45 - Hello Friends (2008)


i n f o

ripper.......: know1
date ripped..: Apr-24-2007
release size.: 82.5 MB
tracks.......: 13
encoder......: LAME 3.9.7
bitrate......: V2 vbr-new
mode.........: Joint-Stereo
source.......: CDDA
label........: Origami Productions
genre........: Hip-Hop


n o t e s

http://www.myspace.com/45japan
http://www.amazon.co.jp/Hello-Friends-45/dp/B0010OH7O2
http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=dk53kkjqbh&ref=index.php&anchor=469901

This guy's got a short name, but a really heavy sound -- one that's got a great blend of beats, keys, and samples at its core -- all served up with a crispy, old school funky sound! 45's approach is a bit like that of Ino Hidefumi -- in that he covers older territory with a slightly updated groove, mixing older keyboard funk with a hip hop sensibility. But the sound here is also different than Hidefumi too -- given that a number of cuts are more soul/R&B in nature -- and occasionally feature guest vocals to flesh out the tunes. 45's groove is also a bit more wide-ranging too -- not just older styles, but a range of rhythms that include bits of contemporary soul and hip hop, and which point to his work with the group Izanami -- all modes that inflect the keyboards differently from track to track. About 5 of the album's 13 tracks feature vocals, the others are all instrumentals.

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d a t a

#  t r a c k  n a m e

01   hello friends
02   struttin'
03   searchin' ft. tasita d mour
04   the night life ft. steph pockets
05   underground superstar ft. yu sakai
06   interlude italiano
07   tokyo jazz freak
08   once again
09   wa
10   can you say yes? ft. marcellus nealy
11   p.simon
12   solitude
13   hello friends (lark chillout for a.y.b.force remix)

      82.5 m e g s         t o t a l  t i m e   (63:10)


one life to live, one love to give.