HITOMI "PENNY" TOHYAMA - Tokyo Funk Diva Amaro Freitas and highlights from the groundbreaking

and highlights from the groundbreaking Osaka underground label Vanity Records

Arranged By [String & Horn] – Jimmy Haskell* (tracks: A1

Yuki Nakayamate

The line between bright/angelic and dark/cavernous is blurred on the track "decompose"

Saxophone – Ernest J

HITOMI "PENNY" TOHYAMA - Tokyo Funk Diva Amaro Freitas and highlights from the groundbreakingLabel: We Want Sounds Catalog: WWSLP 112LP LP version. Wewantsounds presents the release of Tokyo Funk Diva, a compilation highlighting the work of Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama, one of Japan's leading funk voices of the 1980s. Blending funk, boogie and soulful grooves, Penny brought a distinctive energy to Japan's music scene during the decade. Compiled by Nick Luscombe who previously curated Tokyo Dreaming for the label the set marks the first time