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sortie le 24 février 2023
Balades Sonores n’allait pas célébrer avec honneur et fierté la sortie du 3ème volume sans son édition exclusive, avec deux vinyles CLEAR & BLUE. Seulement 300 exemplaires ✌️
La série Pacific Breeze de Light in the Attic a fourni aux légions croissantes de fans de musique japonaise une sélection experte des enregistrements City Pop les plus recherchés – un genre envoûtant et nébuleux de la musique japonaise de l’ère de la bulle des années 70 et 80 qui englobe l’AOR, le R&B, le jazz fusion, le funk, le boogie et le disco. Ces sons familiers sont interprétés à travers le prisme unique d’une fantaisie optimiste et cosmopolite colorée par l’abondance du Japon de l’époque.
Une grande partie de cette musique était auparavant presque impossible à acquérir en dehors du Japon et continue de captiver les auditeurs avec son mélange unique d’évasion chargée de groove, allant même jusqu’à donner naissance à des genres entièrement nouveaux comme la Vaporwave. Pacific Breeze 3 : Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 est le dernier chapitre de la célèbre série et comprend des Graals et des raretés. La collection éclate aux coutures pour révéler certains des meilleurs morceaux japonais jamais enregistrés, poussant à la limite de la City Pop pour révéler les lueurs des prochaines vagues de styles qui jailliront des esprits créatifs du pays.
Release Notes:
The latest chapter in the acclaimed Pacific Breeze series!
Artwork by renowned illustrator Hiroshi Nagai
Compiled by Yosuke Kitazawa and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab)
Newly remastered audio
2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with full color inner sleeves and custom die-cut OBI
Extensive artist bios by Yosuke Kitazawa
Light in the Attic’s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world’s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings—the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the ‘70s-’80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar sounds are spun through the unique lens of optimistic, cosmopolitan fantasy colored by Japan’s affluence at the time. Much of the music has previously been nearly impossible to acquire outside of Japan and continues to captivate listeners with its unique blend of groove-laden escapism, even birthing wholly new genres such as Vaporwave.
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 marks the latest chapter in the famed series and features holy grails plus under-the-radar rarities. The collection bursts at the seams to reveal some of the greatest Japanese tracks ever laid to tape, pushing towards the edge of City Pop to reveal glimmers of the next waves of styles to spring forth from the country’s creative minds. The appearance of Pizzicato Five hint at the emergence of Shibuya-kei while the influence of hip hop and electro as an emerging global trend are also evident here through the prevalence of heavier programmed drum beats on tracks such as “Heartbeat” by Miho Fujiwara.
This volume of Pacific Breeze, like its predecessors, is a female-forward offering with many tracks being voiced by women who would become household names in Japan as actresses and pop idols. Their songs here subvert the norm and brim with an innovative spirit that shatters gender roles in favor of sonic transcendence. Techno-pop classics from Susan, Miharu Koshi and Chiemi Manabe sit alongside sublime funk from Atsuko Nina and Naomi Akimoto while Teresa Noda slides into the mix with a sultry reggae jam. The genre span is stretched wider with hypnotic jazz fusion by Parachute and Hiroyuki Namba, a synthesizer fantasy from Osamu Shoji, and magnetic pop by Makoto Matsushita and Chu Kosaka.
Although not front and center, the visionary members of Yellow Magic Orchestra are still very present on Pacific Breeze 3, with Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi taking up producer and musician roles on many of these tracks. Pacific Breeze 3 serves up a captivating musical journey that adds an essential chapter to the iconic compilation series.
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