Label: Mesh-Key Records – mky036
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Single Sided, Album, Limited Edition, Remastered, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 24 Jan 2025
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Contemporary Jazz, Future Jazz, Experimental
Originally released on CD by Japan's Soundscape label in 2003, Moon Beams is a bonafide opus -- a masterful mix of jazz, latin, folk and electroacoustic, topped with bandleader Fuminosuke's soaring, spectral vocals. Bassist Takuyuki Moriya was also a member of Ghost, and drummer Yuta Suganuma is a long-time member of the Shintaro Sakamoto band.
The quartet's third album in as many years, Moon Beams found Tsuki No Wa taking a gigantic leap forward in both compositional sophistication and sonic experimentation. Beautifully recorded in a (since demolished) Meiji-era ballet studio, and featuring guest performances from such underground luminaries as Yoshihide Otomo and Ami Yoshida, this ambitious work sounds just as spellbinding today as it did a couple decades ago. (Mint / New)
Tracklist
A1 She. Rain 5:22
A2 Air Ship LZ 129 4:33
A3 Plein Soleil 7:20
B1 On Mother's Day 5:14
B2 I'm Wandering Cowboy 10:37
C1 Brown Warm Farm 7:25
C2 Moon Beams 6:56
