Alga by Taku Hayashi / 林拓

A hallucinogenic troubadour, Taku Hayashi, released his third full length album called アルガ (Alga) in 2017, one year after releasing オーレリア (Aurelia) in 2016.
The 2CDs album of thirty-one newly recorded tracks by the well-known front act of Bridget St. John, Devendra Banhart and Josephine Foster on their shows in Japan, is described as a novel which absorbed rich essences and flavors from a variety of genres from acid folk to bossanova, folklore, rock 'n' roll and heavy-metal. Alga is an epoch of Hayashi's omnivorousness in adoration for 1960s music recorded in raw and fat sound with casette MTR, playing along with local musicians in Kansai: UG Noodle on drums, Yuki Nakagawa on cello, Mana Sasaki on flute.

Profile:

Taku Hayashi is a Kyoto based musician. Being found, praised and supported by a music magazine Ulysses, he organized the Japan tour playing with Bridget St. John and released the live-recording album ジョリィ・マダム (Jolie Madam) in 2011. In 2012 he released his first album オデュッセイア (Odyssey)and the second オーレリア (Aurelia) in 2016. Another band project lead by Hayashi is Annaple and released アルコイリス (Arco Iris) in 2013.

*All albums are released from Alga label.

Tracklist

1.	My Diary on the Sea / 海をめぐる私の日記	4:15

2.	Jamira's Story / ジャミラの物語	4:36

3.	July / 7月	4:01

4.	Talkative Lily / おしゃべりリリィ	3:00

5.	Momo the Chrysanthemum / モモの菊	3:59

6.	Family / 家庭	7:05

7.	The Secret of a Piedmont / 山麓の秘密	5:45

8.	The Beginning of Meadows / 牧草地の始まり	4:01

9.	White Cheeked Woman / 白い頬の女	2:41

10.	Marianne Floating on the Lake / 湖に浮かぶマリアンヌ	4:26

11.	Mandara Mimi / マンダラ・ミミ	3:29

12.	Lady Madeleine / レディ・マドレーヌ	7:15

13.	Flea's Goatee Holding Nightjar's Beard / 夜鷹の顎鬚に摑まる蚤の髭	2:41

14.	Arabesque / アラベスク	2:55

15.	Chateau in Sweden / スウェーデンの城	3:59

16.	Motorcycle Surpreme / モーターサイクル・シュープリーム	1:42

17.	Raga Chant-Arruda / ラーガ・シャンタルーダ	3:55

18.	Prince Marr from Swanitika / スワニチカのマル皇子	3:01

19.	Figs / いちじく	3:52

20.	Commelina Communis / 露草	2:17

21.	Shrimp Shao-Mai / 海老焼売	3:40

22.	Poolah-Hooka / プーラフーカ	2:19

23.	And My Kite Sings / そして我が鳶が啼いて	5:19

24.	Nikita / ニキータ	3:55

25.	Love to Lama / ラマを愛して	4:20

26.	Summer Queen / 夏の女王	3:41

27.	Romance / ロマンス	3:59

28.	Pony in the Sun / 太陽のポニー	3:07

29.	Pixie / ピクシー	1:52

30.	The Night Thoughts / 夜想	3:29

31.	The Things We Talked About Like Little Birds in the Midnight / 真夜中に私たちが小鳥のように語り合ったこと	9:17

Credits

released February 1, 2017

Art Direction, Design – Ulysses Design Office
Composed By – Taku Hayahsi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-10, 1-12 to 1-14, 2-2, 2-4 to 2-11, 2-13 to 2-16)
Tsuyoshi Kawasoe (tracks: 1-5, 1-11, 1-15, 2-1, 2-3, 2-12)

Guitar [Gut], Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Chorus, Tambourine, Mandolin, Charango, Sitar, Toy Piano, Alto Saxophone, Bongos, Vocals – Taku Hayashi

Guest
Drums,Chorus – Ug Noodle
Flute – Manna Sasaki
Cello – Yuki Nakagawa
Drums – Toshiyuki Watanabe
Percussion,Chorus – Ari Kawai, Tetsuo Imanari, Toshiyuki Watanabe

Lyrics By, Arranged By – Taku Hayashi
Photography By – Matsunaga Keishi*, Manabu Takayama, Mori-Nichiji
Producer – Taku Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Kawasoe

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