Various - Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990Light In The Attics Japan Archival Series continues with Kanky Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980 1990, an unprecedented overview of the countrys vital minimal, ambient, avant garde, and New Age music what can collectively be described as kanky ongaku, or environmental music. The collection features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, as well as other pioneers like

the fuzztone sneer of a thousand teenage garage bands

including their blue-eyed soul

Strike though

cornerstone albums of the 1980s American underground music scene

Limited edition Record Store Day 30th anniversary purple vinyl LP reissue

accompanied and powered by synth escapades and a computer beat

the South Londoner emerges as a multi-instrumentalist

and dual drummers

he was also notorious for refusing to play nicely with his record label

There's been so many amazing lps out of the west coast recently we've been positively spoilt for choice but 'Golem' just has that little more punch

the spirit lives on in the form of the Too Pure Singles Club

frontman of My Morning Jacket releases Eternally Even