For the best part of a decade Utakata Ni Hibi was near the top of the wantlist for many a record collector and DJ alike. Having been championed by the likes of Chee Shimizu, Optimo, and Lena Willikens over the years, it was getting harder and harder to find. US label Palto Flats now deliver a repress of their sold out 2015 reissue! The final record on the Better Days label, one of the pioneering experimental/fusion imprints of 1980s Japan, the Mariah group weave effortlessly in and out of musical styles – even reaching the heights of synth pop cult classic material with the wonderful ‘Shinzo No Tobira’.