beautiful 2 lp edition with gatefold incl. incl. selective uv high gloss varnish, liner notes, sticker - official double album reissue of yoshio ojima’s monumental full length une collection des chaînons i, originally released in 1988

beautiful 2 lp edition with gatefold incl. selective uv high gloss varnish, liner notes, sticker - official double album reissue of yoshio ojimas monumental full length une collection des chaînons ii, originally released in 1988

digipack with selected uv high gloss varnish, liner notes, sticker - official double album reissue of yoshio ojimaÕs monumental full length une collection des cha”nons i, originally released in 1988 (on cd only) for sound-designing the wacoal art center in aoyama (tokyo)

ultra limited copies!

180 g gatefold, vinyl 2xlp

mutant pop, electronic minimalism & shadow sounds of japan 1980-1988. limited pressing on double vinyl.

mutant pop, electronic minimalism & shadow sounds of japan 1980-1988. regular pressing on black double vinyl.

compiled by ken hidaka, max essa, dr rob

compiled by ken hidaka, max essa, dr rob

jazzy couscous founder alixkun comes back with a 2nd volume of kumo no muko, 12 japanese music gems from the 80s exploring ambient & synth-pop atmospheres.

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 kanky&#333,,,,, ongaku, or environmental music.

since so many european labels have been reissuing lost and obscure 1980s japanese ambient albums of late, it was probably inevitable that at least one label would put together a compilation paying tribute to the sound. it turns out that jazzy couscous has won the race with kumo no moko, a superb double album that does a terrific job in putting japan s 80s ambient scene in context. as you d expect, the majority of the tracks feature either dreamy electronic sounds or a mixture of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, with nods to jazz coming thick and fast. there are naturally a couple of fairly well-known names on show, but for the most part the compilers have done a terrific job in highlight lesser-known tracks from unsung heroes.

our latest examination of esoteric, modal & progressive jazz of the 20th century has taken us to japan. the liberating force of jazz has been created and felt all around the world, but few nations on earth embraced the jazz message with the passion and intensity of japan. from the dawn of the jazz age to the present day, japanese audiences have been renowned tastemakers, enthusiasts and champions of the music in the 1980s, japan was the biggest per capita market in the world for jazz records, and it has even been said that japanese jazz fans kept the jazz record industry alive through the lean years of the 1970s, when the music fell from commercial favour in the land of its birth.

collection of recent japanese music (2008-2018)