My Home Town

by Aiko

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Kirogata This album is a treasure that is slept on. It's chill, positive, and real flowy. If your're into disco, city pop or future funk, I doubt you'll regret adding this to your collection and poping it on during a breezy summer day. Favorite track: 恋のヂィスコ (Koi No Disco).

Tim Tschentscher I'M DYING. This is too good. What 7" is that from? Favorite track: 夏と私 (Natsu To Watashi) 7-inch version.

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1.	夏と私 (Natsu To Watashi) 02:57	buy track
2.	Fly With Me 03:21	buy track
3.	哀愁 (Aishu) 04:06	buy track
4.	恋のヂィスコ (Koi No Disco) 03:08	buy track
5.	白の想い出 (Shiro No Omoide) 03:28	buy track
6.	My Home Town 03:44	buy track
7.	Time Machine 03:11	buy track
8.	しのび逢い (Shinobi Ai) 03:41	buy track
9.	いつの日か (Itsu No Hi Ka) 04:09	buy track
10.	喪失 (So Shitsu) 03:56	buy track
11.	いつの日か (Itsu No Hi Ka) - 7-inch version 03:45	buy track
12.	夏と私 (Natsu To Watashi) 7-inch version 03:03	buy track

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Despite a small, self-funded budget, what Japanese singer Aiko Sekiguchi and Honolulu composer Dale Senaga have achieved with her My Home Town album is a delicate balance between a soaring, spirited voice and inviting yet understated musical arrangements. Each song is as precious as the next.

Aiko Sekiguchi enjoyed a successful career during the 1960s in her home country as part of a popular vocal trio known as the Koisans, which performed across all formats of entertainment during post-war Japan, including television, radio, stage, movies, and even commercials. The Koisans cut several records with the Victor label and also appeared regularly on NHK's TV competition, Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Apparently, the group disbanded after one of its members got married.

In 1968, Aiko came to Honolulu for a six-month residency at a local nightclub known as Oasis. Following her residency, she moved to Houston, Texas for another 6-month gig, then to California for a year-long stint at the San Francisco Culture Center, finally returning to Honolulu once again and found a gig at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Sometime in 1979, Aiko and Dale Senaga decided to immortalize her voice and his songs on record, so they spent two days recording at A&M Studios in California and returned with the master reels to track Aiko’s voice and Dale’s synthesizer overdubs at Honolulu’s Commercial Recording Studio.

Aiko later became a karaoke instructor and sought to build confidence in her students and bring out the best in each individual. She died in 2014 at 74 years old.

The lyrics from Aiko's track Time Machine brings her life's work full circle into the modern world, and have made this reissue all the more special for us: "Spinning backwards, a distant hometown... Time machine, I want to transform... In our time machine, we can do anything... Relive a life of passion."

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Licensed from Dale Senaga.
Special mahalo to Joe Tatekawa.

This digital re-release includes bonus versions of "夏と私 (Natsu To Watashi)" and "いつの日か (Itsu No Hi Ka)", taken from a 45 single released by Aiko and Dale Senaga on Koisan Records.

A vinyl release is planned for 2022.

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released July 12, 2017

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