VA — Somewhere Between Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 (2021)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Somewhere Between Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Light In The Attic Records
Genre: Ambient
Quality: 16bit-44,1kHz FLAC
Total : 33:51
Total Size: 202 mb
Tracklist
1. Arrows & Eyes 04:03
2. Hikari No Ito Kin No Ito 04:44
3. WEIMAR 22 04:07
4. Mizu No Naka No Himitsu 04:37
5. Sweet Sultan 05:15
6. Dark Disco-Da·Da·Da·Da·Run 03:12
7. Area 05:14
8. Wedding With God (A? Nijinski) 02:34
Unmissable stuff here, collecting Japanese avant pop and ferric beats from the scene\’s darkest, most thrilling corners.
Compiled by Yosuke Kitazawa and Dublab\’s Mark \»Frosty\» McNeill, this latest collection of Japanese obscurities from Light in the Attic sweeps up bizarre loose threads that fall through the cracks between the label\’s already released collections of city pop and ambient and new age music. Those two compilations spoke to the YouTube-driven resurgence of interest in albums like Hiroshi Yoshimura\’s \»Green\» and artists like Happy End\’s Haruomi Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki, and \»Somewhere Between\» investigates the fringes, dark crevices and unpicked crates.
Here, the sounds are exceptionally varied, falling from Mammy\’s twinkling odd-world electronix on \’Mizu No Naka No Himitsu\’ and D-Day\’s shimmering, dry ice-laced \’Sweet Sultan\’, to the gloomy avant synth pop of Neo Museum\’s unforgettable \’Area\’ and R.N.A-ORGANISM\’s gurgling, hiss-soaked \’WEIMAR 22\’. The theme that unifies all of the selections is an unshakable sense of exploration and joy from the artists. The era\’s optimism is palpable, and it\’s a rare pleasure to hear musicians driven so wholeheartedly by exploration, expentation, innovative song forms and bold artistic strokes.
Diggers will clearly get a kick from these rarities, but Kitazawa and McNeill have done such a great job with the selection that it\’s far more than just a curiosity. \»Somewhere Between\» is an invigorating listen, like a particularly wild and wonderful mixtape handed over by a trusted friend. It\’s a musical capsule to get lost in.
VA — Somewhere Between Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988
