Japanese Jazz Fusion Trio Nautilus Return with DJ Shadow/Giorgio Moroder & The Stylistics-flipping "Tears" 7-inch (Palette Records)
Tokyo Jazz trio Nautilus have returned with an exclusive Europe-only limited edition release of their latest 7-inch single, "Tears" B/W "People Make The World Go Round." Yes, you read that right: Toshiyuki Sasaki, Daisuke Takeuchi & Shigeki Umezawa have effectively decided to record and release a mind-bending cover of DJ Shadow's "Organ Donor" from Entroducing..... (1996) as well as one of the songs in which it samples, "Tears" from Giorgio Moroder's 1972 album, Son of My Father. Then, on Side B, Nautilus have expertly flipped "People Make The World Go Round" from The Stylistics' self-titled Avco Records debut, also, released during 1972. I, actually, first heard about "Tears" through DJ Oonops, whose label, Agogo Records has previously released Nautilus' two most recent Beastie Boys & A Tribe Called Quest-flipping singles; "Massive thanks to Nautilus from Japan for their brand new 45, which includes a top-notch cover version of DJ Shadow's "Organ Donor" and The Stylistics' "People Make The World Go Round," @dj_oonops recently posted ahead of a then-upcoming vinyl-only DJ set at PLATZprojekt e.V. in Germany.
Always the inquiring mind, I quickly reached our to Oonops, who soon got me in touch with Nautlius drummer Toshiyuki "Toshi" Sasaki. Toshi was kind enough to send me a copy of the band's Palette Sounds/self-released "Tears" 45, which, honestly, would have cost a pretty penny to ship from Japan all the way here, to New Jersey. Speaking on "People Make The World Go Round," Nautilus stated, according to Google Translate: "The Stylistics' mellow tune has been completely re-made into a tense arrangement with an aggressive sound. The style of folding from the keyboard solo that moves freely on the thick drum and bass rhythm to the last, which should be called the true value of Nautilus, is, also, fully demonstrated." Nautilus' "Tears" B/W "People Make The World Go Round" 7-inch single is currently available to purchase online from disk union Japan, as well as streaming on Nautilus' Soundcloud page. Toshi Sasaki exclusively told The Witzard, via email, that "we're gonna release a new album [in] November! It'll be LP's, CD, and digital MP3," which is, also, mentioned within the disk union full site translation.