Released 27/10/08. Stomu Yamashta is a master percussionist who studied Jazz drumming at Berklee School of Jazz. In the 1970’s he recorded a string of innovative albums for Island records fusing his percussion talents with jazz, electronic and classical music. “Raindog” was a fine achievement which propelled Yamashta to a wider audience which would eventually lead to his acclaimed Go albums featuring collaborators Steve Winwood, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze and Al Di Miola. Never before released on CD, this Esoteric reissue of Raindog has been re-mastered from the original master tapes and fully restores the original vinyl artwork and continues Esoteric’s series of Yamashta’s work for Island Records
Dunes / 33 1/3 / Rainsong / The Monks Song / Shadows / Ishi