Ep-4: Lingua Franca 1 - VINYL LP
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Ep-4: Lingua Franca 1 - VINYL LP

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Ep-4: Lingua Franca 1 - VINYL LPTitle: Lingua Franca 1 Artist: Ep 4 Label: WRWTFWW Records Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 4260544824319 Genre: Electronic Release Date: 2018 10 19 Number of Discs: 1 LP version; in heavy 350 gram sleeve. WRWTFWW Records present the official reissue of cult album Lingua Franca 1 (originally released in 1983) by groundbreaking Kyoto band Ep 4. Straight from the delirious minds of unconventional geniuses Kaoru Sato (who had previously released an album as

Title: Lingua Franca 1
Artist: Ep-4
Label: WRWTFWW Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 4260544824319
Genre: Electronic
Release Date: 2018-10-19
Number of Discs: 1

LP version; in heavy 350 gram sleeve. WRWTFWW Records present the official reissue of cult album Lingua Franca-1 (originally released in 1983) by groundbreaking Kyoto band Ep-4. Straight from the delirious minds of unconventional geniuses Kaoru Sato (who had previously released an album as R.N.A. Organism on legendary Osaka label Vanity Records) and Yuji "Banana" Kawashima, Lingua Franca-1 is a seamless voyage of spellbinding mutant funk grooves, joyful post-punk explorations, synth fantasies, sexy distortions, and fluid cool-no-sweat vocals. Constantly mutating in an almost biological way (similarly to Colored Music's self-titled album (1981)), always mysterious and seductive, sometimes reminiscing of a freaky cross between PiL, Liquid Liquid, David Bowie, and Yello, Ep-4's debut is hard to label, although "Debonair Wave" could be a legitimate way to describe this Japan's best-kept-secret of an album. Defying the rules wasn't limited to sonic experimentations for band leader Kaoru Sato. To promote Lingua Franca-1, he and his crew plastered gigantic (illegal) billboards all over Shibuya and Harajuku, announcing performances in four different cities on odd hours of the same day (May 5th, 1983). Other of his notable antics included originally sub-titling the album "Death to the Emperor Showa", causing a controversy (which led to censorship and a title-change), trying to release two albums on the same day without the concerned labels being aware of the plan or, in the R.N.A. Organism days, fooling Vanity Records into believing the demo he sent them came from a foreign band (it worked). Unique personality, unique music!

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