The Church of the Ecstatic presents:
Paradise Killer and Rina Sawayama have me in an 80’s/citypop mood – which in itself is kinda what Rina’s singing against in Tokyo Love Hotel, what with Westerners latching onto Japanese places and iconography as aesthetic props, like they’re wont to do. Whoops 😮
The thing is, the aesthetics – whether it’s images of rainy streets with neon lights, or songs with dreamy synths,and drums with reverb – are more universal than just one time or place.
Maybe when people feel nostalgia for “places they’ve never been,” it’s because our own memories aren’t as far away from others’ as we think.
Epoch, “Paradise (Stay Forever) [feat. Fiona Lynch]”
from Paradise Killer Original Soundtrack
Kaizen Game Works - 2020
平田志穂子, “Heartbeat, Heartbreak”
from ペルソナ4 オリジナル・サウンドトラック
ATLUS CO.,LTD.
Shihoko Hirata (vocals) on Persona 4 Original Soundtrack
Bonnie Tyler, “Holding Out for a Hero (From "Footloose" Soundtrack)”
from Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
Sony Music CG - 1986
Y Kant Tori Read, “Floating City (Remastered)”
from Y Kant Tori Read (Remastered)
Rhino/Warner Records - 1988
Miki Matsubara, “Mayonaka no Door / Stay with Me”
from Miki Matsubara Best Collection
ポニーキャニオン - 2008
Sister Euphonia The Church of the Ecstatic March 23rd, 2022
Posted In: Music Shows