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Kankyo Ongaku (2cd)
Light In The Attic's Japan Archival Series continues with 'Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990', an unprecedented overview of the country's vital minimal, ambient, avant-garde, and New Age music - what can collectively be described as kankyo ongaku, or environmental music. The collection features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, as well as other pioneers like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yoshio Ojima and Satoshi Ashikawa, who deserve a place alongside the indisputable giants of these genres. TRACKS: 01. Still Space - Satoshi Ashikawa 02. Glass Chattering - Yoshio Ojima 03. Nemureru Yoru (Karaoke Version) - Hideki Matsutake 04. Islander - Joe Hisaishi 05. Ear Dreamin' - Yoshiaki Ochi 06. Variation III - Masashi Kitamura + Phonogenix 07. Park - Interior 08. Nube - Yoichiro Yoshikawa 09. Meet Me In The Sheep Meadow - Yoshio Suzuki 10. Ishiura (abridged) - Toshi Tsuchitori 11. Tomoshibi (abridged) - Shiho Yabuki 12. Chaconne - Toshifumi Hinata 13. Seiko 3 - Yasuaki Shimizu 14. Apple Star - Inoyama Land 15. Blink - Hiroshi Yoshimura 16. See The Light (abridged) - Fumio Miyashita 17. Praying For Mother/Earth Part 1 - Akira Ito 18. Breathing New Life - Jun Fukamachi 19. Snow - Takashi Toyoda 20. Loom - Yellow Magic Orchestra 21. A Dream Sails Out To Sea - Scene 3 - Takashi Kokubo 22. Umi No Sunatsubu - Masahiro Sugaya 23. Original BGM - Haruomi Hosono