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Cochin Moon (コチンの月, Kochin no Tsuki) is Haruomi Hosono's fifth solo album. Initially intended as a collaboration with illustrator Tadanori Yokoo, who traveled to India alongside Hosono (as part of a group) for inspiration; Yokoo ended up only drawing the cover, having been the worst victim of an outburst of severe diarrhea amongst the group during the trip, rendering this as a Hosono solo album. Cochin Moon was conceptually written as the soundtrack of a non-existent Bollywood film, a trait inspired by the artists' trip. The album includes performances by Tin Pan Alley keyboardist Hiroshi Satō and Yellow Magic Orchestra members Ryuichi Sakamoto & Hideki Matsutake. Despite being Hosono's first completely electronic solo album (at the time YMO's debut was still being recorded, making this Hosono's first electronic album to be released), the exotica feel of Hosono's previous solo work is still present. The first half of the album (named after an Indian hotel that the group was in for the trip, a picture of the hotel's front appears in the back of the album's packaging) consists of three thematically themed songs, the second half of the album (and Hosono's keyboard performance) is credited to "Shuka Nishihara" (西原朱夏), a pseudonym Hosono created as a play on Hakushū Kitahara's pseudonym.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Haruomi Hosono/"Shuka Nishihara"

Side A: Hotel Malabar (ホテル・マラバル, *Hoteru Marabaru*)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ground Floor・・・Triangle Circuit on the Sea-Forest (一階・・・海の三角形, Ikkai・・・Umi no Sankakkei)"	2:28
2.	"Upper Floor・・・Moving Triangle (二階・・・動く三角形, Nikai・・・Ugoku Sankakkei)"	8:45
3.	"Roof Garden・・・Revel Attack (屋上・・・レベル・アタック, Okujō・・・Reberu Atakku)"	8:58

Side B
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Hepatitis (肝炎, Kan'en)"	4:43
5.	"Hum Ghar Sajan (ハム・ガラ・サジャン, Hamu Gara Sajan)"	8:50
6.	"Madam Consul General of Madras (マドラス総領事夫人, Madorasu Sōryōji Fujin)"	9:04

Personnel

Haruomi Hosono/"Shuka Nishihara" - Synthesizers, Production
Hiroshi Satō & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Keyboards
Hideki Matsutake - Computer Programming
Seiichi Chiba & Kunio Tsukamoto - Engineering
Humio Ozawa - Assistant Engineering
Mitsuo Koike - Reissue Mastering

External links

Cochin Moon at Discogs (list of releases)

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-{{Nihongo|'''''Cochin Moon'''''|コチンの月|Kochin no Tsuki}} is Haruomi Hosono's fifth solo album. Initially intended as a collaboration with illustrator [[Tadanori Yokoo]], who traveled to [[India]] alongside Hosono (as part of a group) for inspiration; Yokoo ended up only drawing the cover, having been the worst victim of an outburst of severe diarrhea amongst the group during the trip, rendering this as a Hosono solo album. ''Cochin Moon'' was conceptually written as the soundtrack of a non-existent [[Bollywood]] film, a trait inspired by the artists' trip. The album includes performances by Tin Pan Alley keyboardist Hiroshi Satō and [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] members [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] & [[Hideki Matsutake]]. Despite being Hosono's first completely electronic solo album (at the time YMO's debut was still being recorded, making this Hosono's first electronic album to be released), the [[exotica]] feel of Hosono's previous solo work is still present. The first half of the album (named after an Indian hotel that the group was in for the trip, a picture of the hotel's front appears in the back of the album's packaging) consists of three thematically themed songs, the second half of the album is credited to {{Nihongo|"Shuka Nishihara"|西原朱夏}}, a pseudonym Hosono created as a play on [[Hakushū Kitahara]]'s pseudonym.
+{{Nihongo|'''''Cochin Moon'''''|コチンの月|Kochin no Tsuki}} is Haruomi Hosono's fifth solo album. Initially intended as a collaboration with illustrator [[Tadanori Yokoo]], who traveled to [[India]] alongside Hosono (as part of a group) for inspiration; Yokoo ended up only drawing the cover, having been the worst victim of an outburst of severe diarrhea amongst the group during the trip, rendering this as a Hosono solo album. ''Cochin Moon'' was conceptually written as the soundtrack of a non-existent [[Bollywood]] film, a trait inspired by the artists' trip. The album includes performances by Tin Pan Alley keyboardist Hiroshi Satō and [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] members [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] & [[Hideki Matsutake]]. Despite being Hosono's first completely electronic solo album (at the time YMO's debut was still being recorded, making this Hosono's first electronic album to be released), the [[exotica]] feel of Hosono's previous solo work is still present. The first half of the album (named after an Indian hotel that the group was in for the trip, a picture of the hotel's front appears in the back of the album's packaging) consists of three thematically themed songs, the second half of the album (and Hosono's keyboard performance) is credited to {{Nihongo|"Shuka Nishihara"|西原朱夏}}, a pseudonym Hosono created as a play on [[Hakushū Kitahara]]'s pseudonym.
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 ==Personnel==
-*[[Haruomi Hosono]]/Shuka Nishihara - [[Synthesizer]]s, [[Record producer|Production]]
+*[[Haruomi Hosono]]/"Shuka Nishihara" - [[Synthesizer]]s, [[Record producer|Production]]
 *Hiroshi Satō & [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] - [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]]s
 *[[Hideki Matsutake]] - [[Programming (music)|Computer Programming]]