Masayuki Kishi/岸正之 – Pretender (1984)
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Lyrics: Kazuko Kobayashi
Composer: Masayuki Kishi
Arranger: Satoshi Takebe

Modern Museum starts off instrumentally with drums, guitar (electric and acoustic), bass, keyboard and synthesizer. This piece of music simply shows how great it is to just sit back and enjoy the sound. There aren't too many changes except for the drummer who now focuses on the high hat and rimclick as the beat setting instruments, although in some places there is some solid tom tom action! Masayuki Kishi sings with a beautiful voice and Shigeru Okazawa (bass) plays great fingerstyle! The song ends in a wowie sax solo, played by Hidefumi Toki (has worked with Tatsuro Yamashita and some other well known artists).


Because this song is long and I have already introduced all instrumentalists, I will translate what Masayuki Kishi wrote about the whole album:

In order to create a unique total feel of the album, it was intensively produced in one studio with one arranger. I focused only on the concept, songwriting and singing of the album and we took the arranging-decisions after discussing them with Mr. Takebe, the arranger. Four of the songs on this album were written by Kazuko Kobayashi. I remember driving two hours each way every day to get to the studio in Takaido. I did not stay there, but it was like a camp in my school days. On the way, there was a theft at the studio and I remember the police officer who rushed to me: "I thought it would be a nude studio" As for the package, I asked for the obi to be thinner than usual and for a shrink wrap, but this was anyway the standard at Victor.

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