What happens next? Sometimes I am a little late to the party, and this post is a prime example. Although arriving late to the party is not always a bad thing. Surely there are psych-fans out there on this world that have been listening to this band for years , and here I am just turning onto them just now , when the whole Kazuo Tsubouchi ship has pretty much sailed on , but that doesn’t mean that I had not welcomed their music before . Yes I know, no excuses, the damn thing was sitting in my pile, I just get distracted.
But, arriving late is not always a bad thing because maybe the wait made Sundays & Cybele just a little more awesome because they just released Heaven on vinyl through Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records, which absolutely killed me first time I listened, then I scooped all that found from them . I have tried but I cannot seem remember where I found this japanese gem for first time.
OK, now I’m going to do my best to described this for you, but I can tell you right now that surely I am going to fall short.
This Hokkaido outfit is the very definition of union bombastic Japan psych /UK 60´s vibes /cosmic rock conceived sometime in 2004 on brain of Kouzo Tsubouchi dude but not released any for several years until 2008 , and all became excellent time warp if nothing else…
Every bit of their stuff are as weird as they are great, Tokyo’s Sundays & Cybele are simultaneously stoned and raw, psych and rock.
This posting compiles all their studio stuff, the first shows the benefits from a recording that highlights the Kouzo vocals/guitar, the gentle cooing and spoken word vocals can barely be described as singing, and yet they are absolutely gorgeous, to then Gypsy Heaven become on a some thicker prog, and the last sits somewhere in 60´s psych , on midst, healthy bits of psych melodies that make for a more than infectious listen.
Wow , I’m really strapped for more words outside of that maybe because I don’t understand Japanese, or probably has a lot to do with this, the poetic nature of the Japanese language, add to sounds I love from ever, but whatever it is it has me totally entranced, and I can’t get enough of them.
Same, these sounds need none of those bullshit “awesome” recommendations to convince you of their complete power , they speaks for itself.
Sundays & Cybele – Sundays & Cybele
Label:Gyuune Cassette
Format:CD, Album
Country:Japan
Released:15 Mar 2008
Bass – 西野匡彦Masahiko Nishino
Drums – 見上慎太郎Shintaro Mikami
Guitar,vocals – 坪内和夫Kazuo Tsubouchi
Sundays and Cybele’s first release by the label Gyuune cassette.
this album recorded in Hakodate city Hokkaido in 2007.
Tracklist
1.お前の眠りが覚めたなら If you wake up 08:05
2.白詰草 #1 The clover #1 03:02
3.夜想#1 Nocturne#1 03:18
4.夜想#2 Nocturne#2 05:13
5.白詰草#2 The clover#2 02:10
6.めぐり逢い#1 The fate#1 15:58
7.めぐり逢い#2 The fate#2 01:46
Sundays & Cybele – Sundays & Cybele II
Label:Sound・of・Elegance
Format:CD, Album
Country:Japan
Released:Oct 06, 2010
Bass – 西野匡彦Masahiko Nishino
Drums – 見上慎太郎Shintaro Mikami
Guitar,vocals – 坪内和夫Kazuo Tsubouchi
Tracklist
1. Cold Morning 7:02
2. Futari No Kuroi Monogatari 11:24
3. Hermes 6:10
4. Shirotsumegusa 9:11
5. Attalea Princeps 1:44
6. Yoru No Koibitotachi 7:11
( iTunes )
SUNDAYS & CYBELE – Gypsy House
SUNDAYS & CYBELE (Cybele no Nichiyobi) , four piece psychedelic band formed in Hokkaido, Japan in 2004. Their name is taken from the notorious French movie. Tsubouchi is the main guy who writes all the music derived from 60’s/70’s Japanese psych rock.
released March 13, 2015
Kazuo Tsubouchi : Vocal, Guitar, Key, Percussion, Calimba, Kazoo, Jew’s harp, Tape
Youhei Hayakawa : Bass guitar, Calimba, Buddha-machine, Kazoo
Kentaro/Shima : Drums, Percussion, Juice, Icecream
Guest musicians
Yoshino Trans : Sitar
Yusa : Organ
Yuya Nakata : Guitar
Recorded at Studio Yaosyu
Photos & Design by Sayaka Tatsumi
Produced by Kazuo Tsubouchi
Tracklist
1.mystic ocean 06:46
2.waiting for you 07:33
3.saint song 06:42
4.angel 09:05
5.into the broken seas again 09:06
6.diaspora 02:31
SUNDAYS & CYBELE – Cosmic gypsy house
This is dub mix of Gypsy house.
released April 23, 2014
Tracklist
1.waiting dub #1 07:19
2.Concentic circle & Triangle 06:50
3.again & againe 08:43
4.Waiting dub #2 07:25
5.cosmic gypsy 07:55
6.Falling dub 05:45
7.See you next Sunday 05:34
SUNDAYS & CYBELE – TSUBOUCHI
After gypsy house release party, spent a year in recording.It is influenced by some Scientific+Fiction nobel, some Japanese political situation(It is dystopia).
released in November 28 2014
Kazuo Tubouchi
Kentaro Shima
guest musicians
yusa
Yuichiro Honda
Tracklist
1.medichine man 03:37
2.r.u.i.n 03:40
3.marginal man 05:43
4.肉色の計算用紙(55 ghost) 04:07
5.working days 02:57
6.sleeping days 05:05
7.7 mornings 07:40
8.灰色の天使(死刑囚) 04:20
9.paradice lost(inside O=outside 0) 07:33
Sundays & Cybele – Heaven
Label:Beyond Beyond Is Beyond Records
Format:Cassette, LP, Album, Limited Edition
released October 23, 2015
Artwork – Sayaka Tatsumi
Bass – Shota Mizuno
Drums – Satoshi Ueno
Guitar – Yoshinao Uchida
Vocals, Guitar – Kazuo Tsubouchi
Tracklist
1.Black Rainbow 05:35
2.Almost Heaven 06:05
3.Night Predator 08:09
4.Empty Seas 05:30
5.Hinagiku 05:21
6.Time Mirror 07:38
majestic psych stuff! thank you very much and all the best from potsdam (g)!
friedrich