Omni Sight Seeing Explained

omni Sight Seeing
Type:studio
Artist:Haruomi Hosono
Cover:Omni_Sight_Seeing.jpg
Recorded:1988–1989, Tokyo and Paris
Genre:Ambient, electronica, world
Language:Japanese, English, French, Arabic
Label:Epic
Producer:Haruomi Hosono

Omni Sight Seeing is a 1989 album by Haruomi Hosono.

Background and recording

This was their first studio album in four years since their last album, "Endless Talking", and their first release since moving to EPIC/SONY RECORDS.

This work was the result of sessions and collaborations with Arabian musicians, with an inclination towards the 'world music' that was gaining attention at the time.

Music description

  1. ESASHI
    • The title Esashi is taken from Esashi Oiwake.
    • Hosono was watching NHK Nodo Jiman in 1988 and could not forget the song Esashi Oiwake sung by then 14-year-old Kimura Kasumi from HokkaidoEsashi Town, so he sought her out and recorded it a cappella.[1]
  2. ANDADURA
    • The genre is "Arab music".
    • The vocalists are the Arab singer Amina ("Amina Ben Mustapha" in the liner notes)[2] and Hosono.
  3. 'ORGONE BOX'
    • The title refers to the orgone discovered by Wilhelm Reich.
    • The song is about Cloudbuster. (See Orgon for more information.)
  4. OHENRO-SAN
    • The title Ohenro refers to Ohenro.
    • It contains some of the songs used in Human Promise, directed by Yoshishige Yoshida.
  5. CARAVAN
    • Hosono himself says: "A compilation of quotations, a ghost band of ghost musicians"; the names Les Paul and Duke Ellington are credited, but this is a simulation, not an actual performance and recording.
  6. RETORT
    • The lyrics are included on the lyric card, but the singer himself explains, "I can't sing it very well, so I'm hoping someone will record a song version of it for me one day." He explains, [3] .
    • A song version self-cover was included as "Retort - Vu Ja De ver." (M11) on his album Vu Jà Dé, released in 2017.
  7. LAUGH-GAS
    • The lyrics are in French and the song is sung by "Amina Ben Mustapha".[4]
  8. KORENDOR
    • Image of "a deranged alien playing piano in the Japanese countryside", according to the man himself.
  9. 'PLEOCENE'
    • The song PLEOCENE is a development of the song PLEOCINE, which was used in the film Night on the Galactic Railroad released in 1985.
    • The vocals are sung by Hosono and Moro Fukuzawa.

Personnel

ESASHI

ANDADURA

ORGONE BOX

OHENRO-SAN

CARAVAN

RETORT

LAUGH-GAS

KORENDOR

PLEOCENE

Notes and References

  1. from the liner
  2. from the liner
  3. From the liner
  4. From the liner

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