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Rika Kayama

TECHNOSTALGIA

Sad Disco

SADI38

LP Black $52

SHIPS BY 2025-07-18

  • LP pressed on black vinyl
  • First official reissue
  • Recommended for fans of POiSON GiRLFRiEND

Description

Rika Kayama, a psychiatrist at the Hobetsu Medical Clinic in Mukawa-cho, Hokkaido, supervised and produced the music for this masterpiece, which is the gold standard of Japanese ambient techno from the 1990s, and has now miraculously been officially reissued on analog vinyl!

The main composer/arranger is Masayuki Sakamoto, a renowned producer, arranger, and keyboard player who is also known for his album “PSYCHE” ('87). He was also featured on NHK's music program “Sound Street” in a special feature on demo tapes introduced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Rika Kayama herself also teamed up with her brother Keigai Nakatsuka, a musician/dentist, to compose the music.

This is the first official reissue of a work that fills a missing piece of 90s Japanese techno, and was also praised by Yukihiro Takahashi of YMO, who wrote the liner notes at the time, while also being extremely good as euphoric classic Japanese house...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Technostalgia ~ Natsukashii Mirai
  • 2 Hana Shokubutsu Dome
  • 3 Sekai no Sei naru Kakera
  • 4 Polyphonic Tavern
  • 5 Brownkan Rhapsody
  • 6 Steel to Hikari no Fūkei
  • 7 Koe wo Nuu Mono
  • 8 Cockpit no Yume
  • 9 Giniro no Shutsudohin
  • 10 Denshi Pool ni Tayotte
  • 11 Mandragora no Ekkyou
  • 12 Elbe no Kawa no Hotori