You don’t know how much it pains me not to know how to change this font to a segmented display.

“An opulent amalgamation of pop, disco, funk, R&B, boogie, jazz fusion, Latin, Caribbean and Polynesian music, the genre was inextricably tied to a tech-fueled economic bubble and the wealthy new leisure class it created.”

JON BLISTEIN

In 1980s there was a lovely style of music produced, called “City Pop” The unique western influenced Japaneses urban music that existed in between 1970 and 1990 in the technological boom in Japan.

A style of music lost to time until quite recently.

It spawned from a time of Walkmans and electronic instruments.

Music from and of the peak of urban Japanese feeling in the 80’s. Though short lived this style of music inspired even more niche genres.

Isn’t the internet a Wonderfull thing?

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VAPORWAVE

FUTURE FUNK

CITY POP II : ITS BACK BABY

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We are familiar with “Plastic Love” and “Stay with me”. I want to introduce you to “MIDNIGHT PRETENDERS” By Tomoko Aran.

{LISTEN TO MIDNIGHT PRETENDERS NOW}

On a side note for some reason all city pop makes me want to buy Casio Keyboards and Watches.

Tomoko Aran has no Wikipedia page. This is unacceptable, but not unexpected. The only real thing known about her is her discography.

In a twist of fate I have heard her music before in the anime “Bubblegum Crisis”. She wrote the lyrics to “Chase the dream”.

On a weirder note for some reason the most complete information on her is a mini bio in IMDb.

Which I will link here.

LINK HERE

I am a sucker for niche things, and the unique ways that they come into being, it is like seeing a glitch in the matrix.

Also they re-released this album on a pink transparent vinyl.

That is what I call a VIBE.

It is an urbanization vibe focusing on relationship and the upbeat attitude of the people in in it. That technology is improving life and the enjoyment of the people there.

It is a very nice change from

“DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY SUCKS TO LIVE IN?”

An attitude that I grew up in, living on a farm, and my nearest city being crime central.

City Pop portrays a life made by urbanization, focused not on the location but the lives of the people in it.

That their lives are made better by the people around them.

Historically that the suffering and problems of the city gave-way to something admirable and even somthing desired for more than money, work and power.

Perhaps I hope people can feel that way again, not just in the 1980s in Japan.

In summary try out some City Pop and enjoy.