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A kinetic time capsule from Japan’s postwar sonic explosion, Minyo Groove 1963–1979 reimagines traditional folk song through the prismatic lens of global modernity. Curated with forensic precision by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite, the compilation threads a vivid narrative between earthy rural chants and the urban shimmer of Latin percussion, fuzzed-out rock guitars, and deep-pocket funk rhythms.

These tracks—many obscure, most gloriously unclassifiable—capture a generation of Japanese musicians unafraid to hybridize the sacred with the secular. Fishermen’s laments and rice-harvest refrains collide with electric organs, wah-wah pedals, and brass sections dripping in tropical sweat. The result is both archival and futuristic: a cultural feedback loop where min’yō becomes psychedelic protest, dancefloor catharsis, and cosmic ritual.

More than a compilation, Minyo Groove is an act of musical archaeology and imagination—an excavation of how Japan absorbed and reinterpreted the world’s rhythms during an era of social flux and artistic daring. The groove here isn’t just musical—it’s historical, spiritual, and defiantly alive.