RF

[Machine Translation] Rokugen Club (Rokugen Club) is led by guitarist Masanori Narikawa, who has provided live support and recordings for Toshio Tsunomatsu, Miki Imai, Misia, and others as a studio musician, and Farah, a former record store buyer and DJ/composer who has performed with top DJs and bands in Japan and abroad including Jazzanova, Truby Trio, and The Five Corners Quintet. The unit RF consists of DJ/composer Farah, a former record shop buyer who has performed with top DJs and bands in Japan and abroad, including Jazzanova, Truby Trio, and The Five Corners Quintet. The experience and sensibility of these two musicians and DJs, each of whom has built a career in the field over many years, will weave together a new and unprecedented sound. RF's 1st 7inch single, released in October last year, was sold out at record stores in Japan and overseas, and was ranked No.1 in weekly sales in Fat City, UK. The album has become a worldwide sensation, especially in the UK and Europe. Their long-awaited first album is finally released, featuring M-1, a jam cover of The Pharcyde / Runnin', which was previously cut as a 7inch single, M-2, a raw sublimation of the middle classic by Souls Of Mischief, and Lamp Eye / Testimony. M-4, a UK Jazz DJ classic sampled by Nujabes and brought into the world of RF, M-5, a dub and acoustic interpretation of the well-known "Walk on the wild side" from ATCO / Can I kick it, and "Buddha's Holiday M-6, a breathy and mellow version of Joe Thomas' "Coco", M-7, an exhilarating acoustic mellow groove of George Duke's "Time Machine", sampled by Time Machine, and RF's answer to Jurassic 5's "Swing set", the Funky Swing M-7. M-8, RF's answer to Jurassic 5 / Swing set, M-9, a high-speed medley of Brazilian hip-hop sampling sources, and M-10, a Latin Jazz masterpiece sampled by Five Deez and dyed in RF colors, all of them can be regarded as "push tunes". Masanori Narikawa ( g )

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

スタジオ・ミュージシャンとして角松敏生や今井美樹、Misia等のライヴ・サポー ト&レコーディングで活躍してきたギタリスト成川正憲率いるRokugen Club (六弦倶楽部)と、元レコードショップのバイヤーでJazzanova、Truby Trio、The Five Corners Quintet 等国内外のTop DJ / Bandとの共演経験も持つDJ/コンポーザーFarah のユニットRF。それぞれミュージシャン、DJ として長年現場でキャリアを積んできた2人の経験と感性が、これまでにない新たなサウンドを紡ぎ出していきます。昨年10月に先行リリースされたRFの1st 7inch singleは、国内のレコード・ショップはもとより海外でも完売店続出で、 UKのFat Cityでは週刊売上ランク1位となり 、WAH WAH 45やMukatsuku等のラジオでもオンエアー される等々、UK及びヨーロッパを中心に世界中で話題となっています。そんな彼等の待望の1st アルバムが遂にリリースされます。7inchで先行シングルカットされたThe Pharcyde / Runnin'のジャム・カヴァーとなるM-1から、Souls Of Mischiefのミドル・クラシックを生音で昇華したM-2、Lamp Eye / 証言ネタを現代的視点で再構築したM-3、NujabesもサンプリングしたUK Jazz DJの古典をRFの世界へと落とし込んだM-4、ATCO / Can I kick itネタでお馴染み"Walk on the wild side"をダブ&音響的な解釈で再現したM-5、"ブッダの休日"ネタJoe Thomas / Cocoをブリージン & メロウに仕上げたM-6、Time MachineもサンプリングしたGeorge Dukeの佳曲が爽快度抜群のアコースティック・メロウ・グルーヴへと変貌を遂げたM-7、Jurassic 5 / Swing setへのRFからの回答となるFunky Swing M-8、ブラジリアン・ヒップホップのサンプリング・ソースをメガミックスした高速メドレーM-9、Five DeezがサンプリングしたLatin Jazzの傑作をRF色に染め上げたM-10まで、全てが"押し曲"といえる高密度な1枚。Masanori Narikawa (g)