A面のヤンチャにうねりまくるファンキー曲「The Jack Mod Kick」(sample1）も後半のブレイク＆スキャット＆音像含めて最高ですが、B面のチビッコ甘茶なヘタウマ・ヘタヘタなソウル「Don’t Wake Me Up」(sample2）が後半のリバーブ深めの効果含めて、なんとも歌心哀愁タマりません。大推薦とさせていただきます。 (コンピューマ)

In his own words at the time: "I didn't yet understand what everlasting love was, so I sang thinking about my mom." That beautiful anecdote is enough to make you smile and tear up at once. Daichi Miura, 12 years old and in sixth grade, was in the middle of his voice change, giving this a special vocal you could only capture at that exact moment — b ...Read morerimming with the anticipation and anxiety of an unseen future on the verge of adolescence, the feelings of that in-between period from child to young man. A bittersweet, gorgeous vocal that puts grown singers to shame and raises goosebumps: an eternal Japanese-language R&B mid-tempo mellow classic. The music video is essential viewing too.

Daichi Miura, still an elementary schooler at the time, delivers a soulful, pre-voice-change falsetto that's as heart-melting as it is quietly aching. Add the adorable, fresh harmonies and dancing of the six-member lineup — which back then included Hikari Mitsushima, now a celebrated actress — and you get the unmistakable presence and sheer excitem ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)ent that only Folder could deliver. It's music that could only have been born in that era, radiating the eternally sparkling, fresh appeal of pint-sized soul. We've also included the charmingly wholesome spaceship music video, an homage to MJ & JJ's "Scream" clip. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

"Jaka Jaka Janken Pon" (sample 1) — a kids' soul hymn to rock-paper-scissors that rides a swinging shuffle beat at BPM 200 (100) into an exciting dance groove everyone from kids to grown-ups can enjoy, with Daichi's superb rhythmic sense exploding across both the rapping and the singing — was also an insert song on the TV show Ponkickies. On the B- ...Read moreside sits "Hello Again" (sample 2), one of their key tracks and a gem of a ballad: an urban, mellow, soulful world that puts adults to shame, and a pinnacle of contemporary Japanese soul from the 1990s-2000s.
Daichi Miura, then still an elementary school student, sings in a pre-voice-change falsetto that is heart-meltingly soulful yet somehow tinged with wistfulness — radiating the fresh, eternally sparkling charm of kids' soul that could only have been born in that era. "I don't want to grow up. Let's stay in paradise just like this!"

当時小学生だった三浦大地の声変わり前のキッズ・ソウルフル胸キュンにしてどこか切なさも感じさせてくれるファルセットな歌声、そして、現在は女優として活躍する満島ひかりも当時在籍していた6人のメンバー達の愛くるしくフレッシュなコーラスとダンスによるFolderならではの存在感とワクワクさせてくれるその音楽は、あの時代でしか誕生しなかったであろう未来永劫に続く永遠なるキラキラなチビッコソウルのフレッシュな魅力を放っている。MVも貼っておきます。 (コンピューマ)

70年代キッズ・グループ全盛期に発表したものの、アルバム一枚のみで解散。O'Jaysの初期メンバーBobby Masseyによって見出された、双子のPonderosa兄弟を中心とするヴォーカル・グループで、ストリングスなどの入る豪華なモータウンバンドでのJackson5に比べ ヴィンテージ感のあるタイトなサウンドが魅力の名アルバム『2+2+1=』、リプレスを心待ちにしましょう。。素晴らしいコーラスワークと展開に込み上げ必至の「I Remember You」がB面に収録なのも喜びです。 (AYAM)

Part of the Jerry Peters reissue series launched by 〈Mr. Bongo〉, this is his best-known album, which has been popular since the dawn of the rare groove era. It is the 1973 debut album by Foster Sylvers, the youngest member of the family band The Sylvers. Featuring the monster break “Misdemeanor”—which spawned countless classics following Grandmaste ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)r Flash—and “More Love,” which Madlib also sampled, this album is a magnificent masterpiece from start to finish. I hope you’ll take the time to experience it for yourself and discover why Jerry Peters is so relevant right now—and the appeal of The Sylvers. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

O'Jaysの初期メンバーBobby Masseyによって見出された、双子のPonderosa兄弟を中心とするヴォーカル・グループ。70年代キッズ・グループ全盛期に発表し惜しくもこれのみので解散したようです。Sam CookeカヴァーのとろけるB1「You Send Me」(Sample_2)、込み上げ必至のB5「I Remember You」(Sample_3)。豪華なモータウンバンドでのJackson5に比べ、ヴィンテージ感のあるサウンドのこちらがとても今の気分ですね。 (AYAM)