This work is produced by Henry Kawahara, following the well-received Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm: The Essential Henry Kawahara, and one of rare ‘vocal pieces’ produced by him is now available on one-sided 7″ and digital.
“Minami-kaze α Wave (Southerly wind alpha wave)” is, as far as we know, the only ‘vocal piece’ that Henry Kawahara has produced, and released under the name HMD (H Music Deperception) in 1993. The song is a vocal version of the cyber-occult exotic instrumental piece “Nanpu” included in the compilation “Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm: The Essential Henry Kawahara” [EM1197TCD/DLP]. This track is a rare example that proves he had also a genius for producing ‘pops’ in the general sense of the word, and which seems to have challenged head-on the pop songs produced by Haruomi Hosono or Tetsuya Komuro in the 80s-90s.
The Henry Kawahara project on EM Records was developed only with the enthusiasm of proving Kawahara’s existence if he is to be erased as nothing in the current art context, and we have confirmed that there are a lot of supporters all over the world for our opinion when we released “Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm” (several articles and interviews have been given). This single is a ‘prescription’ for the sequel, tentatively titled “Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm 2: Other Sides of Henry Kawahara,” which is currently in the process of being prepared. This 7″ is a limited one-off release, not included in the compilation.
