Shinbangumi

Description

Enter the universe of Ginger Root, aka Cameron Lew, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and visual artist from Southern California. He makes it easy for you: every detail is his own manifestation, written, designed, and executed like a sound and visual diorama. The sound of Ginger Root - synth-pop, alt-disco, boogie, and impeccably polished artisanal soul - takes shape through Cameron's perspective, an Asian American who grew up excited about the music of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly the creative and cultural dialogue between Japanese pop and its Western counterparts, from French pop to Philadelphia soul to McCartney of the Ram era. He spins his retro influences and skillfully proliferates them into the present, synthesizing the spirit of a songwriter, the eye of an editor, and the resources of a producer to create something unique and modern. SHINBANGUMI, his highly anticipated third album and first with Ghostly International, roughly translates to a new season of a series. Cameron Lew is more grounded, idiosyncratic, and intentional than ever, revealing exactly what Ginger Root should look like, he says. For fans of Toro y Moi, Khruangbin, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Haruomi Hosono.