2016-4-7 Asa-Chang & Junray Jun Ray Song Chang Review. Released 24 June 2002. Share this page. Artist Played By. Gideon Coe BBC Radio 6 Music. Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service BBC Radio 6.
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Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
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Years active | 1998–present |
Labels | The Leaf Label, Oon Music Inc |
Website | www.junray.com |
Members |
ASA-CHANG & Junray is the band of the Japanese percussionist ASA-CHANG, who was the founder and original bandmaster of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. After leaving that group in 1993, he formed Asa Chang & Junray in 1998 with programmer and guitarist Hidehiko Urayama. They were joined in 2000 by tabla player U-zhaan. Live, the group used a portable sound-system called 'Jun-Ray Tronics', hence the name — although the word 'junray' also means 'pilgrimage'.
In 2002, the British label The Leaf Label released Jun Ray Song Chang, which compiled the group's first two, Japan-only albums. It was followed a year later by the mini album, Tsu Gi Ne Pu. The group's song 'Hana' was featured on Fabric Live 07, while 'Tsuginepu To Ittemita' was included on a The Wire Tapper CD. The group's 2005 album, Minna no Junray, featured vocals by singer and actress Kyōko Koizumi. It has not been released overseas.
In 2013, their song 'Hana' was re-done for the soundtrack to the anime Aku no Hana (lit. Flowers of Evil), an adaptation of the manga of the same name. Several versions are featured throughout the series, and as its ending theme.
Albums[edit]
- Tabla Magma Bongo, 1998 (Japan only)
- Hana, 2001 (Japan only)
- Jun Ray Song Chang, Leaf Label 2002
- Tsu Gi Ne Pu, Leaf Label 2003 (BBC review)
- Minna no Junray, 2005
- Kage No Nai Hito, 2009
- Mahou, 2016
External links[edit]
- Asa Chang on My Space
- Official website(in Japanese)
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JAPAN'S FINEST TABLATRONIC SAMPLEMANIA ETHOGRAPHERS OR SIMPLY SAID - THE FUTURE SOUND OF JAPANARTIST`````` ````ASA-CHANG & JUNRAYSINGLE 01`````KANA (2004)SINGLE 02`````SENAKA (2004)ALBUM`````````TSU GI NE PU (2003)GENRE``````````ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL, POST-ETNO (HA?)WHY?:Extraordinary sampling techniques and brilliant beat-programming are trademarks of this Japan-based experimental band. Unfortunately, these 3 recordings are all I have. If anyone has their album/compilation 'Jun Ray Sung Chang' please let me know because I simply cannot find it anywhere.I don't understand one word they are singing (speaking mostly) but it somehow seems they are examining the Japanese language itself.