Ryukyu Underground, Ryukyu Underground - 58m 44s

Tracks & Durations

1. Soi Soi	5:11
2. Shimajima	5:42
3. Ashibi Shongane	5:12
4. Shinkaichi	6:11
5. Tinsagu Nu Hana Dub	4:54
6. Kokusai Dori Dub	5:45
7. Yanbaru Birdcall	7:15
8. Koza Riot	5:50
9. Agarijo	5:22
10. Snow in Okinawa (remix)	7:15

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Review

While Ryukyu Underground takes its name from the tropical Ryukyu Islands at the southern end of Japan, the duo is actually composed of Keith Gordon, a British DJ, and Jon Taylor, an American world music know-it-all with a background of playing reggae. The duo met through the Ryukyu Islands' vibrant club scene, drawn together by their interest in the islands' rich musical tradition. Adding their own modern spin, Gordon and Taylor sampled material from local albums and prominently featured the odd, almost tuneless sanshin (a snake-skinned banjo). They mutate the local sounds using a club-ready mix of jungle (the electronic music variety), dub, ambient, soul, and jazz. The most intriguing combination is the dub-heavy mutations that highlight the sanshin on tracks like "Tinsagu Nu Hana Dub." Club kids, however, will most likely dig the driving beats of cuts like "Yanbaru Birdcall." Like the scene in Ibiza, Ryukyu Underground offers a bit of club culture on the beach; only here, it's in the Far East. --Tad HendricksonThe largest of The Ryukyu Islands which dot the Pacific Ocean to the south of Japan, Okinawa's serene natural beauty works in harmony with the beats and bass lines of its thriving roots music scene, reflecting an independent spirit which has survived centuries of foreign interference. Ryukyu Underground takes this spirit one step further, transporting original recordings sampled from local labels into uncharted territory, and creating dance music in what is still a distinctly Okinawan framework. Ambient, dub, electronica, jungle, soul, jazz and hip-hop swim in the mix with elements of Indian, Afrobeat and Japanese traditional music, to create a uniquely global sound direct from the Ryukyu Underground.

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