You’ve got big shoes to fill when you have direct lineage from a top tier legend like Hosono Haruomi, but I’m sure little Yuta made his grandpa proud with his Sunday Field of Heaven performance with Cho Co Pa Co Cho Co Quin Quin.
The set was all over the place in a very enjoyable way. Funk popping bass, steel drums, crunchy bleepy synths, Caribbean beats, you name it. Whether intentional or not it is hard not to feel a connection between their controlled eclectic arrangement style and Hosono-san’s. But cribbing from one of the best producers and songwriters of all time isn’t a bad idea.
There was little concern for melodies or traditional catchy strong structure, instead going for expanded meditative jams and moods, which fit the Field of Heaven oats and hemp vibe very well. Great music for upbeat zoning. They also wonderfully ramped the energy up from beginning to end, with their penultimate song being a full on rager.
I think these kids have a bright future ahead of them!