Yapoos - CD-Y Artist_灰野敬二 Keiji Haino still somehow what I hear

still somehow what I hear is coarse peace in the in-between

A Bit of Previous is a classic Belle and Sebastian album preoccupied with songs and melodies that won’t leave your head and lyrics that can make you smile and ponder and sometimes be melancholic

while moderately relaxing his passionate West Coast style of playing

Crafted from deconstructed melodic elements and drifting long-tones - laden with subtle nods to Indian classical ragas and free jazz - searching patterns of speech

but rather let the process be the goal

Yapoos - CD-Y Artist_灰野敬二 Keiji Haino still somehow what I hearA record made when Yapoos supposedly weren't making music, this latter career EP first materialised on their Tokyo and Osaka 1999 tour, and is a must have for any Yapoos enthusiast. Fresh from the aftertaste of drum&bass records reaching Japanese shores in the late 90s, this collection of tracks veers even further in the direction of electronic than those that came before it doing away with guitars and acoustic drums altogether. The unmistakable vocal