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'Somewhere Between' comp highlights moment when minimal electronic gestures seemed like big experiments.

Christian Eede , December 17th, 2020 16:15 'Somewhere Between' features tracks from Dip In The Pool, Mkwaju Ensemble and more Light In The Attic has a new compilation on the way as part of its Japan Archival Series. Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980–1988 comprises 14 tracks of '80s Japanese music, covering ambient, experimental pop and electronic music. The label says the compilation combines the sounds explored on last year's Kankyō Ongaku compilation, which focused on Japanese ambient music, and the two Pacific Breeze compilations of Ja...

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988, on 2xLP this January. The tracks were created “during Japan’s soaring bubble economy of the 1980s, an era in which aesthetic visions and consumerism merged,” shares LITA. “Music echoed the nation’s prosperity and with financial abundance, came the luxury to dream.” “Thanks to the idyllic economic climate and innovations in domestically manufactured music gear, creators on the edges were empowered to focus on satisfying their artistic visions in the open headspace of home studios.”