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Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988
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2LP Clear $35
2LP Purple $32
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  • First-ever officially licensed compilation of this kind
  • Artwork by noted illustrator/designer Koichi Sato
  • New liner notes by Mark “Frosty” McNeill
  • Double LP housed in wide–spine jacket

  • Exclusive Retail Color Variant – Purple Cornetto – Purple Cornetto (First Image)
  • Online Color Edition – Cloudy Clear Purple (Second Image)
  • Cassette Tape – Purple (Sixth Image)

Description

Available January 22, 2021

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988 hovers vibe–wise between two distinct poles within Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Japan Archival Series—Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990 and Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976–1986. All three albums showcase recordings produced during Japan’s soaring bubble economy of the 1980s, an era in which aesthetic visions and consumerism merged. Music echoed the nation’s prosperity and with financial abundance came the luxury to dream.

Sonically, Somewhere Between mines the midpoint between Kankyō Ongaku’s sparkling atmospherics and Pacific Breeze’s metropolitan boogie. The compilation encompasses ambient pop, underground electronics, liminal minimalism and shadow sounds—all descriptors emphasizing the hazy nature of the nebula. Out–of–focus rhythms wear ethereal accoutrements, ballads are shrouded in static, and angular drums snake skyward on transcendent tones. From the Avant–minimalism...

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Artist Bio

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988 hovers vibe–wise between two distinct poles within Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Japan Archival Series—Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990 and Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976–1986. All three albums showcase recordings produced during Japan’s soaring bubble economy of the 1980s, an era in which aesthetic visions and consumerism merged. Music echoed the nation’s prosperity and with financial abundance came the luxury to dream.

Sonically, Somewhere Between mines the midpoint between Kankyō Ongaku’s sparkling atmospherics and Pacific Breeze’s metropolitan boogie. The compilation encompasses ambient pop, underground electronics, liminal minimalism and shadow sounds—all descriptors emphasizing the hazy nature of the nebula. Out–of–focus rhythms wear ethereal accoutrements, ballads are shrouded in static, and angular drums snake skyward on transcendent tones. From the...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Arrows & Eyes
    4:04
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  • 2 Hikari No Ito Kin No Ito
    4:45
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  • 3 WEIMAR 22
    4:08
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  • 4 Mizu No Naka No Himitsu
    4:38
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  • 5 Sweet Sultan
    5:16
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  • 6 Dark Disco-Da·Da·Da·Da·Run
    3:13
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  • 7 Area
    5:14
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  • 8 Wedding With God (À Nijinski)
    2:35
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