HAKUSHI HASEGAWA - Mahōgakkō - LP - Translucent Rosé Pink Vinyl [AUG 16]

LP - Limited "Standard Edition" Translucent Rosé Pink Vinyl with Artwork by Shanliang and design by Takeaki Emori. 

“Mahōgakkō” is the new album by Hakushi Hasegawa (They/Them pronouns) – a musician/singer-songwriter based in Tokyo, Japan, and the first Japanese artist signed to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. The record includes the singles ‘Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi)’ – featuring bass wizard Sam Wilkes (Leaving Records) – and ‘Boy’s Texture’ plus ‘Gone’ with rapper KID FRESINO. Consistent with Brainfeeder’s ethos of seeking out artists operating outside the confines of genre since the label started in 2008, Hakushi’s music is tricky to categorize as it straddles a few genres: alternative, electronic, jazz, pop/J-pop. Sometimes it’s pretty, at times it’s very intense and fast-paced.

The FADER described ‘Mouth Flash’ as “wild-eyed free-associated beat poetry delivered through achingly beautiful melody”. Their music’s singular character has earned Hakushi plaudits from Crack Magazine, Needledrop (Anthony Fantano), XLR8R, Paste, Jazziz, Bandcamp Weekly, and Tone Glow.

Recommended if you like… Iglooghost, Louis Cole, Thundercat

Tracklist: 

A1. 行っちゃった Departed
A2. 行つてしまつた Gone / 長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa & KID FRESINO
A3. 口の花火 Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi)
A4. 撤回 Repeal (Tekkai)
A5. 蕾に雷 The Blossom and the Thunder
 
B1. 恐怖の星 KYŌFUNOHOSHI
B2. ねんねこころみ NENNEKOKOROMI
B3. 禁物 Forbidden Thing (Kimmotsu)
B4. 魔法インター (v2) Mahōinter (v2)
B5. ボーイズ・テクスチャー Boy’s Texture
B6. 焱ばみ Enbami
B7. 外 Outside (Soto)