Himitsu Hakase
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Himitsu Hakase w/ The Emperors: Pomade To Gurasan (FELICITY, MTCD-1038, CD 2004) rock / enka Price: € 22.00   |
One could have noticed Himitsu Hakase(Doctor Secret) credited as graphic designer in numerous CD covers from Japanese improv intelligentsia, but he is above all an extremely talented enka (Japanese traditional pop music) crooner. With a sturdy rock back-band (The Emperors), Himitsu Hakase recorded this essential tribute to 70’s Japanese rock (5 covers plus their karaoke mix). |
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Himitsu Hakase CM No Kakudo 81-83 (SELF-PRODUCED, HH-01, DVD-R ) commercials Price: € 10.00 |
The 80's are frequently regarded as a cold shower which washed away the libertarian ideals of the 70's, re-establed money as the individual's ultimate goal, and produced tons of insipid pop culture waste. With this wonderful collection of Japanese TV commercials Himitsu Hakase invites us to rummage the dump and rediscover images that are rather bathed in sweet silliness than in scheming cynicism. The American Way of Life is unfetteringly embraced but seems almost free of ideology. The disarming desuetude of the slogans, the ever-silky looking hair, the gentle pace of the clips, shockingly slow and long compared to the epileptic maelstrom of today's commercials, everything shines a peculiar and mesmerizing charm. Around a hundred commercials originally taped from TV to VHS between 1981 and 1983, divided in chapters such as "cars", "Nescafé", "electric appliances", "drugs", "magazines", "food", "real estate", "tea" and more. Approximate running time: 90mn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_RcRrSOg4U |
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Himitsu Hakase CM No Kakudo 84 (SELF-PRODUCED, HH-02, DVD-R ) commercials Price: € 10.00 |
The 80's are frequently regarded as a cold shower washed away the libertarian ideals of the 70's, re-established money as the individual's ultimate goal, and produced tons of insipid pop culture waste. With this wonderful collection of Japanese TV commercials Himitsu Hakase invites us to rummage the dump and rediscover images that are rather bathed in sweet silliness than in scheming cynicism. The American Way of Life is unfetteringly embraced but seems almost free of ideology. The disarming desuetude of the slogans, the ever-silky looking hair, the gentle pace of the clips, shockingly slow and long compared to the epileptic maelstrom of today's commercials, everything shines a peculiar and mesmerizing charm. Around a hundred commercials originally taped from TV to VHS in 1984, divided in chapters such as "cars", "alcoholic beverages", "electric appliances", "drugs", "drinks", "food", "amusement parks", "toys", "culture", "sports", "life" and more. Approximate running time: 90mn. |
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Himitsu Hakase Furo Uchuu (SELF-PRODUCED, HH-03, DVD-R ) commercials Price: € 10.00 |
This DVD wanders from the systematic filing approach of the CM No Kakudo volumes into remote wildlands of the brain. Here Himitsu Hakase offers a more personal take on his experience of Japanese TV, a video collage that can be regarded autobiographical in the same way Sublime Frequencies releases can. With very simple techniques our favorite Doctor recreates the psychedelic effects of half-sleep induced by late nite TV watching and mixes selections from variety shows, news broadcast, reports on plastic jerrycan factories, soaplands, golf, with slowed-down, echo-drenched, distorted pop songs (among which one on the lost Sakhalin island, another one teaching children how to cross the street...). Regular commercials are also thrown in, and though left untouched they're sometimes as spooky as the otherworldly montage parts (especially the ones from War-Criminal-turned-benefactor Sasakawa Ryoichi). Approximate running time: 100mn. |
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