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Oorutaichi And Ytamo Share 2011 Collaborative Tour EP Ihati
This blog isn’t running in that sweet, sweet sponsorship money for many reasons, but one is because I’m willing to step back and take a look at, what in 2015 terms, is an artifact. Wonkier artists Oorutaichi and Ytamo toured the Tohoku region of Japan in 2011, and made a special EP called Ihati that…
