Yasuaki Shimizu - Kiren Funko in 2001 the concept of

in 2001 the concept of the 'surprise drop' album release and the technology to support it were still quite a few years off

350gsm Cover

On their seventh full-length album

they originally planned to record a mixtape together earlier in the year

Jackie Gouché

Yasuaki Shimizu - Kiren Funko in 2001 the concept ofBy the early 1980s acclaimed saxophonist, producer and composer Yasuaki Shimizu had established himself on the Japanese new wave scene, producing many important experimental pop records and releasing several albums as the bandleader of Mariah. Following the release of his widely regarded solo classic Kakashi, from 1982, and the otherworldly Utakata No Hibi, by Mariah in 1983, he went into the studio the following year with frequent collaborators,