Description
A STYLISH SELECTION OF CITY POP, FUNK AND MODERN SOUL FROM JAPANESE LABEL NIPPON COLUMBIA, SELECTED BY DJ NOTOYA AND FEATURING CULT CLASSICS AND RARITIES BY HIROSHI SATO, HATSUMI SHIBATA, HITOMI ‘PENNY’ TOHYAMA & MANY MORE. ANNOTATED BY NOTOYA WITH JOURNALIST NICK LUSCOMBE AND ARTWORK BY OPTIGRAM. NEWLY REMASTERED AUDIO
‘Tokyo Dreaming’ is a superb selection picked from the highly collectible Nippon Columbia label and its Better Days sub-label. For the occasion, we’ve teamed up with journalist and Japanese music expert Nick Luscombe who was granted rare access to the much-guarded Nippon Columbia’s vaults for a masterful selection encapsulating the fascinating sound of Tokyo in the late 70s and 80s. The selection mixes electro, synth-pop, funk and ambient and features such artists as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mariah, Shigeo Sekito, Juicy Fruits, Hitomi “Penny” Tohyama and Yumi Murata. The tracklist includes many sought-after rarities and hidden gems which have never been released outside of Japan and the set has been newly remastered by Nippon Columbia. The album has been designed by famed London-based designer Optigram and is annotated by Nick.
Tracklist:
A1. THE END OF ASIA Ryuichi Sakamoto
A2. SHINZO NO TOBIRA Mariah
A3. SELF CONTROL Chika Asamoto
A4. TREASURE HUNTER Jun Fukamachi
B1. WATASHI NO BUS Yumi Murata
B2. RAINY DRIVER Hitomi “Penny” Tohyama
B3. LA MAISON EST EN RUINE Yumi Seino
B4. TOKYO Kyoko Furuya
C1. CHINATOWN ROSE Kazue Itoh
C2. TOKYO JOE Kazumi Watanabe
C3. (Jenie Gets Angry) Juicy Fruits
C4. SOUL LIFE Haruo Chikada&Vibra-tones
D1. HEARTBEAT Colored Music
D2. ROOM Akira Sakata
D3. SEMI TORI NO HI Yasuaki Shimizu
D4. THE WORD ? Shigeo Sekito
