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  EP-4 - Lingua Franca-1 [WRWTFWW 032 CHE 2018 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Following on from last week's re-rip of their first EP of Japanese post-punk-funk, here is the debut album by EP-4 which was originally released as a vinyl album by Nippon Columbia in 1983. EP-4 was a Japanese collaborative formed by Kaoru Sato, the owner of new wave disco, Club Modern in Kyoto. Initially managing the independent label Skating Pears, Sato formed EP-4 as his 'house band' blending his love for funk, new wave and electro. The result was this debut long player followed by a tranche of hard to find 12" singles, some of which were released in Europe in the mid-eighties. This is an extraordinary set, mixing elements of New York disco-wave, 23 Skidoo and A Certain Ratio at their funkiest with Sato's vocal style which reminds me of Mark Stewart in places. You need this record! A1 Robothood Process A2 The Frump Jump A3 Similar A4 Coconut B1 E-Power B2 Talkin' Trash B3 Bro...

  EP-4 - Lingua Franca-X [SIDE 8413 BEL 1984 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] It is always nice to bring something rare to the table, and this obscure twelve inch EP is really quite rare. Some will recall my appreciation of Japanese post-punk funk, so here is some more EP-4, this time from an original pressing released on the Another Side Records label in Belgium during 1984.  I was never happy with my first attempt at a rip of this single, after a good ultrasonic clean, here is a much improved transfer. Kaoru Sato and his band hit a seriously heavy groove packed up inside a pounding beat and funky bass over three tracks. Many British bands were attempting, some succeeding - others failing to expand this genre at the time, most have featured heavily in my blogs, so please give it up for some post-punk jap-funk.  A1  Coco B1  dB B2  Zoy

EP-4 - Lingua Franca-X [SIDE 8413 BEL 1984 24-Bit FLAC] It is always nice to bring something rare to the table, and this obscure twelve inch EP is really quite rare. Some will recall my previous EP-4 post  and my recent appreciation of Japanese post-punk funk, so here is some more EP-4, this time from an original pressing released on the Another Side Records label in Belgium during 1984.  Kaoru Sato and his band hit a seriously heavy groove packed up inside a pounding beat and funky bass over three tracks. Many British bands were attempting, some succeeding - others failing to expand this genre at the time, most have featured heavily in my blogs, so please give it up for some post-punk jap-funk.  A1 Coco B1 dB B2 Zoy

EP-4 - Lingua Franca-1 [WRWTFWW 032 CHE 2018 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released as a vinyl album on Nippon Columbia in 1983. EP-4 was a Japanese collaborative formed by Kaoru Sato, the owner of new wave disco, Club Modern in Kyoto. Initially managing the independent label Skating Pears, Sato formed EP-4 as his 'house band' blending his love for funk, new wave and electro. The result was this debut long player followed by a tranche of hard to find 12" singles, some of which were released in Europe in the mid-eighties. If you grabbed my Colored Music rip a few weeks back, you will know that I am forming an appreciation of obscure Japanese post-punk funk and EP-4 tick all those boxes. This is another extraordinary set, mixing elements of New York disco-wave, 23 Skidoo and A Certain Ratio at their funkiest with Sato's vocal style which reminds me of Mark Stewart in places. If you need to hear something quite special which you may have never heard before...