Kennedy - Twinkling Nasa (1986) {King Records Japan Blu-spec CD KICS3611 rel 2018}
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© 1986, 2018 Nexus / King Records Japan | Blu-spec CD | KICS 3611
Rock / Prog Rock / Jazz Rock / Fusion
Long forgotten and unknown short-lived Japanese prog act,led by ex-Dada leader Izumi Mutsuhiko.The band was formed in early-80's after the demise of Dada with Mutsuhiko leaving behind the Electronic territory to explore some synth-driven Fusion field.By mid-80's the rest of the band featured Usami Hitoshi on drums, Ito Koji on sax and keyboardistand Kitaoka Atsushi.Their debut ''Twinkling NASA'' was released in 1986 on King Records with tracks recorded between 1981 and 1985,as a result two more keyboardists are featured on the sleeve notes,Fukami Seiichi and Senba Motoi.Mutsuhiko himself handles all guitars,synthesizers and electronic effects.
With a style of their own,Kennedy offer somekind of synth-based Fusion mixed with some symphonic elements,often interrupted by Mutsuhiko's driving frenetic guitar playing,recalling bands like UK, MONGOL or QUASER.While moving away from Dada's sound,the main composer still insists on some of his earlier's bands elements with Psych/Electronic sounds blended with dominant synthesizers and pounding drums.Despite following mainly an up-tempo style,the band delivers some cosmic atmosphere here and there but this is mostly going into a distorted and dissonant Fusion path with groovy beats.Surprisingly a couple of tracks even contain some nice mellotron waves sufficiently mixed with the overall style,the same thing with the driving saxes on the closing track of the first LP side.Still the production is mediocre and the very plastic sound due to the heavy use of synths,which dominates the album,will not be everybody's cup of tea.
A true Japanese obscurity from mid-80's,which deserves some more fame,especially fans of hard-styled Jazz-Fusion will enjoy this quite a bit.Well-executed and warmly recommended.
Musicians
Mutsuhiko Izumi
Koji Ito
Hitoshi Usami
Yumi Ota
Seiichi Fukami
Motoi Senba
Atsushi Kitaoka
tracklist
01 - Twinkling Nasa
02 - Burning Days
03 - Flying Ship Part 1
04 - Elliptic Orbit
05 - Explorer 1958 Alfa
06 - Boctok
07 - Prelude
08 - Flying Ship Part 2
09 - Florida
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EAC extraction logfile from 17. February 2018, 10:07
Kennedy / Twinkling Nasa
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:41.61 | 0 | 16635
2 | 3:41.61 | 2:42.67 | 16636 | 28852
3 | 6:24.53 | 5:40.07 | 28853 | 54359
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6 | 21:17.28 | 6:54.41 | 95803 | 126893
7 | 28:11.69 | 6:38.19 | 126894 | 156762
8 | 34:50.13 | 4:31.56 | 156763 | 177143
9 | 39:21.69 | 3:04.24 | 177144 | 190967
Track 1
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Track 3
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 9
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EAC extraction logfile from 17. February 2018, 10:07
Kennedy / Twinkling Nasa
Used drive : MATSHITADVD+-RW UJ8E2 Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 103
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:41.61 | 0 | 16635
2 | 3:41.61 | 2:42.67 | 16636 | 28852
3 | 6:24.53 | 5:40.07 | 28853 | 54359
4 | 12:04.60 | 2:08.35 | 54360 | 63994
5 | 14:13.20 | 7:04.08 | 63995 | 95802
6 | 21:17.28 | 6:54.41 | 95803 | 126893
7 | 28:11.69 | 6:38.19 | 126894 | 156762
8 | 34:50.13 | 4:31.56 | 156763 | 177143
9 | 39:21.69 | 3:04.24 | 177144 | 190967
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Filename C:\bzp01\Kennedy - Twinkling Nasa (1986) [FLAC] {2018 KICS3611}\09 - Florida.wav
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