Krachwald #11: Ambient Japan

09 March 2021

• Ambient
• Atmospheric

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• new entries to the Sounds Central archive
• Sounds Central’s 25th thematic program Ambient Japan: Free of artificial ornamentation, well balanced, and designed with love for detail, some Eighties Japanese ambient music resembles the concept of the countries’ traditional gardens. 51-minutes of music striving to enhance environments – with works by Haruomi Hosono, Inoyama Land, Masahiro Sugaya, Yasuaki Shimizu, and others.
• featured cover art: The Beatniks – Exitentialism

Playlist

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Insomnia

Piero Umiliani – Dolomiti

Persian – D Dub Twist

Mad Professor – Funny Trip

Pauline Anna Strom – The Pulsation

Brian Eno – Design As Reduction

Amelia Cuni, Werner Durand, Uli Hohmann – Clearing

Yasuaki Shimizu – Yuki

Hiroshi Yoshimura – Something Blue

Yoshio Ojima – Sealed

Masahiro Sugaya – Future Green

Ryuichi Sakamoto – A Carved Stone

Inoyama Land – Pokala

The Beatniks – Le Sang Du Poete

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Loom

Masahide Sakuma – Berlinner

Haruomi Hosono – Kechigan