{"product_id":"dustin-wong-takako-minekawa-savage-imagination","title":"Dustin Wong \u0026 Takako Minekawa - Savage Imagination","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 7\"\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eDustin Wong and Takako Minekawa are artistic omnivores, soaking up a myriad of cultural artefacts and styles, savouring bits and pieces and re-contextualising them into entirely delightful and playfully intricate songs. Their songs are imbued with a relentless cheerfulness that belies their technicality, steeped in the history of Japanese pop music and exuding the joy of discovery and exploration. Dustin and Takako are serious musicians not afraid to play it silly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e‰Û÷Savage Imagination‰۪ is their second album as a duo and shows their collaboration in full bloom. It is a collection of vibrant pop music, laced with the sounds of video games, radiophonic experiments, and indigenous music from around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eDustin Wong was introduced to the world as a member of Baltimore based art-rock band Ponytail and has spent the past several years making incredibly deep and complex albums of looped solo electric guitar for Thrill Jockey. Dustin has toured with Avey Tare‰۪s Slasher Flicks, Beach House, The Dodos and Mountain Goats.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eTakako Minekawa first rose to international prominence as a Shibuya-kei singer in the mid-90s with the brilliant pop song ‰Û÷Fantastic Cat‰۪ and her albums ‰Û÷Roomic Cube‰۪ and ‰Û÷Cloudy Cloud Calculator‰۪. She has collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cornelius, Buffalo Daughter and Dymaxion.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eFirst 500 LPs pressed on mint green vinyl packaged in a high gloss gatefold jacket with free download card.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eCD version in high gloss mini-LP style gatefold package.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e‰ÛÏIn Wong‰۪s hands, the guitar shrinks down to a toy and turns a thousand shades of robin‰۪s-egg blue...[Minekawa‰۪s] voice acts as the titular breeze sighing through Wong‰۪s fingerpicking‰۝ - Pitchfork\u003c\/span\u003e\r\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003c\/div\u003e\r\r\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":64322642248057,"sku":null,"price":9.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322642280825,"sku":null,"price":11.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/dustin-wong-takako-minekawa-savage-imagination-south-records-ltd_a545fde3-e54b-4109-8e2a-2164e717afd3.jpg?v=1787902752","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/dustin-wong-takako-minekawa-savage-imagination","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}