Justin Heathcliff

Justin Heathcliff

In 1971, when Osamu Kitajima was already a successful composer of TV advertising jingles, he moved to England for a year and developed an obsession for British rock music, especially in the psychedelic field. The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple and The Zombies became his major influences and inspired him to start a solo career under the name Justin Heathcliff, which he adopted for its typical English sound. His 1971 eponymous album was a typical pop psyche effort for its time, but not long after he returned home to Japan, Osamu abandoned the English sounding name and further on merged western progressive and electronic music with Japanese folk sounds.

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