Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 CD xx1984 Joe McPhee's Nation Time combines

Joe McPhee's Nation Time combines strains of funk and free jazz in a way that feels like Pharaoh Sanders sitting in with James Brown's backing band

The two most obvious models seem to be: save all your enthusiasm and confidence up for big projects that take you away from the family unit for a clearly defined and agreed upon duration

the album put Ike Yard's indelible mark on the synth-driven experimental rock scene then emerging all over the planet

now with all expectations of beauty out the window

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 CD xx1984 Joe McPhee's Nation Time combinesEarly on in the liner notes for this new LitA comp, Mark Frosty McNeil situates the music collected on Somewhere Between within the economic bubble of 1980s Japan. I guess such a statement suggests that the comp will be populated by schmick pop, futuristic synth tech, New Wavey optimism, all skewed a little off kilter as these private press digging comps often are (a la Efficient Spaces classic Sky Girl). While theres plenty of that, theres also a