Mariah

𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙝’𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙚 1983 𝙡𝙥 うたかたの日々 (Utakata no Hibi) — 𝙖 𝙟𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩-𝙥𝙤𝙥 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝-𝙥𝙤𝙥, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙢𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧, 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚.

Fronted by composer and producer Yasuaki Shimizu, the album draws from Arabic melodies, Japanese folk, and avant-garde pop structures to craft a hypnotic, borderless sound world. Every track feels both futuristic and nostalgic, filled with looping percussion, warm saxophone lines, and ethereal vocals that hover between languages and moods.

Originally released only in Japan, Utakata no Hibi became a cult treasure among collectors and experimental pop devotees worldwide. Everland Psych’s reissue restores this essential work to full glory—an otherworldly intersection of 1980s Tokyo art culture and global sonic exploration.