With a career that spans the mid-60s right up to the present day, Carmen Maki is something of a fixture in Japanese music. In 1968 she was a member of Shuji Terayama’s Tenjo Sajiki theatre company, during which time she was briefly involved with J.A. Caesar. Following two solo albums for CBS in 1969 Maki sung with Kazuo Takeda’s Blues Creation, releasing the excellent LP “Carmen Maki & Blues Creation” in 1971. In 1975 she formed Carmen Maki and Oz. Carmen Maki’s second solo album, “Adam and Eve” is arguably her best album. The material is stunning ranging from female psyched out vocals underscored with fuzz burnouts and erotic moaning, to feel good harmony pop ala a Japanese Dusty Springfield via a journey through a sleazy lounge or 60s French film noire; on this disc Maki does it all, still trying to pin down her trademark style. Almost every song is a winner on this varied album. One of the nicest female psych influenced vocal albums to seep out of Japan.
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