Light in the Attic is set to release a new compilation of Japanese ambient, new age and avant-garde music.
The label’s Japanese Archival Series will release the compilation Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990 in February 2019. The name Kankyō Ongaku means environmental music, and the compilation is set to be the first fully-licensed collection of its kind, with the tracks being made available outside of Japan for the first time.
Curated by Visible Cloaks’ Spencer Doran, those featured on the tracklist include Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Ashikawa, Yasuaki Shimizu and Studio Ghibli’s Joe Hisaishi. “As this music continues to echo in modern times and resonate with a new generation of listeners, I’m very happy to help present a window into its universe,” Doran said via a press statement.
Kankyō Ongaku will be made available as a two-CD release and a triple-vinyl collection, with both including an essay by Doran.
Check out the artwork and tracklist below. You can pre-order Kankyō Ongaku here.
Read Crack Magazine’s list of 7 essential Japanese ambient and new age albums.
Tracklist
1. Satoshi Ashikawa – Still Space
2. Yoshio Ojima – Glass Chattering
3. Hideki Matsutake – Nemureru Yoru (Karaoke Version)
4. Ayuo Takahashi – Nagareru*
5. Joe Hisaishi – Islander
6. Yoshiaki Ochi – Ear Dreamin’
7. Masashi Kitamura + Phonogenix – Variation・III
8. Interior – Park
9. Yoichiro Yoshikawa – Nube
10. Yoshio Suzuki – Meet Me in the Sheep Meadow
11. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Dolphins
12. Toshi Tsuchitori – Ishiura (Abridged)
13. Shiho Yabuki – Tomoshibi (abridged)
14. Toshifumi Hinata – Chaconne
15. Yasuaki Shimizu – Seiko 3
16. Inoyama Land – Apple Star
17. Hiroshi Yoshimura – Blink
18. Fumio Miyashita – See the Light (abridged)
19. Akira Ito – Praying for Mother / Earth Part 1
20. Jun Fukamachi – Breathing New Life
21. Takashi Toyoda – Snow
22. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Loom
23. Takashi Kokubo – A Dream Sails Out To Sea – Scene 3
24. Masahiro Sugaya – Umi No Sunatsubu
25. Haruomi Hosono – Original BGM