<BOOK> ROLLING ON THE ROAD By Yasushi Ide

ROLLING ON THE ROAD/Ide Yasushi

Yasushi Ide is a man of many talents: artist, music producer, label owner, store owner, curator...
Born in Tokyo in 1960 and raised in Tokyo.
From the 1960s when he was an elementary school student until around 2000 when he turned 40, Ide has been photographing the scenery of Tokyo that he has seen and experienced.
This entirely new autobiography, written over a period of about five years and taking intermittent notes, has finally been published!

This is a note blog published by Yasushi Ide himself, which has received over 230,000 page views in total.
If you compare it to a house, the blog is the foundation of the building, and the layout and decoration of each room are added. Most of the added content is not published on note.

Unique to Tokyo locals
Although he has a shy side, he values ​​individuality and solitude.
Here we present the scenery that Ide has seen and passed by as he has lived his life on a pathless road.

A three-way discussion with photographer Kaoru Ijima and art director Mick Itaya about Japan's first cassette magazine, TRA.
It also includes casual conversation with music producers Kenichi Makimura and Masanobu Kondo, the first in 30 years.

(The following is an excerpt from the table of contents)
・The birth of the white baggy suit and the craze/The debut of Original Love Original Love/And the jazz dance movement・Clementine's whisper voice/Extremely busy days with meetings starting at 11pm・Thoughts about Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall/June 19, 1993, Kenji Ozawa's debut free concert・"That time" in the late 1980s/Meeting neo-acoustic, Elle label, and Lollipop Sonic・Record hunting days/The late 80s when I was hooked on dub, reggae, and P-funk・Making Martin Denny's "new album"/Being fascinated by exotic music・Back to the Eighties/The early 80s, the rush of foreign artists to Japan and the Tokyo Rockers・My music experience part 1/I discovered Carol when I was in elementary school・Working at TRA/Into the vortex of Tokyo pop culture・The dawn of Japanese hip hop/And late-night TV, the radical Gajiberibimbap system・Les Enfants/Making a collection of standards dedicated to the children of the 21st century・SEVEN DAYS Part.1/In 1989, my bizarre project began・Planning a best album for Janet Kaye/But it was shelved, and later released and became a big hit・Meeting Bonnie Pink/Astonished by Kaori Asada's talent, he produced her・The long-awaited Kingston was hard/Where is Augustus Pablo?・New York, New York/James Chance and Bernie Worrell・Suddenly Al Cooper arrived/And then Nana Vasconcelos, Tom Verlaine・It was snowing in Nashville/Recording with Tony Joe White・And then I turned 40/The party goes on・Kaoru Ijima x Mick Itaya x Yasushi Ide/A story about TRA・Kenichi Makimura x Masanobu Kondo x Yasushi Ide/A chat for the first time in about 30 years

The title of this book comes from a famous song by Uchida Yuya, which is Ide's guide in life.

Binding: 376 pages / 46-size book design by Eisaku Ono, edited by Izumi Karashima (Kawakatsu Productions)
Published by Yasushi Ide Publisher Grand Gallery
Publisher: King Cobra Co., Ltd.
Release date: January 10, 2023 Sales price: ¥3,300- (tax included)
Printing and binding Shinano Printing
ISBN 978-4-9911605-1-6
2023 Printed in Japan