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GROOVERS GROOVERS OKINAWAA very unique music collection from Okinawa Islands of southwestern Japan. Okinawan music uses their own scales and its sound is clearly different from that of mainland Japan, like reflecting their unique and colorful culture itself. The main instruments used in this album are Sanshin (three-stringed lute played with plectrum), Yubibue (finger whistling), Fue (transverse flute), Sanba (Okinawan percussion similar to castanets) and Hayashi (interjecting shouts). All tracks are original. |
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1. UFUSOYAARUU 00:01:19 CHEERFUL TRACK INTERWEAVING A VARIETY OF RHYTHMIC HAYASHI (INTERJECTING SHOUTS) WITH FLUTE AND SANSHIN MELODIES. TRANSLATED TITLE IN ENGLISH IS "HASTY GECKO".
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7. NUBINUUTA 00:02:16 FUN, CHEERFUL AND RHYTHMICAL TRACK WITH FUE (FLUTE), SANSHIN (LUTE) AND ONE OF THE MOST COMMON OKINAWAN HAYASHI (INTERJECTING CALLS) "IYA SASA".
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9. AKABANAAGWAA 00:01:46 RELAXED MOOD WITH A SANSHIN AND FLUTE UNISON MELODY, EVOKING A RUSTIC OKINAWAN LANDSCAPES. TRANSLATED TITLE IN ENGLISH IS "A PERSON LIKE A HIBISCUS".
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10. GANEKO MICHIJYUNEE 00:02:04 INSPIRED BY A LOCAL TRADITIONAL PARADE FOR THEIR ANCESTORS CALLED "MICH JYUNEE". SANSHIN (LUTE) AND FUE (FLUTE) MELODIES OVER TAIKO DRUMS AND HARP-LIKE KOTO.
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11. KAJIMAYAAGI 00:02:47 SLOW, MEMORABLE FUE (FLUTE) MELODIES OVER STEADY SANSHIN AND TAIKO DRUM.
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12. TSUKEKAJI 00:01:38 A WISTFUL PRAYER SONG ABOUT LOVE.
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14. UNAI 00:02:22 CHEERFUL MOOD WITH SANSHIN AND KOTO UNISON OVER TAIKO (DRUM) AND SANBA (PERCUSSION). "UNAI" MEANS SISTER IN OKINAWAN DIALECT.
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15. YUWANUCHICHI 00:02:38 LYRICAL AND SLOW, STARTS WITH KOKYU (3-STRINGED LUTE) AND SANSHIN UNISON AND FLUTE JOINS IN AT 0:51 UNTIL 1:45, THEN BACK TO THE KOKYU AND SANSHIN UNISON AGAIN.