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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.
Mar 1, 2019 · Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980 - 90 COMPILATION REVIEW - YouTube. theneedledrop. 2.84M subscribers. Subscribed. 6.3K. 206K views 5 years ago. Listen:...
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This YouTube playlist compiled by Matt Hara includes 112 awesome new age, ambient and minimal tracks from some of the country’s most exciting producers, like Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Haruomi Hosono and rare groove master Ryuichi Sakamoto. Check out a few of our favorite tunes below, but be sure to chill out to the entire playlist here.
Dec 12, 2021 · Welcome to The Kyoto Connection Radio. A carefully-selected curation of the best japanese ambient / environmental / instrumental / new age music. 🔊 We are LIVE 24/7! Press “ play ” on the player to start listening. Press CTRL+D (Windows) or CMD+D (Mac) to Bookmark this station! Feel free to leave us your comments / song requests below! 27 Comments.
Kitarō (喜多郎), born Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則) (February 4, 1953), is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music.
