident of Fussa, a city in western Tokyo where Yokota Air Base is located, met with genuine folk singer Freddie Tsukamoto at a nearby bar, and the band was formed in 2012 by fans of fringe music from the Fussa area. The band has continued to play house sessions, which were a common sight in Fussa since the 1970s, and continues to this day.
