COAST TO COAST EP by YOUR SONG IS GOOD

Aloha Got Soul offers its first collaboration with the independent Japanese record label Kakubarhythm for a summer-ready 12” of Hawaiian-Balaeric disco and soulful lover’s rock reggae.At the 2017 Soul Time in Tokyo, Japanese disco-jazzska- dance band Your Song Is Good performed a strippeddown version of Babadu’s “We’re Not To Blame” with Videotapemusic. For most cratediggers, Babadu’s ultra-rare 1979 Babadu! LP sits at the top of their Hawaiian soul and funk wantlist. The A-side of this collaborative 12” release gives us “Cruise”, the Hawaiian-inspired Balearic disco jam that opens YSIG’s 2017 album, Extended. The group takes a playful, laid back approach to Babadu’s original tune with a two-part reggae version of “We’re Not To Blame” featuring Nick Kurosawa and Videotapemusic in successive covers on the B-side. First up is young Hawaiian soul singer Nick Kurosawa, lending his incredible talent for a buttery smooth vocal version. Videotapemusicimparts his signature exotica touch to the dub version, replete with organ, melodica, and curiously tropical VHS-samples throughout the track.