Phlanging The Vortices

 

Various Artists - Heisei No Oto [MFM053 NLD 2021 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

Subtitled: Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996

This double album compilation of Japanese electronica came out a year or so ago on eclectic Dutch label, Music From Memory. Sixteen artists, you have likely never hear of, from a time when Japan seemed to go compact disc only, arranged onto vinyl for the very first time.

The styles vary from expansive ambiance through to electro-city-pop-dance, with the occasional traditional intervention. This is an album to chillax, pour yourself a glass of something nice, dim the lights, put your feet up...

...and enjoy!

A1 Jun Sato - Lorang

A2 Fumihiro Murakami - Miko

A3 Love, Peace & Trance - Yeelen

A4 Tadahiko Yokogawa - Stop Me

B1 Ichiko Hashimoto - L'Ete

B2 Yosui Inoue - Pi Po Pa

B3 Eiki Nonaka - Phlanged Vortex

B4 Kina Tomoko - Ink

C1 Adi - Co-Cu-U

C2 Xácara - Night In Aracaju

C3 Poison Girl Friend - Nobody

C4 Dream Dolphin - Take No Michi

D1 Keisuke Sakurai - Harai

D2 Hiroki Ishiguro - Unity

D3 Dido - Mermaid

D4 Keisuke Kikuchi - Retro Electric