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Royal Mirrorbal (a.k.a. Hiroshi Matsui)

(Earth In) Blue

While still in high school, Matsui started studying multi-recording synthesizer composition. His fascination for electronic music quickly became an ob... more...

• 1 (Earth In) Blue

Lily

O Genki Desu Ka

Recommended by: Charmaine

Limited edition in gatefold sleeve + liner notes insert. Lily’s early life runs parallel to an untold story of post-war Japan, that of the marginal... more...

• 01 So Yo
• 02 Im A Lost Time
• 03 Jikanyo Tomare (Invisable Time)
• 04 Okiteyo

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

Various Artists

Polyphonic Cosmos: Sonic Innovations In Japan (1980-1986)

Recommended by: Clone

Ever since he made his first trip to Japan to DJ, Optimo Music founder JD Twitch has been bewitched by Japanese music, and particularly the vibrant, i... more...

• 01 World Standard - Fellini & Rota
• 02 Masumi Hara - Your Dream
• 03 Normal Brain - M.U.S.I.C
• 04 Hiroyuki Namba - Who Done It (Part 2)

Takayuki Shiraishi

Photon

Japanese electronic music legend Takayuki Shiraishi´s First Techno LP finally on vinyl! more...

• 01 Graviton
• 02 Clear
• 03 Figure 8
• 04 Fluorite

Morio Agata

Norimono Zukan

Japanese folk-rock legend Morio Agata stunned fans with this way-outta-left-field dispatch - a synthesizer-laden, new-wave/post-punk classic. Original... more...

• 1 Radio City Of Love
• 2 Tinplate Rock Ocon Roll
• 3 submarine
• 4 airplane

Various Artists

Pacific Breeze - Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986

Pacific Breeze is an expertly compiled collection of choice cuts that range from silky smooth grooves to innovative funky pop bangers and everything i... more...

• 01 Tomoko Soryo - I Say Who
• 02 Taeko Ohnuki - Kusuri Wo Takusan
• 03 Minako Yoshida - Midnight Driver
• 04 Nanako Sato - Subterranean Futari Bocci

Shinichi Omata

Boku Neko Platanus

Expanded vinyl edition of previously tape-only lost techno-pop classic from Tokyo/1984 - coming with an additional fifty minutes plus of unreleased ar... more...

• 01 platonische liebe
• 02 boyish colour
• 03 chikasyugisya no yume
• 04 metamorphose

Chisako & Junta

Konnan (Difficulty)

Osaka based Chisako and Junta is a vocal unit of MTG (Chisako), a member of Casio Toruko Onsen, and BIOMAN (Junta), a musician/DJ/designer and membe... more...

• 1 Konnan (Difficulty)

Henry Kawahara

Minami-kaze Wave

Recommended by: Wrong Sal

This work is produced by Henry Kawahara, following the well-received Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm: The Essential Henry Kawahara, and the only ‘vocal... more...

• 1 Minami-kaze Wave

Yuji Dogane & Mamoru Fujieda

Ecological Plantron

Ecological Plantron was a CD released in 1994, the audio document of an installation held that year at a gallery in Tokyo. The Plantron is a bioelectr... more...

• 1 Evening
• 2 Night

Various Artists

Midnight is Comin

Versatility does not even come close to describing how this humble Japanese artist is considered to be one of the best DJs in the world by many of his... more...

• 01 orhythmo - Nagel
• 02 SPINNUTS - Zweimal schlafen atmosphare
• 03 YPY - MS
• 04 KEIHIN - Exhale

The Kyoto Connection

The Flower The Bird And The Mountain

Ostensibly made up of twelve distinct tracks, listening to The Flower, The Bird and the Mountain feels more akin to spending calm, meditative time in... more...

• 01 memories from japan
• 02 the flower the bird and the mountain (part 1)
• 03 forest of correction
• 04 mindscape I

Joe Hisaishi / Vivaldi

La Folia Mr Dough and The Egg Princess (OST)

This is the first LP release of the soundtracks to two short films, “La Folia” and “Pantai to Tamago Hime,” which are only shown at the Ghibli Museum... more...

• 1 Theme
• 2 1st Variation
• 3 2nd Variation
• 4 3rd Variation

Various Artists

Pacific Breeze II - Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986

Pacific Breeze is an expertly compiled collection of choice cuts that range from silky smooth grooves to innovative funky pop bangers and everything i... more...

• 01 Bread & Butter - Pink Shadow
• 02 Eiichi Ohtaki - Yubikiri
• 03 Kimiko Kasai - Vibration (Love Celebration)
• 04 The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Kindaichi Kosuke No Theme

Joe Hisaishi

Spirited Away (OST)

Limited edition Japanese 2LP pressing (the D side has a cool etching on it) of this truly wonderful Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece. Coming in a gatef... more...

• 01 One Summer Day
• 02 A Road To Somewhere
• 03 The Empty Restaurant
• 04 Nighttime Coming

Joe Hisaishi

Princess Mononoke (OST)

Limited edition Japanese pressing with OBI strip and liner notes of one of Ghibli's best anime movies. more...

• 01 The Legend Of Ashitaka
• 02 The Cursed God
• 03 The Lost People
• 04 Princess Mononoke

Joe Hisaishi

My Neighbor Totoro (OST)

Limited edition Japanese pressing with OBI strip and liner notes of this Ghibli anime classic. more...

• 01 Hey Let's Go (Opening Theme)
• 02 The Village In May
• 03 A Haunted House
• 04 Mei and The Dust Bunnies

Various Artists

WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I

Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release: from blazing hard bop to free jazz, to introspective saxophone solos and ma... more...

• 01 Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys - Sakura Sakura
• 02 Minoru Muraoka With New Jazz Players - Muraiki
• 03 Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band - Mago-Uta
• 04 Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet - D-51

Hoshina Anniversary

Hyakunin Isshu

Prolific and singular Japanese producer Hoshina Anniversary presents Hyakunin Isshu, a two tracker of extended jaunts deeper into the mystery than he’... more...

• 1 karakurenaini
• 2 kirigirisu

NTsKi ft. Dove

On Divination in Sleep (Takao remixes)

A single cut from the debut album ''Orca'' by NTsKi, a Kyoto-based electronic music producer/performer. It is a 7'' single that couples ''Takao Remix'... more...

• 1 On Divination in Sleep (Takao remix)
• 2 On Divination in Sleep (Takao instrumental mix)

Yasuaki Shimizu

Kiren

Acclaimed saxophonist, producer and composer Yasuaki Shimizu will release Kiren, his unreleased album from 1984, on the Palto Flats record label on Fe... more...

• 1 ashita
• 2 momo no hana
• 3 asate
• 4 kagerofu

Various Artists

On In Out Boxset

A Solid compilation of exclusive new music on the freshly formed 'Advanced Public Listening Records', Japan. Including two posters and 4 inserts with... more...

• 01 Karapapak - FM Emotion
• 02 Julie Marghilano - Human
• 03 Pierre Bastien - Revolt Lover
• 04 Takeshi Nishimoto & Roger Doring - Dream

Futoshi Moriyama

Yutai ridatsu (plus-minus)

Futoshi Moriyama is an Osaka-based electronic music producer who began his musical career in the early 2000s improvised music hothouse of Osaka’s Shin... more...

• 1 Introduction B
• 2 Nico Electro
• 3 Question
• 4 Kikkake

Agi Jo

Barely Living

Two songs that express anger, and a rejection of accepted norms, both the everyday, and the so-called alternatives. A small testament to the character... more...

• 1 Ikiteru Dake No Koto Nanda (Barely Living)
• 2 Oira Wa Kanashii Uiikendo Hippy (I am a sad weekend hippy)