{"product_id":"the-taj-mahal-travelers-july-15-1973","title":"The Taj-Mahal Travelers ‎– July 15, 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: États-Unis ‎– etat11\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2019\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMind-mangling fusion of psychedelic improvisations fused with the spirit of the early electronics avant-garde.. next level!!!  More below (NM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor over half a century, Takehisa Kosugi was one of the most unique and enduring figures in the Japanese underground. As an art student in Tokyo in the early '60s, he joined the Fluxus-styled performance unit Hi Re Centre and founded the improvisational ensemble Group Ongaku, but his most legendary project was The Taj-Mahal Travelers – a multicellular organism that included Kosugi, Ryo Koike, Yukio Tsuchiya, Seiji Nagai, Michihiro Kimura, Tokio Hasegawa and sound engineer Kinji Hayashi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a penchant for long psychedelic jams (some lasting 12 hours or more) The Taj-Mahal Travelers lived up to their name. Touring in a Volkswagen van across Europe and Asia in the early '70s, they eventually reached the actual Taj Mahal in India. Upon their return to Japan, they held a concert to raise more touring funds and released their very first recordings. Their debut album, July 15, 1972, would extend the band's matter-of-fact titling: all the tracks were named precisely for the times they began and ended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a grab bag of instrumentation (electric violin, double bass, santoor, vibraphone, harmonica, radio oscillators, sheet iron, etc.), The Taj-Mahal Travelers weave together mesmerizing waves of sonic texture. Featuring longtone concepts that Kosugi discovered while working with sound generators in New York in the mid-'60s, July 15, 1972 remains just as much a collective tone poem as psych workout. These leader-less sounds coalesce into a unified whole that feels both subconscious and sublime, as if the waveforms bypass the listener's ears and land directly inside one's synapses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first-time vinyl reissue is limited to 900 numbered copies. Comes with poster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA The Taj-Mahal Travelers Between 6:20~6:46P.M. 25:36\u003cbr\u003eB1 The Taj-Mahal Travelers Between 7:03~7:15P.M. 11:15\u003cbr\u003eB2 The Taj-Mahal Travelers Between 7:50~8:05P.M. 13:05\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58074853048702,"sku":"etat11","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_75963.jpg?v=1790094987","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/the-taj-mahal-travelers-july-15-1973","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}