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Tsuki No Wa
Moon Beams
A1
She. Rain
A2
Air Ship LZ 129
A3
Plein Soleil
B1
On Mother's Day
B2
I'm Wandering Cowboy
C1
Brown Warm Farm
C2
Moon Beams
D
blank
Mesh-Key Records (mky036)
2x Vinyl LP Single Sided Album Limited Edition Remastered
Release date: Jan 24, 2025, US
3 sides (SIDE D is BLANK)
A deluxe, expanded reissue of Moon Beams by Tokyo visionaries, Tsuki No Wa.
Originally released on CD by Japan's Soundscape label in 2003, Moon Beams is a bonafide opus -- a masterful mix of jazz, latin, folk and electroacoustic, topped with bandleader Fuminosuke's soaring, spectral vocals. Bassist Takuyuki Moriya was also a member of Ghost, and drummer Yuta Suganuma is a long-time member of the Shintaro Sakamoto band.
The quartet's third album in as many years, Moon Beams found Tsuki No Wa taking a gigantic leap forward in both compositional sophistication and sonic experimentation. Beautifully recorded in a (since demolished) Meiji-era ballet studio, and featuring guest performances from such underground luminaries as Yoshihide Otomo and Ami Yoshida, this timeless, ambitious work sounds just as spellbinding today as it did a couple decades ago.
Our reissue features an updated mix from the band and brand new album art with unseen photos of the group in their heyday. The vinyl (2LP, mastered by Josh Bonati and pressed at RTI) comes in a full-color, double panel gatefold jacket with eye-popping gold foil lettering.
