V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Funeral Doom he’d come of age during

he’d come of age during the west coast jazz explosion of the 1950s

“Don’t Belong” is yet another attempt at channeling December’s Children

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V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Funeral Doom he’d come of age duringEmerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the rykka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music. This collection of 1920s & 30s rykka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread