The long-awaited debut album from CHURASHIMA NAVIGATOR, a unit born out of sessions at the bass music party "budryukyu" between DJ SHINKICHI — a veteran of key Japanese underground units AOA and SOFT who relocated from Kansai to Okinawa — and DJ NU-DOH, an Okinawan kingpin who once moved to Tokyo and worked as part of AUDIO SUTRA. Ryukyuan folk sin ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)ger and sanshin player Kanako Horiuchi joins as a session member, with guest appearances from Daiho Soga of cinema dub monks and HARIKUYAMAKU of SHIMA-DUB. Okinawan folk song meets dub, bass music and electronic dance music in an ethnic dance sound brimming with vitality and fun, awakening the original sacredness of dancing. It also carries a rebel music edge. A wonderful album has been born — don't miss it! (Original Japanese text by Saito)

The group was formed by DJ SINKICHI—who, after his work in AOA and SOFT, key units of Japan's underground scene, relocated from Kansai to Okinawa—and DJ NU-DOH, an Okinawan key figure who has DJ'd at Aoyama BLUE and was also a member of AUDIO SUTRA; Okinawan folk singer Kanako Horiuchi later joined as well.

Rooted in the present-day situatio ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)n of Okinawa with its ongoing military base issues, CHURASHIMA NAVIGATOR fuse the festive spirit and spirituality of Okinawan traditional folk song with electronic music such as techno, dub and bass music. Now comes a remix album of their 2017 release "Life Is Trasure," featuring artists from all over who have helped build the scene together. It's a release worth noting, resonating with the rising interest in South American folklore and music emerging from Asia. (Original Japanese text by Saito)