Athletica

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Athletica
Athletica cover.jpg
EP by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 1997
Genre Shibuya-kei
Label Polystar
Producer Asteroid Desert Songs, Buffalo Daughter
Takako Minekawa chronology
Roomic Cube
(1996)
Athletica
(1997)
Cloudy Cloud Calculator
(1997)

Athletica is a 1997 EP by Takako Minekawa. [1]

The Japanese-only release was recorded between Roomic Cube and Cloudy Cloud Calculator. The sound is similar to those records, but more experimental. The Athletica EP also has another version of "Fabie", but it's pretty different, this one having beats reminiscent of early '80s hip-hop, complete with TR-808 beats. For this EP, Takako enlisted the help of ex-A.D.S. (Asteroid Desert Songs) guitarist, Yasuo Takai. The album has more beats than Takako's usual material. "Metromusica" is a miasma of bleeps and metronome clicks, along with Takako's childlike voice. It blends into the soothing "Slow Flow Mole." "Klaxon! (A New Type)" is a Takako Minekawa/Buffalo Daughter collaboration, that later appeared on Recubed.

<i>Roomic Cube</i> 1996 studio album by Takako Minekawa

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Cloudy Cloud Calculator is the third studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa, released on December 10, 1997. It was released by Polystar in Japan and by Emperor Norton Records in the United States. Minekawa played almost every instrument on the album and produced, arranged, wrote, and sang nearly all its songs.

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Track listing

  1. "Metromusica" - 8:33
  2. "Slow Flow Mole" - 7:00
  3. "Klaxon! (A New Type)" - 4:12
  4. "Fabie (1,2,3 Exercise)" - 5:25
  5. "Fabie (1,2,3 Beat it)" - 3:31

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References

  1. "Takako Minekawa - Athletica E.p. CD" CD Universe. Retrieved 2016-07-07.