Description

Tracklist:

Yousui Inoue – Umi He Kinasai

Keiko Nosaka/George Murasaki – Oritatamu Umi

Higurashi – Natsuno Kowareru Koro

Blue – Mangrove

Rehabilual – Yaponesia Sakura

Sachiko Kanenobu – Asano Hitoshizuku

ES Island – Yumefurin

Akiko Kanazawa – Esashi Oiwake (Maeuta) (Virtual Reality mix)

Voice From Asia – Sweet Ong Choh

Nami Hotatsu – Asa Hikari Ame Yume

Nav Katza – Heaven Electric

Naomi Akimoto – Tennessee Waltz

The Midnight in Tokyo series by Studio Mule focuses on Japanese music, serving as a soundtrack for Tokyo nights – whether for home listening, club play, or as a driving partner.

Tsunaki Kadowaki, a staff member at Kyoto’s record store Meditations, the supervisor of “New Age Music Disc Guide”, and the founder of Sad Disco, curates the fourth installment of “Midnight in Tokyo” themed around Ambient Kayō. 12 exquisite tracks infused with an ambient feeling, resonating deeply with the evolving landscape of the mid-2020’s – a time of post-hyperpop and Y2K revival.

BGM, transcending location and space. After a six-year hiatus, the fourth volume takes “Ambient Kayō” as its new perspective, compiling genre-defying tracks released between 1977 and 1999 to explore the intersection of Japanese ambient and pop music.

For this long-awaited fourth installment, selections were made regardless of record label status (major or independent), era, format (vinyl or CD), original release price, or prior reissues. Instead, the focus was on music that deeply moves the listener, is open-minded and evocative, brims with inspiration and spiritual insight, and embodies the “utagokoro” (singing heart) of Japanese artists.