[a](Other Music) samurai champloo TV Series music record “departure” by Nujabes / fat jon [Cassette Tape, First Run Limited Edition]

Release Date: 11/06/2024
Specification: Cassette
Catalog Number: VTTL-1

“Samurai Champloo” was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe of “Cowboy Bebop” and “The Animatrix” fame.

Sampling a wide range of factorsperiod drama and hip-hop, Ryukyuans and mainlanders, samurai and modern peopleto create a fresh champloo (mix): a samurai action road trip movie. All four installments of the legendary 2004 “samurai champloo music record” CD series that collected the tracks by Nujabes, Fat Jon and more is getting a cassette tape release to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Samurai Champloo!

Samurai Champloo is a TV anime series that originally aired on Fuji TV from 2004 to 2005. The never-before-seen style, which blended historical action/drama with modern hip-hop culture and featured a hip-hop exclusive soundtrack, made waves all over the world. The director Shinichiro Watanabe was well known for creating anime with a perfect sense of music, from “Cowboy Bebop” to “Macross Plus.”

The music is brought to you by four trackmakers: Nujabes, fat jon, FORCE OF NATURE and Tsutchie. Each of their styles come together to create something like an original album. Every single track still shines brightly even now. It’s a masterpiece that hip-hop artists in particular to this day share wholeheartedly with the next generation. In 2022, the series’ vinyl reissue became a runaway hit, selling over 30,000 copies total.

This music record is brought to you by Nujabes and fat jon. It also includes the OP “battlecry” and the ED “Shiki no Uta” with vocals by MINMI.

Content
(Side A)
01. battlecry / Nujabes feat.Sing02
02. the space between two world / Nujabes
03. aruarian dance / Nujabes
04. transcendence / Nujabes
05. mystline / Nujabes
06. 1st samurai / Nujabes
07. Shiki no Uta / MINMI

(Side B)
01. ole / fat jon
02. 624 part2 / fat jon
03. genome / fat jon
04. no way back / fat jon
05. funkin’ / fat jon
06. stay / fat jon
07. chambers / fat jon
08. ask / fat jon
09. how you feel / fat jon
10. 624 part1 / fat jon