V/A – Kankyō Ongaku – Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990

• First-ever fully licensed collection of this music outside of Japan
• Extensive liner notes and artist bios, including an essay by Spencer Doran
• 3xLP with deluxe Stoughton “tip-on” jackets
• Limited Clear Vinyl
• Vinyl pressed at RTI
• Cover photo by Osamu Murai features buildings designed by Fumihiko Maki
• MP3s are only available for 10 songs

Light In The Attic’s Japan Archival Series continues with Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, an unprecedented overview of the country’s vital minimal, ambient, avant-garde, and New Age music – what can collectively be described as kankyō 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 Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yoshio Ojima and Satoshi Ashikawa, who deserve a place alongside the indisputable giants of these genres.