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emerson kitamura - the countyside is great ep - em records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: World - Misc

1. The Countryside Is Great
2. Lam Phloen Salab Khonsawan Bassline
3. Rock Your Baby (feat Mmm)
4. The Countryside Is Great (version)

The fifth and final in a series of 12” releases in support of the film Bangkok Nites. Kitamura is a renowned veteran keyboardist in Japan, having worked on countless sessions from the late 80s to the present.

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These self-produced tracks, featuring his trademark old-school rhythm box, feature instrumental and dub versions of Rungphet Laemsing’s “The Countryside is Great”, plus a bass music version of Angkhanang Khunchai’s “Lam Phloen Salab Khonsawan” and a cover of George McRae’s early disco classic “Rock Your Baby”, with mmm (mii mai moe) on vocals. Cover art by Shinsuke Takagi of Soi48