中西レモン

Remon Nakanishi is one of the brightest stars of Japan's minyo and Bon Odori music scene, especially known as a singer of Goshu Ondo, which is the ballad songs sung at Bon Odori (summer festivals where people dance) around Kansai area. In this groundbreaking album he sings minyo from Tohoku and Hokkaido, Northern parts of Japan, and old songs of Echigo Goze, the female blind minstrel singers.
All eleven songs are accompanied in various styles, backed up with musicians playing drums, bass, guitars, marimba, tabla, trumpet etc., and the incredible chorus works somewhat sound like that of Eastern Europe.

代桜川唯丸流の江州音頭で関東の盆踊りシーンを沸かせる気鋭の唄い手・中西レモン。
彼が思春期より憧れた東北の民謡や越後の瞽女唄の数々が、多彩なミュージシャンとの競演、そして東欧風のコーラスワークをはじめとする印象的なあがさのアレンジによって新たに彩られる。11色の唄風景。ミックス・マスタリングは折坂悠太などを手掛ける中村公輔。
全曲違う味。飽きる暇なし。とにかく、ええ声~！

聴くうち思考がなくなって骨の髄から乗ってくる。
音と言葉が一体化して心の奥に染みてくる。
人生で初めて思った。
「弟子になりたい」
町田康（作家）

https://www.doyasarecords.com/hinanoiezuto

Tracklist

1.	Hohai Bushi	2:58

2.	Saitaro Bushi -album version-	2:24

3.	Shiogama Jinku	2:46

4.	Torajosama	2:42

5.	Tsugaru Jinku -album version-	3:11

6.	Hidaka Bon-Uta	2:40

7.	Nambu Daikokumai	3:00

8.	Iyasaka Ondo	3:41

9.	Hideko Bushi	4:15

10.	Kohtoina	2:40

11.	Saimon Matsuzaka	2:45

Credits

released February 11, 2023

musicians :
Remon Nakanishi : vocal & backing vocals
Miyuki Sato : backing vocals (2/3/4/7/9/10)
Masatsugu Hattori : drums, percussions (1/3/5/8/11)
Masanori Hattori : acoustic bass (1/3/5/8)
Yukari Iijima : percussions (4/7) & backing vocals (7)
Junzo Tateiwa : percussions (2)
Naoyuki Seto electric bass (7)
Yuki Yoshida : erhu (1)
Tomoko Kageyama : marimbas (3)
Chiaki Miura : flugelhorn & trumpet (3)
Atsushi Matsunaga : tuba (3)
Hikaru Iwakawa quenas (5)
Eri Umeno : electric keybords (8)
Agatha : arrangement, guitars, backing vocals & all the other

recording & editing : Agatha
additional recording, mixing & mastering : Kohsuke Nakamura (Kangaroo Paw)

artworks & calligraphies : Remon Nakanishi
illustrations for booklet : Agatha
package design : Katsuya Yashima
notes: Charlie Takahashi, Remon Nakanishi

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