The acid folk torch songs of unlikely 70s Japanese popstar Morita Doji combine luridly, fantastically melodramatic tones with a limpid, glacial elegance, to produce a highly stylised, alarmingly beautiful songworld dominated by a mood of overwhelming, florid, dense sadness.
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Playlist
1. Morita Doji, 'Horizon' (live version) from Tokyo Cathedral (1978)
2. Morita Doji, 'Our Failure' from Mother Sky (1976)
3. Morita Doji, 'Rainy Crawl Swimming' from Good-Bye (1975)
4. Morita Doji, 'In Early Spring' from Good-Bye (1975)
5. Morita Doji, 'Dazzling Summer' from Good-Bye (1975)
6. Morita Doji, 'Tango no Sekku "The Boy's Festival"' from Good-Bye (1975)
7. Morita Doji, 'Goodbye My Friend' from Good-Bye (1975)
8. Morita Doji, 'Back Light' from Mother Sky (1976)
9. Morita Doji, 'He Weeped For Me' from Mother Sky (1976)
10. Morita Doji, 'Letter from NY' from Mother Sky (1976)
11. Morita Doji, 'Best Spring' from Mother Sky (1976)
12. Morita Doji, 'Today is the Miracle Morning' from Mother Sky (1976)
13. Morita Doji, 'Blue Night' from A Boy (1977)
14. Morita Doji, 'I Become A Lonely Wind With You' from A Boy (1977)
15. Morita Doji, 'You Are Trembling' from A Boy (1977)
16. Morita Doji, 'The Girl of Celluloid' from A Boy (1977)
17. Morita Doji, 'A Lonely Rough Sketch' from A Boy (1977)
18. Morita Doji, 'No. 3 Finale 'Letter For My Friend'' from A Boy (1977)
19. Morita Doji, 'Rape Blossom's Light' from Last Waltz (1980)
20. Morita Doji, 'Please Answer, Green Colonel' from Last Waltz (1980)
21. Morita Doji, 'Last Waltz' from Last Waltz (1980)
22. Morita Doji, 'I Am 16 Square Shapes' from Nocturne (1982)
23. Morita Doji, 'Sympathy Night Song' from Nocturne (1982)
24. Morita Doji, 'Wolf Boy' from Wolf Boy (1983)
