Passivite in Bloomington, MN

The highly regarded Japanese underground
rock
legends
White Heaven
disbanded mid-'90s, leaving behind quite a legacy in the
psychedelic
revival scene of Tokyo. Alongside
Ghost
and
Fushitsusha
,
were one of the standouts on the legendary
Tokyo Flashback
compilations, and their albums are released by the prominent independent label
PSF
in Japan, as well as having one fine LP on
The Now Sound
in the U.S.A. The groups vocalist
Ishiahara You
created this solo album following the demise of the band. One can expect an acoustic
album in the spirit of those produced by '60s West Coast rockers
Dino Valente
following his time in
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Skip Spence
going solo post-
Moby Grape
. In that,
You Isiahara
creates an album of long sprawling mantras and quirky soaring vocals that while it touch bases with the Japanese underground infatuation with American
psychedelia
of the '60s. It is mixed with more than a spike of Japanese artist
Keiji Haino
Kan Mikami
. ~ Martin Walters