Kadomatsu Toshiki(角松敏生)
Active Years
Musical style
- Sounds completely 80’s
- His crystal clear voice that is quite feminine and sweet
- His skill for playing the guitar is also matured
- They call this kind of style “City Pop” and he’s the one of the represent musicians
- This type of music is used to be connected with the fresh feeling of seashore and sunshine, sweet n’ sour love and separations of lovers
Influenced by/for
- Yamashita Tatsuro
- Happy End
- The Beatles
- Motown sound
Short topics about members, songs, etc…
- Japanese “City Pop” is becoming popular among foreign listeners these days, even Dam Funk used Kadomatsu’s song in his mix.
- He formed a band called “AGHARTA” in the year of 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, composed a song “WA ni-natte Odorou(Make a circle and dance)” and played the song at the closing ceremony. It was very peaceful mood that players and audiences from all the countries enjoyed dancing and smiling each other.
Album(s) to must listen to
- Weekend Fly to the Sun(1982)
- Touch and Go(1986)
Song(s) to must listen to
- Crescent Aventure
- 1975
- The Best of Love
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