Various
Pacific Breeze 3
'Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987' marks the latest chapter in the famed series and features holy grails plus under-the-radar rarities. The collection bursts at the seams to reveal some of the greatest Japanese tracks ever laid to tape, pushing towards the edge of City Pop to reveal glimmers of the next waves of styles to spring forth from the country's creative minds. The appearance of Pizzicato Five hint at the emergence of Shibuya-kei while the influence of hip hop and electro as an emerging global trend are also evident here through the prevalence of heavier programmed drum beats on tracks such as 'Heartbeat' by Miho Fujiwara. TRACKS: 01. Naomi Akimoto - Bewitched (Are You Leaving Soon) 02. Atsuko Nina - Tonkachi 03. Miho Fujiwara - Heartbeat 04. Miharu Koshi - Scandal Night 05. Chu Kosaka - Shirakechimauze 06. Teresa Noda - Tropical Love 07. Makoto Matsushita - Business Man Pt. 1 08. Susan - Ah! Soka 09. Yukako Hayase - Suiyoubi Madeni Shinitaino 10. Parachute - Kowloon Daily 11. Hiroyuki Namba - Tropical Exposition (Who Done It? Version) 12. Pizzicato Five - Boy Meets Girl 13. Mari Iijima - Love Sick 14. 1986 Omega Tribe - Cosmic Love 15. Osamu Shoji - Pub Casablanca 16. Chiemi Manabe - Untotooku