Bleep

Music From Memory continues its deep dive into leftfield Japanese electronic music with this collection of tracks from the elusive Dream Dolphin. Compiled alongside Eiji Taniguchi (who also helmed Dream Dolphin’s first appearance on Music From Memory with the ’Heisei No Oto - Japanese Left-field Pop From The CD Age (1989-1996)’ compilation), Gaia plucks tracks from Dream Dolphin’s (aka Noriko)’s 20 albums, dipping into ambient and downtempo for sure, but also techno, drum and bass, and trance as well. A fascinating musician capable of moving within several realms of expression, Noriko also composed functional music therapy for hospitals alongside the work collected here, a robust primer for a deep oeuvre very much worth digging through.