Neil Halstead: "We were always ambitious

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span over a particularly fruitful period in the composer's career

While Rother is listed as producer on the original Brain release

V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Stoner Neil Halstead: "We were alwaysEmerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the rykka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music. This collection of 1920s & 30s rykka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread