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Tsuchiyanibond

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Two carefully selected tracks from Tsuchiya Ni Bonds monthly digital release series are now available on vinyl!!This long-awaited 7″ release features a double A-side pairing of Tsuchiya Ni Bonds superb reggae track Irieby Takamasa Tsuchiya, a musician and healer based in Koyasanand a cover of Yuta Orisakas classic song Sakamichi!!Irie features Kazuhiko Masumura on percussion, Takujuro Iwade (absent from todays performance) on guitar, and Masashi Hateruma on drums, and was produced during the COVID-19 pandemic in a process close to a one-take recording. Although it had been shelved for a long time without being finalized, the addition of a guitar part inspired by samba techniques and lyrics by Makito Watanabe helped define the songs shape, resulting in a finished track with a warm, approachable pop-song feel. Tsuchiya handled all the instrumentation for Sakamichi himself. Envisioning an 80s-st