2021 repress

Emerson Kitamura is here with the fifth and final in a series of 12-inch releases in support of the film “Bangkok Nites”. Kitamura is a renowned veteran keyboardist in Japan, having worked on countless sessions from the late 80s to the present. These self-produced tracks, featuring his trademark old-school rhythm box, feature instrumental and dub versions of Rungphet Laemsing’s “The Countryside is Great”, plus a bass music version of Angkhanang Khunchai’s “Lam Phloen Salab Khonsawan” and a cover of George McRae’s early disco classic “Rock Your Baby”, with mmm (mii mai moe) on vocals. Cover art by Shinsuke Takagi of Soi48.

TRACKS (click each title to play):

Side A
1. The Countryside is Great (5:07)
2. Lam Phloen Salab Khonsawan Bassline (4:52)

Side B
1. Rock Your Baby (featuring mmm) (5:18)
2. The Countryside is Great (Version) (4:20)