The Seattle-based label Light In The Attic announces the next instalment of their ongoing Japan Archival Series, titled Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, due out on the 15th of February.

Compiled by Visible Cloaks’ Spencer Doran, the collection features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, as well as pioneers like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yoshio Ojima and Satoshi Ashikawa. The 25-track release is an unprecedented overview of the country’s vital minimal, ambient, avant-garde, and New Age music, and it’s the first-ever fully licensed collection of this music outside of Japan. Kankyō Ongaku will be available on 3xLP, 2xCD and digital formats with extensive liner notes and artist bios, including an essay by Spencer Doran. You can pre-order the release here.

Watch the promo video of Kankyō Ongaku below.

Tracklist

01. Satoshi Ashikawa – Still Space

02. Yoshio Ojima – Glass Chattering

03. Hideki Matsutake – Nemureru Yoru (Karaoke Version)

04. Joe Hisaishi – Islander

05. Yoshiaki Ochi – Ear Dreamin’

06. Masashi Kitamura + Phonogenix – Variation III

07. Interior – Park

08. Yoichiro Yoshikawa – Nube

09. Yoshio Suzuki – Meet Me In The Sheep Meadow

10. Toshi Tsuchitori – Ishiura (Abridged)

11. Shiho Yabuki – Tomoshibi (Abridged)

12. Toshifumi Hinata – Chaconne

13. Yasuaki Shimizu – Seiko 3

14. Inoyama Land – Apple Star

15. Hiroshi Yoshimura – Blink

16. Fumio Miyashita – See The Light (Abridged)

17. Akira Ito – Praying For Mother / Earth Part 1

18. Jun Fukamachi – Breathing New Life

19. Takashi Toyoda – Snow

20. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Loom

21. Takashi Kokubo – A Dream Sails Out To Sea – Scene 3

22. Masahiro Sugaya – Umi No Sunatsubu

23. Haruomi Hosono – Original BGM

24. Ayuo Takahashi – Nagareru (LP Only)

25. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Dolphins (LP Only)