Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 draws upon songs from Makoto Matsushita, Chiemi Manabe and more.
Celebrated US imprint Light In The Attic have announced the release of a new compilation album of seldom seen Japanese music.
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 marks the third instalment in the label’s revered Pacific Breeze compilation series, which has garnered global praise for its deft and peerless curation of music from Japan’s city pop movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Previous instalments in the series have drawn upon music from the likes of Haruomi Hosono, Taeko Ohnuki, Minako Yoshida, Yasuko Agawa, Hitomi Tohyama and Eri Ohno.
For their latest effort the label have gathered works from Miharu Koshi, Makoto Matsushita, Chiemi Manabe and more, with production credits once more largely helmed by Yellow Magic Orchestra components Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi. Presented alongside artwork from famed illustrator Hiroshi Nagai, physical editions of the album will be available on pink, green and black vinyl variants, CD and cassette tape.
View the compilation’s track list in advance below.
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987
1. Naomi Akimoto – ‘Bewitched (Are You Leaving Soon)’
2. Atsuko Nina – ‘Tonkachi’
3. Miho Fujiwara – ‘Heartbeat’
4. Miharu Koshi – ‘Scandal Night’
5. Chu Kosaka – ‘Shirakechimauze’
6. Teresa Noda – ‘Tropical Love’
7. Makoto Matsushita – ‘Business Man Pt. 1’
8. Susan – ‘Ah! Soka’
9. Yukako Hayase – ‘Suiyoubi Madeni Shinitaino’
10. Parachute – ‘Kowloon Daily’
11. Hiroyuki Namba – ‘Tropical Exposition’ (Who Done It? Version)
12. Pizzicato Five – ‘Boy Meets Girl’
13. Mari Iijima – ‘Love Sick’
14. 1986 Omega Tribe – ‘Cosmic Love’
15. Osamu Shoji – ‘Pub Casablanca’
16. Chiemi Manabe – ‘Untotooku’
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 releases on February 24th via Light In The Attic Records. Pre-order pink, green and black vinyl variants of the compilation here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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