''Omni Sight Seeing'' is a 1989 album by Haruomi Hosono.

Background and recording

This was their first studio album in four years since their last album, "Endless Talking", and their first release since moving to EPIC/SONY RECORDS. This work was the result of sessions and collaborations with Arabian musicians, with an inclination towards the ' world music' that was gaining attention at the time.

Track listing

Music description

#ESASHI #*The title ''Esashi'' is taken from Esashi Oiwake. #*Hosono was watching NHK Nodo Jiman in 1988 and could not forget the song Esashi Oiwake sung by then 14-year-old Kimura Kasumi from Hokkaido Esashi Town, so he sought her out and recorded it a cappella.from the liner #ANDADURA #*The genre is " Arab music". #*The vocalists are the Arab singer Amina ("Amina Ben Mustapha" in the liner notes)from the liner and Hosono. #'ORGONE BOX' #*The title refers to the

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discovered by Wilhelm Reich. #*The song is about Cloudbuster. (See

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for more information.) #OHENRO-SAN #*The title ''Ohenro'' refers to '' Ohenro''. #*It contains some of the songs used in Human Promise, directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. #CARAVAN #*Hosono himself says: "A compilation of quotations, a ghost band of ghost musicians"; the names

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are credited, but this is a simulation, not an actual performance and recording. #RETORT #*The lyrics are included on the lyric card, but the singer himself explains, "I can't sing it very well, so I'm hoping someone will record a song version of it for me one day." He explains, From the liner. #*A song version self-cover was included as "Retort - Vu Ja De ver." (M11) on his album Vu Jà Dé, released in 2017. #LAUGH-GAS #*The lyrics are in French and the song is sung by "Amina Ben Mustapha".From the liner #KORENDOR #*Image of "a deranged alien playing piano in the Japanese countryside", according to the man himself. #'PLEOCENE' #*The song PLEOCENE is a development of the song PLEOCINE, which was used in the film '' Night on the Galactic Railroad'' released in

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. #*The vocals are sung by Hosono and

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Personnel

ESASHI * Kasumi Kimura: Main Vocal * Masako Kawasaki : Chorus * Masaya Honjou : Ai-no-te and Chorus * Miharu Koshi : Backing Chorus * Zouhir Gouja : Accordion * Julien Weiss : Quanoon * Hidetarou Honjou : Orientation ANDADURA * Amina Ben Mustapha : Arabic Vocal * Zouhir Gouja : Accordion * Julien Weiss : Quanoon * Moro Fukuzawa : Chorus * Maria Kawamura : Chorus * Miharu Koshi : Chorus ORGONE BOX * Harry Hosono : Voice * Miharu Koshi : Chorus * TR-808 : Rhythm OHENRO-SAN * Harry Hosono : Prepared Piano, Sanu-kite CARAVAN *

: Piamo, Horn Session *

: E.Guitar, Rhythm Arrangement * Gene Klupa : Drum Solo * Yasuaki Shimizu : Sax Solo * Harry Hosono : Vocal in Japanese-English style * Yasuo Kimoto : DX-7 * Miharu Koshi : Hearing RETORT * Harry Hosono : Celeste * Miharu Koshi : Junior Hohner & additional Arrangement * Kouji Ueno : Orchestrations(original for strings) LAUGH-GAS * Amina Ben Mustapha : Arabic Vocal * Zouhir Gouja : Accordion * Julien Weiss : Quanoon * Tomoko Nunoi : French Voice * Unknown Children : Laughing * Miharuomi : Synthes * TR-808 : Rhythm * E.M.S : Bass KORENDOR * Hosonoid : Piano Solo * Evansoid : Orchestration PLEOCENE * Harry Hosono : Vocal, Kaya-gum * Moro Fukuzawa : Chorus * Masako Kawasaki : Chorus * Masaya Honjou : Chorus * Miharu Koshi : Electric Piano * Hidetarou Honjou : Chorus Arrangement

References

1989 albums Haruomi Hosono albums {{1980s-electronic-album-stub