Midnight in Tokyo Vol. 4 (Vinyl 2LP)
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You know when someone's job title "the supervisor of the New Age Music Disc Guide", they're going to throw together the kind of compilation you'll want to hear. Kyoto's Tsunaki Kadowaki is that someone, and on Midnight In Tokyo Vol. 4, he's brought together a beautiful batch of ambient-yet-pop-tinged Japanese goodness. With tunes ranging from relatively modern mainstream tunes from the 90s to obscure late 70s magic, the only rule here is: you're going to love it. - Flying Out
Compiled by Tsunaki Kadowaki artwork by Yoshirotten mastering by Kuniyuki Takahashi
Tsunaki Kadowaki, a staff member at Kyoto’s record store Meditations, the supervisor of "New Age Music Disc Guide", and the founder of Sad Disco, curates the fourth installment of Midnight in Tokyo themed around Ambient Kayo. The Midnight in Tokyo series by Studio Mule focuses on Japanese music, serving as a soundtrack for Tokyo nights—whether for home listening, club play, or as a driving BGM, transcending location and space. After a six-year hiatus, the fourth volume takes "Ambient Kayo" as its new perspective, compiling genre-defying tracks released between 1977 and 1999 to explore the intersection of Japanese ambient and pop music. For this long-awaited fourth installment, selections were made regardless of record label status (major or independent), era, format (vinyl or CD), original release price, or prior reissues. Instead, the focus was on music that deeply moves the listener, is open-minded and evocative, brims with inspiration and spiritual insight, and embodies the "utagokoro" (singing heart) of Japanese artists. Opening the compilation is Umi e Kinasai by Yosui Inoue, a legendary Japanese singer-songwriter whose works have recently gained renewed interest as hidden gems of Walearic and ambient pop.
Tracklist:
1. Rehabilual - Yaponesia Sakura
2. Blue - Mangrove
3. Nav Katza - Heaven Electric
4. E.S.Island - Yumefurin
5. Akiko Kanazawa - Esashi Oiwake (Maeuta) (Virtual Reality Mix)
6. Sachiko Kanenobu - Asano Hitoshizuku
7. Nami Hotatsu - Asa Hikari Ame Yume
8. Yousui Inoue - Umi He Kinasai
9. Higurashi - Natsuno Kowareru Koro
10. Naomi Akimoto - Tennessee Waltz
11. Keiko Nosaka / George Murasaki - Oritatamu Umi
12. Voice From Asia - Sweet Ong Choh