Stones Throw Records have announced a compilation of covers of Haruomi Hosono’s debut album Hosono House, celebrating 50 years since its release. This new compilation sees musicians from the label’s roster and beyond offer up their own versions of Hosono’s songs. Mac DeMarco is the first artist to share a cover. His version of “Boku Wa Chotto.” Mac says: “Hosono is my hero, I love all of his music, I am eternally at his every beck and call, it is my honor to be a part of this compilation. I recorded this cover in Joe Bird’s guest room in Paris, August 2023. I hope my Japanese pronunciation isn’t too horrible.”

Other artists covering the songs of Hosono House include Sam Gendel, John Carroll Kirby feat. The Mizuhara Sisters (Kiko & Yuka), Pearl & The Oysters, Jerry Paper, Cornelius, Akiko Yano, and more.

Born 1947 in Tokyo, Haruomi (or Harry) Hosono is a founding member of both influential folk rock act Happy End and pioneering electronic trio Yellow Magic Orchestra. Hosono has also released a number of solo albums in his five decade career, most recently a full-length rework of his solo debut, 2019’s Hochono House.

When it came to recording his solo debut at twenty-five, Hosono – inspired by James Taylor, whom he was crazy about – chose to record the album in seclusion in a U.S. Army house in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture. Just as Taylor had recorded his own album in a country house with friends, Hosono took the same approach at the U.S. Army house, with the help of an engineer and some fellow musicians.

Order “Boku Wa Chotto” covered by Mac DeMarco HERE