Further investigation into the futuristic spaces in Japanese ambient and pop music from the 1980s… Mixed by Spencer Doran:
Tracklist:
Takashi Kokubo – “Electric Fantasy (Pops)” from Electric Fantasy Ichiko Hashimoto – “Opening the Door of the Heaven, There Overflowed the Orange Shine” from Ichiko Yasuaki Shimizu – “Hako” from IQ 179 Geinoh Yamashirogumi – “Primordial Germination” from Ecophony Rinne Ippu Do – “Sorrow” from Night Mirage Joe Hisaishi – “In the Polluted Sea” from Nausicaä: Valley of the Wind OST Haruomi Hosono – “The Truck on the Sea/Wheels on Fire” from Paradise View OST Masashi Kitamura + Phonogenix – “Variation II” from Prologue for Post-Modern Music Joe Hisaishi – “A Virgin & The Pipe-Cut Man” from Curved Music Ryuichi Sakamoto – “Kokubousoushou” from Royal Space Force OST Ryuichi Sakamoto – “Japan/Coda” from Coda Eitetsu Hayashi – “Karabinka” from Messanger of the Wind Hara Masumi – “Blue Night” from Imagination Exchange Mu Projekt – “Mi Na Penda Sana Uya” from Asia Dream Yoichiro Yoshikawa – “Nettai Gunchou Zu” from A Dream of Aku Aku Chakra – “III” from Satekoso Ryuichi Sakamoto – “Portfolio (Nomura Shoken CM 1988)” from CM – TV Testpattern – “Ring Dance” from Apres Midi D Day – “Sweet Sultan” from Grape Iris Ryuichi Sakamoto – “Howdy (NTT CM 1984)” from CM – TV Koharu Kisaragi – “Depato” from Tokai No Seikatsu Haruomi Hosono – “Samidare Goma Kitou” from Tale of Genji Sandii – “Shantih” from Eating Pleasure Masami Tsuchiya – “Nightgulls” from Alone Takashi Kokubo – “Playing Among the Gods” from Volk Von Bauhaus Geinoh Yamashirogumi – “Reincarnation” from Ecophony Rinne After Dinner – “Paradise of Replica” from Paradise of Replica