OKI DUB AINU BAND / SUMA MUKAR

Recorded at Gok studio Tokyo.
Over Dub at chikar studio Hokkaido.
2014
Engeneer/ Uchida Naoyuki
Mix/ Oki at chikar studio
Tonkori, vocal/ Oki
Tonkori, backing vocal / Futoshi I kabe
Drums/ Takashi Numazawa
Bass/ Takashi Nakajo
Keyboards / Hakase

A big new release from Crosspoint, a label that focuses on world music!

A Babylon grinding tune from Oki Ainu Dub Band entitled “Sakhalin Rock” is a massive classic of the band. Coupled with a new work “Suma Mukar” that is also becoming a big repertoire. This really is some serious material from indigenous Japan which we are proud to present to the world!

We are offering a limited edition of 300 of quality copies pressed on a 7 inch vinyl at 45rpm. Super heavy sound that appeals also to reggae & dub enthusiasts.

Inherit a piece of history to be told!!!

Lyrics:

suma mukar anak ani ni perpa ka koyaykus
「石・斧・は・それで・木を・割る・も・できない」
石斧で木を切り倒すのは大変だ

penanpe patek maskin nispane wa
川上の人間ますます豊かになる。

pananpe eun po hene wenkunne.
川下の人間ますます貧乏になる
aynu utar iteki ukoewnarpa yan!
人間たちよ物惜しみするな(富を独り占めするな)

iyotta pase wakka pe hoskino cik nankor
屋根の雫は重いものから地面に落ちるのだ。(権力、富はいずれ落ちて消えていくものだ)

OKI DUB AINU BAND / Suma Mukar + Sakhalin Rock EP

Side X
Suma Mukar (04:04)

Side Y
Sakhalin Rock (04:29)

¥1,080 (TaxIn)

45 RPM

KOKO-026

CROSSPOINT 2014
http://www.nxs.jp/

OKI DUBAINU BAND is a project lead by Oki who is a master player of Tonkori, a traditional stringed instrument of Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan. The instrument is known to have originated in Sakhalin now under Russian control. Teaming up with the top notch musicians and engineers, the band’s performance on stage is bound to leave your soul shaken by the spirit of our ancestors.     

http://www.tonkori.com/