VARIOUS – Midnight In Tokyo Vol.4 – 2LP – Vinyl [MAR 14]

2LP – Black Vinyl.

Tsunaki Kadowaki, a staff member at Kyotos record store Meditations, the supervisorof “New Age Music Disc Guide”, and the founder of Sad Disco, curates the fourthinstallment of “Midnight in Tokyo” themed around Ambient Kay.

The album presents 12 exquisite pop tracks infused with an ambient feeling, resonating deeply with the evolving landscape of the mid-2020sa time of post hyperpop and Y2K revival.

The Midnight in Tokyo series by Studio Mule focuses on Japanese music, serving as a
soundtrack for Tokyo nightswhether for home listening, club play, or as a driving
BGM, transcending location and space. After a six-year hiatus, the fourth volume
takes “Ambient Kay” as its new perspective, compiling genre-defying tracks released between 1977 and 1999 to explore the intersection of Japanese ambient and pop music.

Tracklist:

Side 1
1.Yousui Inoue – “Umi He Kinasai”
2.Keiko Nosaka/George Murasaki – “Oritatamu Umi”
3.Higurashi – “Natsuno Kowareru Koro”

Side 2
1.Blue – “Mangrove”
2.Rehabilual – “Yaponesia Sakura”
3.Sachiko Kanenobu – “Asano Hitoshizuku”

Side 3
1.ES Island – “Yumefurin”
2.Akiko Kanazawa – “Esashi Oiwake (Maeuta)” (Virtual Reality mix)
3.Voice From Asia – “Sweet Ong Choh”

Side 4
1.Nami Hotatsu – “Asa Hikari Ame Yume”
2.Nav Katza – “Heaven Electric”
3.Naomi Akimoto – “Tennessee Waltz”