Inspiration, name-free
Taeko Ohnuki
Late-70s japanese city pop funk from the 1970s: crisp funk drumming, tine electric piano, clavinet comping, hypnotic and nostalgic in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.
Style: City Pop Funk · Related styles: City Pop, Jazz Funk, Pop-funk, Synth-Funk
History
Taeko Ohnuki made some of the most refined records of early Japanese city pop, pairing a cool, slightly reserved voice with sophisticated chords and a rhythm section that leaned on American funk and soul. She first came to attention in the mid-1970s as a member of Sugar Babe, the Tokyo group she shared with Tatsuro Yamashita, a band that sold little at the time but later came to be seen as a starting point for the whole genre. As a solo artist she built on that base. Sunshower, from 1977, is the album most listeners now know her by: tight, dry drums, electric piano, restrained horns and songs such as Tokai that glide rather than push. Mignonne followed in 1978 with a softer, more pop-leaning palette. Around the turn of the decade her writing moved toward a European, almost cinematic style, with Ryuichi Sakamoto closely involved as arranger, and she kept evolving from there. Her early catalogue became a favourite of the international city pop revival, recognisable by its airy vocal, jazzy harmony and unhurried groove.
The recipe
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