Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yukihiro Takahashi

Saravah!

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2019

Released shortly before forming Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yukihiro Takahashi's debut, Saravah!, is a smooth, enjoyable mix of light jazz and...

Ryuichi Sakamoto to Score Luca Guadagnino-Produced Thriller 'Born to Be Murdered'

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2019

Ryuichi Sakamoto is once again entering the world of film to compose a new film. This time, it will be for director Ferdinando Cito Filomar...

Haruomi Hosono's 'Pacific' Sequel 'The Aegean Sea' Gets Vinyl Reissue

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2019

Adding to the Haruomi Hosono resurgence here in North America, the Japanese music hero's much-coveted Pacific sequel The Aegean Sea is fina...

Japan's City Pop Scene Explored in Light in the Attic's New 'Pacific Breeze' Comp

PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2019

Following the stunning Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, Light in the Attic is delivering the next...

Akiko Yano

Japanese Girl

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2019

French reissue label We Want Sounds is charting a course to release the early catalogue of Japanese singer Akiko Yano. The imprint is follo...

Various Artists

Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2019

Without question, we live in a reissue age. From eccentric soul to spiritual jazz and Italian library, Afrobeat, abstract minimalism and fa...

Haruomi Hosono Is Recreating His Classic 'Hosono House' for New Album

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2019

As Haruomi Hosono slowly but surely gets some much-deserved attention here in North America, the Japanese music legend is set to revisit on...

Lost World of Japanese Ambient & New Age Music Uncovered on Light in the Attic Comp

PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2018

Coming in the wake of a stunning series of essential Haruomi Hosono reissues, Light in the Attic is continuing with its Japan Archival Seri...