Various Artists - CROSSOVER CITY –Bon Voyage– LPThis is the vinyl edition of "CROSSOVER CITY Bon Voyage", which has been making waves even before its official release on May 21st. Carefully selected from Japanese crossover fusion tracks from the late 1970s to the 1980s, the compilation features fresh, lesser known gems rather than the usual hits or signature tunesperfect for city pop enthusiasts and DJs with a taste for Japanese sounds. The selection, supervision, and liner notes are by Hitoshi

Inspired by the classic WipEout video game series

Triple LP in a Tri-Fold Jacket

the album was masterminded by Sakamoto with the help of the cutting-edge electronic technology of the time (the only external contributions are by Arto Lindsay on guitar and Japanese composer Yas-Kaz on percussion)

“Even now

Latin Rock

bursts forward from the depths of droning synthesizer and distorted guitar

and has scored for shows like "Taiyo ni Hoero

and the vocal parts were re-recorded with Takahashi Yukihiro's current voice for this album

Wewantsounds continues their Ryuichi Sakamoto reissue series with the release of the 1985 album Esperanto

along with previously unreissued gems

and centered around the newly formed independent label and left-wing stronghold URC

A perfectly cromulent deal for Cyber Monday