Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993​-​1999

Auf Music from Memory kommt ein neuer Sampler über Ambient in der House und Techno Szene der 90er Jahre in Japan. Großartig kompiliert von Eiji Taniguchi and Jamie Tiller, die auch schon auf ‚Heisei no Oto‘ zusammengearbeitet haben.

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Vieles davon war bislang nur auf CD erschienen. Unter anderem ist Producer und ehemaliger Konami Mitarbeiter Yuji Takenouchi aka ‚Missing Project‘ mit am Start, der ursprünglich aus  der Videospiel-Musik kam und z.b. am Score vom Metal Gear Solid 2 mitgewirkt hat.

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For Part Two, we narrow the lens to focus on a unique time and place, namely Japan between 1993-1999. Despite missing out on the ‚Acid House Fever‘, club culture was beginning to take shape in Japan during the early ’90s. In contrast to the rest of the world, where ambient techno / IDM emerged as a by-product or response to the scene, ‚listening techno‘, as it is known in Japan, was a central pillar of the culture right from the start.

‚Virtual Dreams II‘ aims to shine a light on this unique moment in time where the thread of ambient music weaved its way through the music of an emerging club culture. This period saw the birth of many great Japanese techno labels such as Sublime Records, Transonic Records, Syzygy Records, Frogman Records, and Form@ Records, following in the late ’90s. ‚Virtual Dreams II‘ features ambient, chill-out, and intelligent techno from these leading labels alongside other lesser-known but equally influential imprints, as well as ambient deviations from Japanese house producers. Much of the music featured has only ever been released on CD.

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