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It is the Spirit of Life that gives breath to a chord

‘A Glimpse of the Other Side’ speaks of love and death in a 70s-indebted composition reflecting John and Jan’s shared love for melancholic and suspenseful chord progressions

友川カズキ Kazuki Tomokawa - Kazuki Tomokawa 1975-1977 Artist_Zackey Force Funk the innovationA poet, soothsayer, bicycle race tipster, actor, prolific drinker, self taught guitarist, and living legend of Japanese sound, Kazuki Tomokawa catapulted into Tokyos avant folk scene in the mid 1970s, forging a sound and sensibility marked by throat wrenching vocals and searing ennui. Among his musical peers in postwar Japan, Tomokawa distinguished himself as a pioneer of radical individualism. He had the personality of a hydrogen bombas the notorious