Light In The Attic’s 'Japan Archival Series' continues with 'Kankyo 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 – or kankyo ongaku (environmental music).
This compilation features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, as well as other pioneers like HiroshiYoshimura, Yoshio Ojima and Satoshi Ashikawa, who deserve a place alongside the indisputable giants of these genres.