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Mod East
Today I bought Comoesta Yaegashi's new book, "Mod East"! The book comes with a CD, "BGM for MOD EAST" which is actually his second solo album. His first album was "Love Is Blue" released 11 years ago (in 1993), a very nice easy listening album which sounds a bit like Paul Mauriat, and is probably an homage to him considering the title. Of course over the years he did a lot of other releases with 5th Garden, Jet Lopez, as Comoestas, etc.
The book actually came out on April 20, but I don't think it had even been announced on his Web site which I watch every few days Only today it showed up on there, along with his impressive full discography.
The 236-page book (208 color pages) shows pictures of beautiful modern Japanese architecture and interior mostly from the 60's-70's, and has commentary by Comoesta Yaegashi. The new album reminds a lot of the recent compilation album "BGM vol.1 for Modernica" produced by himself. Perhaps a bit short though at about 34 minutes. The price is very nice though at ¥3200, about the price of a CD.
And while on the topic of vintage modern interior, I'd like to plug a friend's like-minded online furniture shop, Edit Furnishings (based in California).
"Mod East" by Comoesta Yaegashi (text) and ITŌ Shinichi (pictures)
Tōtō Editions (yes, the toilet company!)
ISBN4-88706-235-4, 236 pages (208 color), ¥3200+tx
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Posted on May 14, 2004 at 21:08 | Tweet
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The only thing I have by Comoestas is the Last Mambo in Tokyo (I think thats what its called...) Should I buy this Mod East thing...is it like the other stuff he's done at Readymade or what? Also, where would I get the book+CD? Thanks a lot...
Posted by Nik Mer-sir on May 17, 2004 at 03:20
I think this is quite a bit different from "Last Mambo In Tokyo", which is more club-oriented I think. This is more lounge style. It could be easily played in a café or a shop. The book is a very nice piece on Japanese modern architecture with lots of full page pictures, it will make a great coffee table book for sure!
The book can be ordered at HMV Japan (http://www.hmv.co.jp/), Amazon Japan (http://www.amazon.co.jp/) and other bookstores. You can try ordering it at a large local bookstore too, using the ISBN number, but it may not be as quick.
Posted by Patrick on May 17, 2004 at 07:47