Kosmik Radiation Radio - Dec 12, 2007 Playlist

This album by jazz pianist Masahiko Satoh is one of the real gems mentioned in Julian Cope's Japrocksampler book, a record which has been little-known in"the West" until now. Consisting of two rather different side-long suites, this mutt of an LP touches on such styles as jazz, rock, classical, traditional Japanese music, avant-garde electronics and musique concrete. It also has some similarities to the way Miles Davis was starting to construct his electronic albums around the same time, both having been inspired by Karlheinz Stockhausen (who passed away last week.) As Cope also notes, Frank Zappa's Lumpy Gravy album, which was among the first to juxtapose "serious" and "popular" styles, probably also served as something of a prototype for this type of record, which could have only been recorded in the late 60's / early 70's!
Here's a video clip of Satoh in a more traditional jazz setting (with Steve Gadd on drums -- this is the best I could find!) Also, here's a clip of Wolfgang Dauner (who inspired & collaborated with Satoh) playing some groovy fusion jazz that sounds sorta "Asian."
And finally, here's your bonus clip: the opening scene from the psychedelic Japanese film Throw Away The Books, We're Going Out In The Streets, scored by Tokyo Kid Brothers.

Artist	Song	Album	Year	Country
Magical Power Mako	The End Amen / Cha Cha	Magical Power Mako	1974	Japan
Magical Power Mako	Jump	Jump	1977	Japan
Tokyo Kid Brothers	Track 1	Throw Away The Books, We're Going Out In The Streets	1971	Japan
Cast Recording	The Flesh Failures: Let The Sunshine In	Hair (Japanese cast recording)	1971	Japan

Food Brain	Waltz For M.P.B. / Liver Juice Vending Machine	Bansan (A Social Gathering)	1970	Japan
Hiro Yanagida	Running Shirts Long	Milk Time	1970	Japan
Kimio Mizutani	A Path Through Haze	A Path Through Haze	1971	Japan
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes	Wanyama Na Mapambazuko	Uganda	1972	Japan

Masahiko Satoh & Soundbreakers	Part 1	Amalgamation CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1971	Japan
Stomu Yamashita	What A Way To Live In Modern Times	Red Buddha Theatre (Soundtrack to The Man From The East)	1973	Japan

J. A. Caesar	"Flower Snow - Mania Woman Paragraph" (? title roughly translated from Japanese)	Jasumon (Heresy)	1972	Japan
J. A. Caesar & Shirubu	Jihinshin Tori	Shin Toku Maru (Poison Body Circle)	1978	Japan
J. A. Caesar	Haha Koishiya Sangoshou	Kokkyou Jyunreika (Border Pilgrim Song)	1973	Japan
Geino Yamashirogumi	Osorezan	Osorezan	1976	Japan

Toshi Ichiyanagi with Flower Travellin' Band	The Flowers (AKA I'm Dead) (excerpt)	Opera Inspired By The Works Of Tadanori Yoko'o	1969	Japan
Brast Burn	Part 1	Debon	1975	Japan