Joji Chissu - Erotic Paradise (2024)

Joji Chissu has aimed high with his debut album, 'Erotic Paradise', combining a wealth of collaborations and inventive musical fusions with nods to his Japanese heritage and colourful, city pop and boogie-influenced synthesizer sounds. In practice, that means an attractive blend of revivalist '80s electrofunk (Clementine Esquivel hook-up 'Erotic Paradise'), the smooth street soul flex of 'The Art of Seduction' (with Janessa J), soulful nu-jazz ('Sunshine' with D'o D'o and the Koyto Jazz Massive-esque 'Mixed Signals'), harmonica-sporting homages to NYC boogie ('Dirty Harmonica' with Leon Van Egmond), and nods to the Fugees ('Downtown Party'), P-funk ('Perfect Illusion', featuring Regix) and head-nodding blunted beats ('Mixed Signals').