Shinichi Omata - With My Dog Ricky: The Early Works of Shinichi Omata 1981-1983 LP

Unreleased works from Japanese electronic music hero Shinichi Omata compiled on chOOn!! Big tip for fans of the Sakamoto / Hosono / Y.M.O. universe.  Remastered for 180g heavyweight vinyl and digital at Bonati Mastering in Brooklyn with original sleeve artwork by the internationally acclaimed book designer Luke Bird. Never available on vinyl before. Somewhere between Solid State Survivor, Force Majeure and Danzindan-Pojidon you’ll find Shinichi Omata’s Boku・Neko・Platanus. Or rather you won’t – throughout his captivating debut from 1984, reissued by chOOn!! in 2022, you’ll hear connections to other music but its unique unbridled will keeps pushing those references out of mind.Omata is a fascinating figure – an unsung hero of early Japanese electronic music who between 1981–84 recorded three albums of incredible DIY techno-pop while studying as a student in Tokyo. At University, Omata worked and collaborated as a sitar player and keyboardist with artists such as Hiroko Yoshihara, Takami