Label: Time Capsule - All

Various Artists

Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993

The percussive new age soundtracks of '80s and early '90s Japanese TV, anime and manga built alternative worlds and pushed boundaries in the process.... more...

• 1 Korogi 73 - Fushigi Song
• 2 Yas-Kaz - Hei (Theme of Shikioni)
• 3 Yoichiro Yoshikawa - Tassili N Ajjer
• 4 Norihiro Tsuru - Farsighted Person

Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Ecophony Rinne

Recommended by: Wrong Sal

Before Akira there was Ecophony Rinne. Originally released in 1986, Ecophony Rinne is a four-part symphony of “ecological music” by Geinoh Yamashirogu... more...

• 1 Movement I - Primordial Germination
• 2 Movement II - Falling As Flowers Do - Dying a Glorious Death
• 3 Movement III - Dark Slumber
• 4 Movement IV - Reincarnation

Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors

Selected Works 1985-2005

Ground-breaking percussive ambient recordings from Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors, inducing altered states of consciousness through ecstatic dance. Sele... more...

• 01 Night Whisper (Trance - 1992)
• 02 Eliana (Totem - 1985)
• 03 Nomad (Trance - 1992)
• 04 Stefanias Song (Still Chillin - 2005)

Various Artists

Choice Remixes 2008-2022

From the blacked-out basement of Plastic People to the psychedelic dancefloor of Beauty and the Beat, Kay Suzuki’s musical world has been shaped by so... more...

• 1 Gaoule Mizik - A Ka Titine (Kay Suzuki Gwoka Dub)
• 2 Broki - Es Que Lo Es (Kay Suzuki Remix)
• 3 Blackbush Orchestra - Sortez Les Filles (Kay Suzuki Remix)
• 4 Sunlightsquare - Oyelo (Kay Suzuki By The Sea Mix)

Various Artists

Tokyo Riddim Vol. 2

Diving deeper into the story of Japanese reggae pop, Tokyo Riddim Vol. 2 explores an electronic, new wave and often experimental sound unlike anything... more...

• 1 Teresa Noda - Tropical Love
• 2 Yosui Inoue - Anata Wo Rikai
• 3 Juicy Fruit - Oshiete Ageru
• 4 Yuki Nakayamate - 3 Trois

Tokyo Riddim Band

Lazy Love / Lazy Dub

Tokyo Riddim Band continue their journey striding across times and cultures, this time with their colourful keyboardist and frontwoman Mimi Kobayashi... more...

• 1 Lazy Love
• 2 Lazy Dub

Tokyo Riddim Band

Canoe Boy / Canoe Dub

London based Tokyo Riddim Band is a unique fusion of cultures, bringing together the vibrant energy of three generations of Japanese female musicians... more...

• 1 Canoe Boy
• 2 Canoe Dub

Bombay S Jayashri

Shravanam

Dive into the spiritual depths of Carnatic Music(Southern Indian classical music) - An enchanting journey of devotion and transcendence pulsates with... more...

• 1 Sada Bala (Slokam)
• 2 Bhajeham Bhajeham
• 3 Keshvaya Namaha
• 4 Raghavam

Tokyo Riddim Band

Denshi Lenzi / Denshi Dub

Three generations of female musicians from Japan come together, blending reggae drums, funky bass, and the smooth City Pop guitar, all magically dubbe... more...

• 1 Denshi Lenzi
• 2 Denshi Dub

Various Artists

Nippon Acid Folk 1970-1980

Born on the campuses of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, and centred around newly formed independent label and left-wing stronghold URC, this Japanese form of... more...

• 01 Hiroki Tamaki - Kawa (River)
• 02 Happy End - Kaze Wo Atsumete (Gather the Wind)
• 03 Takashi Nishioka - Man In No Ki (The Crowded Tree)
• 04 Ken Narita - Gingatetsudo No Yoru (Night on the Galactic Railroad)

Various Artists

Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985

If there is a year zero for the introduction of reggae music to Japan, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was 1979 when Bob Marley and the Wailers tour... more...

• 1 Miki Hirayama - Tsukikage No Nagisa
• 2 Miki Hirayama - Denshi Lenzi
• 3 Chu Kosaka - Music
• 4 Izumi Mimi Kobayashi - Lazy Love

Various Artists

Anime & Manga Synth Pop Soundtracks (1984-1990)

Recommended by: Redray

Trailblazing instrumental synth pop experiments created to soundtrack Japan’s booming 1980s cartoon and comic industries. The brightly futuristic inst... more...

• 1 Kan Ogasawara - Honowo
• 2 Ichiro Nitta - Shadow Rhythm
• 3 Kazuhiko Izu - Act 2 Scene 26
• 4 Yoshinobu Hiraiwa - Into The Jungle

Mario Rui Silva

Stories From Another Time

The roots of Angolan popular music explored in the meticulous guitar studies of Ma?rio Rui Silva. For fans of Nana? Vasconcelos, John Hassell’s Fourth... more...

• 01 kazum-zum-zum
• 02 kizomba kya kisanji
• 03 dembita
• 04 ngisumba

Gratien Midonet

A Cosmic Poet Revisited

Propulsive deep house and transcendent grooves bring the revolutionary spirit of Martinique’s Gratien Midonet to the fore on this Time Capsule remix... more...

• 1 Osana (Kuniyuki remix)
• 2 Roulo (Kay Suzuki remix)
• 3 La Rein (Khidja remix)

Gabrielle Roth

Endless Waves (Volume One)

A classically trained dancer, Gabriel Roth was involved with the early ’60’s counterculture movement as a dance instructor for therapeutic workshops a... more...

• 02 Flowing
• 03 Staccato
• 04 Chaos
• 05 Lyrical

Ben Tankard

All Keyed Up

4 tracks taken from his 1989 album - instrumentals blurring the lines between jazz, gospel, soul, funk and dance All Keyed Up demonstrates Tankard’... more...

• 1 Eden Celebration
• 2 Melodic Heaven
• 3 All Keyed Up
• 4 All Keyed Up (Time Capsule Seaside Mix)

GIGI

Illuminated Audio

Recommended by: Spekki Webu

American dub by way of Ethiopia. First time on vinyl comes this album by Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu Shibabaw aka Gigi - soundwise translated by her hu... more...

• 01 Abay
• 02 Tew Ante Sew
• 03 Mengedegna
• 04 Kahn

Il Guardiano Del Faro

Oasis

Il Guardiano Del Faro was also an early adopter of the tradition among electronic producers to use a moniker to disguise his identity. Il Guardiano De... more...

• 01 Sinfonia Al Sole Che Nasce
• 02 ...Miss Springtime (...Mia)
• 03 Non Una Corda Al Cuore
• 04 Lady Moon

Serginho Meriti

Bons Momentos

Inspired equally by the soul and funk of the Black Rio movement and the samba rock innovations of Jorge Ben, Serginho Meriti’s classic debut album pre... more...

• 1 Bons Momentos
• 2 Madureira E Dai
• 3 Malandro Velho
• 4 Memorias De Um Neguinho Poeta :Neguinho Poeta

Various Artists

Lespri Ka: New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010

The innovative, radical soul of Guadeloupe explored across thirty years of contemporary gwoka music, released by Time Capsule and Séance Centre. Comes... more...

• 01 Dao - Chenn La
• 02 Gaoule Mizik - Sonne Lekla Sonne
• 03 Emboule Jean-Claude et Louison Gerome et Le Groupe Kako - Enjafann Kann
• 04 Thibault Freydy Doressamy - O Fon A Ke An Nou

Various Artists

Island Sounds From Japan 2009-2016

A collection of various ‘Island sounds’ rfrom contemporary Japanese artists. Influences from reggae, dub, surf or Hawaiian music, yet with their own u... more...

• 1 Speak No Evil - Speak No Evil
• 2 Aqatuki - Wakanoura
• 3 Altz - Orympia Rocks
• 4 Keiichi Tanaka - City of Aleppo