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01. Ryuichi Sakamoto - The End Of Asia
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02. Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira
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03. Chika Asamoto - Self Control
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04. Jun Fukamachi - Treasure Hunter
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05. Yumi Murata - Watashi No Bus
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06. Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama - Rainy Driver
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07. Yumi Seino - La Maison Est En Ruine
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08. Kyoko Furuya - Tokyo
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09. Kazue Itoh - Chinatown Rose
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10. Kazumi Watanabe - Tokyo Joe
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11. Juicy Fruits - Jenie Gets Angry
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12. Haruo Chikada & Vibra-Tones - Soul Life
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13. Colored Music - Heartbeat
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14. Akira Sakata - Room
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15. Yasuaki Shimizu - Semi Tori No Hi
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16. Shigeo Sekito - The Word II
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Tokyo Dreaming
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
WEWANTSOUNDS
CATALOG #
WWSLP 040LP
WWSLP 040LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
12/4/2020
2024 restock; double LP version.
Tokyo Dreaming
is a superb selection picked from the highly collectible Nippon Columbia label and its Better Days sub-label. Wewantsounds have teamed up with journalist and Japanese music expert
Nick Luscombe
. The selection mixes electro, synth-pop, funk, and ambient and includes many sought-after rarities and hidden gems which have never been released outside of Japan and the set has been newly remastered by Nippon Columbia. Nippon Columbia, one of Japan's oldest music labels is also one of its most collectible thanks to its sub-label Better Days which, in the late '70s, became a hotbed for Tokyo's new generation of pop artists eager to experiment with ambient, electro, and funk. Armed with a string of new Japanese-made synthesizers and drum machines that would soon take the world by storm, they made cutting-edge music, which has since become highly sought-after by a new generation of Japanese music lovers. Nick Luscombe, who has long been a leading advocate of Japanese music from this era, has handpicked a selection of some of the sharpest music released on these labels at the time.
Tokyo Dreaming
starts with "The End of Asia" by
Ryuichi Sakamoto
from his 1978 ground-breaking debut
Thousand Knives Of...
(WWSCD 024CD/WWSLP 024LP, 2019). The track became a staple of Sakamoto and
Yellow Magic Orchestra
's live shows and was even re-recorded by the group for their 1980 album
X Multiplies
. The track is followed by
Mariah
's cult Armenian folk flavored synth pop classic "Shinzo No Tobira" (1983).
Chika Asamoto
's "Self Control" (1988) and
Jun Fukamachi
's "Treasure Hunter" (1985) are perfect songs in the synth-pop canon, while
Yumi Murata
's rendition of
Akiko Yano
's "Watashi No Bus" and
Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama
's "Rainy Driver" both from 1981, move closer towards the slicker, funkier sound of city pop.
Tokyo Dreaming
superbly showcases the breadth of '80s Japanese music and the way electro pop was a playing ground for musicians to experiment with many styles, as showcased by
Akira Sakata
's dub-infused "Room" from 1980,
Kazumi Watanabe
's discoid "Tokyo Joe" (1980) and
Juicy Fruits
' techno pop song "Jenie Gets Angry". The selection flows effortlessly between many shades of synth and ends with two cult classics in the form of
Yasuaki Shimizu
's "Semi Tori No Hi" and
Shigeo Sekito
's ambient-jazz masterpiece "The Word II" from his highly sought-after album
Kareinaru Electone (The Word) Vol.2
(1975).
Tokyo Dreaming
showcases the groundbreaking sounds of a city turned giant sonic lab which was restlessly inventing the music of the future. Album designed by famed London-based designer
Optigram
. Also features
Yumi Seino
,
Kyoko Furuya
,
Kazue Itoh
,
Haruo Chikada & Vibra-Tones
, and
Colored Music
.
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