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- Hiroshi Yoshimura. Green (1986) Now highly regarded as an ambient pioneer, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s musical trajectory began via the craft of soundtracking fashion runways and train stations.
- Haruomi Hosono. Watering a Flower (1984) Alongside Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono is best known as a co-founder of the famed electropop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra.
- Mkwaju Ensemble. Ki-Motion (1981) The short-lived Japanese trio, made up of percussionists Junko Arase, Midori Takada and Yoji Sadanari, crafted their vision into just two albums in 1981, named Mkwaju and Ki-Motion.
- Midori Takada. Through the Looking Glass (1983) A cult ambient album that was never released on CD until 2017, its reissue was engineered by Brooklyn label Palto Flats and Swiss imprint We Release Whatever the Fuck We Want.
- Chihei Hatakeyama. The first name you should learn when beginning a journey into the halls of Japanese ambient, the experimentally-minded Chihei Hatakeyama debuted in 2006 and has been hypnotising fans with his melancholic, noise-incorporating and overwhelming – but remarkably simple and beautiful – melodies ever since.
- Sugai Ken. Putting Sugai Ken in a genre box is an impossible task, as his mysterious, glitchy tunes seem to encompass the entire range of experimental electronic music.
- Midori Takada. Released in 1983, Midori Takada’s Through the Looking Glass is considered a masterpiece of early Japanese ambient, with the limited-release disc a hot property among collectors ready to shell out really big yen for the original vinyl.
- Hakobune. Turning out some of the most complex guitar-based drone music out there, the Tokyo-based Hakobune has to be one of Japan’s most productive musicians – in any genre – having released well over 50 records despite still being in his early 30s.
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh. 2,047 listeners. Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh was the pairing of Swedish-American musician Helena Espvall and Japanese musician 馬頭將器 (Masaki Batoh). They recorded…. Browse the top japanese new age artists to find new music. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks you'll love.
Feb 21, 2019 · Light in the Attic’s Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, curated by Spencer Doran of Visible Cloaks, is the right compilation at the right time, bringing ...
Nov 15, 2018 · Recordlabel Light In The Attic’s Japan Archival Series continues with Kankyō 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 kankyō ongaku, or environmental music.
Feb 15, 2019 · Light In The Attic’s Japan Archival Series continues with Kankyō 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 kankyō ongaku, or environmental music.
Jan 14, 2018 · In 1980s Japan, a group of artists were quietly producing what, in 2018, we might recognize as ambient or new age music. ... including an anthology dedicated to the new age and ambient music of ...
