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happy (2024 Remaster)

by sugar plant

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    Sugar Plant, Japan's proud originators of indie pop and dream pop, will release their 1998 masterpiece Happy on cassette, remastered for the first time!

    Simultaneously released is the 2018 remastered reissue of the 2000 release dryfruit. The masterpiece, described as a psychedelic SADE, will be released with two bonus dub tracks.

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please find me now I'm drifting on the sea I feel so blue without you and let me hold and kiss you again so I can take your loving hands you know yourself you're full of love show me inside yourself when you are full of love you know, when i'm happy you too, always happy cause you make me happy smile again
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Have you ever been under the water? I'm so afraid I couldn't find time The only thing I see is a memory I cannot change Have you ever seen the world in the sea? I′m so afraid I couldn't find me The only thing I want is an entity I can touch and feel I wanna rise to the surface I wanna rise to be born not to die I wanna rise just to see you I've got to rise to prove it I gotta rise
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walking down the street I learn the light is born and die sitting on the rainbow I remember the earth and moon I don't ever want to lose the world trying not to lose the sequence of the last moments so hard I don't fly like butterfly it's trying not to lose sequence of the last moments in vain
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everything is trying to go when I can't reach any more everything's so easy to mely what can I do? anything I can't think to do when it rains, but sitting in my room everything's so easy to mely no I can't stop it I realize it's the only one the world I hold in my arms I can never catch the same one it's the rain breaking inertia rainy day rainy day rainy day rainy day rainy day rainy day
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you give me a phone call when people have tea and I’m lazy, feeling dizzy you give me a phone call when I feel I need it and knockin’ on the window pane you hold my heart when I have a stone at the bottom of my mind it hurts my heart when I walk on a cold riverbed why do you feel? and I lean on you
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Sugar plant, Japan's proud originators of indie-pop and dream-pop, are releasing their 1998 masterpiece 'happy', remastered for the first time!

Indie, acoustic, post-rock, ambient, deep house, Sugar Plant has been spinning genre-defying sounds since the 1990s. He currently has more than 30,000 monthly listeners on Spotify at any one time, and his reputation is growing again in the US and abroad. The last few years have seen a re-evaluation of the shoegaze sound, including the revival of Slowdive and Mazzy Star, as well as a quiet Japanese response to the mellow grooves of Khruangbin, Bonobo, Cigarettes After Sex and others.

This reissue is a remastered version of the 1998 release 'happy', which is renowned as a masterpiece, with a sound that has increased resolution and depth. A remix of 'rise' by a French ambient artist is included as a bonus track.

The mastering was done by Soichiro Nakamura, the engineer for Shintaro Sakamoto and Ogre You Asshole. Sugar Plant will be releasing their first new material in a long time this spring, so look forward to it.

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Formed in 1993 and started activities as an indie band, releasing their first album 'hiding place' simultaneously in Japan and the USA in 1995, and all sound sources have since been released overseas as well. In the same year, they made their first tour of the USA, and in 1996 they released a mini-album 'cage of the sun', which included songs recorded in the USA, and in the same year they recorded and toured in the USA for the second time. After After Hours" was recorded there, and its innovative sound, reflecting influences from club culture, was supported not only by indie fans but also by a wide range of scenes, including post-rock and acoustic groups, and was well received on the US college charts. Their next album, 'trance mellow', pursued a deeper style and was well received in the club scene, and from this time onwards they began to play more outdoor raves and club events.
The 1998 release 'happy' was released in the US as a double album with the previous album 'trance mellow', and the band toured the US for the third time.
In 2000, the album dryfruit was released with Naoyuki Uchida of Dry & Heavy and Little Tempo as engineer, and a German version was released in 2002.
In 2002, the song 'rise' was included in the soundtrack of the film 'Ping Pong', based on a story by Taiyo Matsumoto, and became a hot topic.
Since then, they have continued to perform live at their own pace and finally released their first album in 18 years, 'headlights', in 2018.
The band started their career as a rock band heavily influenced by US indie bands such as Galaxie 500 and Yo La Tengo, and from the beginning they have clearly had an international orientation, and in fact all of their music has been released overseas. In the mid-90s, the band members experienced the dawn of Japan's club scene at its very heart, which broadened the band's sound and earned them a reputation as pioneers of post-rock and acoustic music.

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released January 19, 2024

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