{"product_id":"so-do-studio-works-83-85","title":"SO-DO- Studio Works '83-'85","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__title\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"artist_name\"\u003eSO-DO\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"fw-light\"\u003eStudio Works '83-'85\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__store-info d-flex flex-row pt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"album_reference mr-1 pr-1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lightintheattic.net\/collections\/time-capsule\/b2b\"\u003eTIME CAPSULE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eTIME023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ywtSYUL2xRwVlvSo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Sy7WQOG6s_gcuWyw\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Sy7WQOG6s_gcuWyw\"\u003e\u003ciframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2KqjYaGvgm6sciA7M29G77?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__selling-points fw-demi\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll songs written \u0026amp; composed by Hideshi Akuta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurated by Kay Suzuki\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtwork by Ben Arfur and Liner Notes by Anton Spice, Ayana Honma, Kay Suzuki\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"Release-Detail\" class=\"acordion_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-description product__info-description--full product__info-description--open\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"section_title\"\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_height\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release-description-complete\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo-Do’s dubby post-punk sound painted the idealism and disillusionment of early ‘80s bubble-era Japan in heavy-grooving funk and ice-cold style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of So-Do is both familiar and completely unique. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist with a poet’s sensibility and a passion for folk music meets a worldly bar owner with a love for psychedelia, post-punk and dub in the small town neither could bring themselves to leave. Over two years, they play dozens of shows in independent live houses across Japan, cut and self-release three singles – two 7”s and a 12” – and leave behind just eight tracks, all of which are set to be reissued for the first time forty years on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo-Do’s Studio Works ’83-’85 collects the full output of this iconoclastic post-punk phenomenon, whose sparse, syncopated arrangements were infused with a dubbed-out flair that owed more to Dennis Bovell’s productions of Orange Juice, the Jah Wobble basslines of Public Image Limited or Adrian Sherwood’s live dubs of Mark Stewart than even they knew at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause for lead songwriter Hideshi Akuta, music offered an escape from the existential malaise of small-town life, folding a melancholy nihilism into tracks like ‘Kakashi’ and ‘Hashiru’ (which translates as ‘run’), or taking aim at the inequalities and creeping apathies of the middle classes, as he does on ‘Get Away’ and ‘Nothing’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if Talking Heads had CBGBs, Sex Pistols had the Roxy, then So-Do had Buddha. Influenced by Buddha venue owner and amateur producer Atsuo Takeuchi, Akuta turned So-Do’s sound towards dub, crafting playful, ironic and funky compositions that crackle with live energy at the vanguard of Japan’s nascent independent music scene.“So-Do is hard to explain,” Takeuchi says. “It’s been a struggle for years to try to find the words for our music.” The answer perhaps, is just to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth familiar and completely unique, So-Do extend Time Capsule’s genre-defining exposition of Japan’s reggae-inspired music of the ‘70s and ‘80s, as collected on the label’s two critically acclaimed Tokyo Riddim compilations, and London-based live outfit Tokyo Riddim Band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmbracing the rip-it-up-and-start-again ethos of the early ‘80s, So-Do burned bright for a short time and then burned out. Their legacy is about to be reignited. Expect it to catch alight once more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LIMINAL Music Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52396863783224,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/4280\/2232\/files\/E6F08B91-E321-4AFF-82F9-179B1B0489F9.jpg?v=1779170978","url":"https:\/\/liminalmusic.shop\/products\/so-do-studio-works-83-85","provider":"LIMINAL Music Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}