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Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990

Light in the Attic

LITA167LP-ONLINE-2

3LP Black $55
3LP Box Set Clear $65
3LP Blue $42
2CD $25

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  • First-ever fully licensed collection of this music outside of Japan
  • Extensive liner notes and artist bios, including an essay by Spencer Doran
  • 3xLP with deluxe Stoughton “tip-on” jackets
  • 2xCD housed in a custom 7”x7” hardbound book
  • Vinyl pressed at RTI
  • Cover photo by Osamu Murai features buildings designed by Fumihiko Maki
  • MP3s are only available for 10 songs
  • Online Color Vinyl Edition: Clear
  • US Indie Retail Color Vinyl Edition: Transparent Blue

Description

Light In The Attic’s Japan Archival Series continues with Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, an unprecedented overview of the country’s vital minimal, ambient, avant-garde, and New Age music–what can collectively be described as "kankyō ongaku" or environmental music. The collection features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Joe Hisaishi as well as other pioneers like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yoshio Ojima, and Satoshi Ashikawa who deserve a place alongside the indisputable giants of these genres.

In the 1970s, the concepts of Brian Eno’s “ambient” and Erik Satie’s “furniture music” began to take hold in the minds of artists and musicians around Tokyo. Emerging fields like soundscape design and architectural acoustics opened up new ways in which sound and music could be consumed. For artists like Yoshimura, Ojima, and...

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Preview Tracklist

  • Still Space - Satoshi Ashikawa
  • Glass Chattering - Yoshio Ojima
  • Nemureru Yoru (Karaoke Version) - Hideki Matsutake
  • Islander - Joe Hisaishi
  • Ear Dreamin' - Yoshiaki Ochi
  • Variation III - Masashi Kitamura + Phonogenix
  • Park - Interior
  • Nube - Yoichiro Yoshikawa
  • Meet Me In The Sheep Meadow - Yoshio Suzuki
  • Ishiura (abridged) - Toshi Tsuchitori
  • Tomoshibi (abridged) - Shiho Yabuki
  • Chaconne - Toshifumi Hinata
  • Seiko 3 - Yasuaki Shimizu
  • Apple Star - Inoyama Land
  • Blink - Hiroshi Yoshimura
  • See The Light (abridged) - Fumio Miyashita
  • Praying For Mother / Earth Part 1 - Akira Ito
  • Breathing New Life - Jun Fukamachi
  • Snow - Takashi Toyoda
  • Loom - Yellow Magic Orchestra
  • A Dream Sails Out To Sea - Scene 3 - Takashi Kokubo
  • Umi No Sunatsubu - Masahiro Sugaya
  • Original BGM - Haruomi Hosono
  • Nagareru - Ayuo Takahashi (LP Only)
  • Dolphins - Ryuichi Sakamoto (LP Only)