- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA183
- Release Date
- January 29, 2021
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Having mined pretty deep down into the disparate ambient, city pop, AOR and new age worlds of 1970s-1990s Japan, Light In The Attic show that we still don't even know half of the story. Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 fittingly nestles somewhere in the middle as a Japanese electronic post-punk analogue, in which the icy Human League-esque synths of ‘Arrows & Eyes’ and the drum machine-led pop of Takami Hasegawa’s ‘Koneko To Watashi’ nudges up against the dark environmental music of R.N.A-ORGANISM’s ‘WEIMAR 22’ and the Joy Division-ish austerity of Naoki Asai’s ‘Yakan Hikou’.
First-ever officially licensed compilation of this kind
Artwork by noted illustrator/designer Koichi Sato
New liner notes by Mark “Frosty” McNeill
- 1 Arrows & Eyes Noriko Miyamoto 0:30
- 2 Hikari No Ito Kin No Ito Mishio Ogawa 0:30
- 3 Days Man Yoshio Ojima 0:30
- 4 Tira-Rin Mkwaju Ensemble 0:30
- 5 WEIMAR 22 R.N.A-ORGANISM 0:30
- 6 Yakan Hikou Naoki Asai 0:30
- 7 Koneko To Watashi Takami Hasegawa 0:30
- 8 Mizu No Naka No Himitsu Mammy 0:30
- 9 Hasu No Enishi Dip In The Pool 0:30
- 10 Akatere Wha Ha Ha 0:30
- 11 Sweet Sultan D-Day 0:30
- 12 Dark Disco-Da·Da·Da·Da·Run Perfect Mother 0:30
- 13 Area Neo Museum 0:30
- 14 Wedding With God (À Nijinski) Sonoko 0:30
Track List
Noriko Miyamoto - Arrows & Eyes
Mishio Ogawa - Hikari No Ito Kin No Ito
Yoshio Ojima - Days Man
Mkwaju Ensemble - Tira-Rin
R.N.A-ORGANISM - WEIMAR 22
Naoki Asai - Yakan Hikou
Takami Hasegawa - Koneko To Watashi
Mammy - Mizu No Naka No Himitsu
Dip in the Pool - Hasu No Enishi
Wha Ha Ha - Akatere
D-Day - Sweet Sultan
Perfect Mother - Dark Disco-Da·Da·Da·Da·Run
Neo Museum - Area
Sonoko - Wedding With God (À Nijinski)
Note: The track “Days Man” by Yoshio Ojima is only available on the LP and Cassette versions
Light In The Attic
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- Artist
- Betty Davis
- ReleaseProduct
- They Say I'm Different
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Release Date
- September 4, 2020
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- The Shaggs
- ReleaseProduct
- Shaggs' Own Thing
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA193-1
- Release Date
- July 17, 2020
- LP
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- Artist
- Hiroshi Yoshimura
- ReleaseProduct
- Green
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA192
- Release Date
- June 26, 2020
- LP
- CD
- Cassette
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- Artist
- Betty Davis
- ReleaseProduct
- Nasty Gal
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA046LP
- Release Date
- May 29, 2020
- LP
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA179-1
- Release Date
- May 15, 2020
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- BADBADNOTGOOD / Majestics
- ReleaseProduct
- Key To Love (Is Understanding)
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA45-039
- Release Date
- March 27, 2020
- 7"
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- Artist
- Sachiko Kanenobu
- ReleaseProduct
- Misora
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA175
- Release Date
- June 21, 2019
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Catalogue Number
- LITA163
- Release Date
- May 3, 2019
- LP
- CD
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- Lone
- ReleaseProduct
- Abraxas
- Label
- Ancient Astronauts
- Catalogue Number
- ASTRO02
- Release Date
- July 26, 2019
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Kode9
- ReleaseProduct
- The Jackpot EP
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HYP015
- Release Date
- January 15, 2021
- EP
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- Prophet & Tyler The Creator
- ReleaseProduct
- Peach Fuzz
- Label
- Stones Throw Records
- Catalogue Number
- STH7066
- Release Date
- February 5, 2021
- 10"
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- Artist
- Hainbach
- ReleaseProduct
- Schwebungssummer
- Label
- Misc.
- Catalogue Number
- MISCWX010
- Release Date
- January 15, 2021
- LP (special)
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- Murcof
- ReleaseProduct
- The Alias Sessions
- Label
- The Leaf Label
- Catalogue Number
- 843190012190
- Release Date
- April 9, 2021
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- Kieran Mahon
- ReleaseProduct
- Eternal Return
- Label
- Castles in Space
- Catalogue Number
- CiS068
- Release Date
- January 29, 2021
- LP (special)