DJ Notoya Presents 'TOKYO GLOW: Japanese City Pop Nonstop DJ Mix' Powered by Technics
All-analog mix shot at Technics Sound Trailer in Tokyo and premiered today
in celebration of new compilation featuring city pop, funk, and soul of the late ‘70s and ‘80s
from the vaults of revered Japanese label Nippon Columbia
‘TOKYO GLOW’ released digitally by Nippon Columbia and on vinyl/CD by WeWantSounds
December 10th
DJ Notoya performing mix at Technics Sound Trailer in Tokyo
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Click here to download artwork
Tokyo, Japan (December 17, 2021)─Revered Japanese label Nippon Columbia celebrates the worldwide release of their new acclaimed city pop compilation, TOKYO GLOW, with an all-analog mix performed by DJ Notoya on his Technics SL-1200 turntable.
Filmed at Technics Sound Trailer in Tokyo and premiered today (12/17) on Nippon Columbia's J -DIGS YouTube channel, TOKYO GLOW: Japanese City Pop Nonstop DJ Mix features a handful of favorites off the new comp (such as Kiyohiko Ozaki's "Ojousan Oyawarakani" and Kengo Kurozumi's "Juggler") and a variety of rare and carefully selected tracks from Nippon Columbia's extensive and varied catalog.
Click here to stream the new mix.
About TOKYO GLOW:
With Japan’s city pop genre gaining worldwide attention, Nippon Columbia announced in October its new stylish collection, TOKYO GLOW, exploring city pop, funk, and soul of the late ‘70s and ‘80s from the rich vaults of the revered Japanese label, carefully curated by Tokyo-based DJ/curator/city pop expert DJ Notoya.
Released digitally by Nippon Columbia and in 2-LP/CD formats by France’s WeWantSounds on December 10th, the 18-track compilation features cult classics and sought-after rarities (by artists such as Hiroshi Sato, Hatsumi Shibata, Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama, and Midori Hara), many of which are being released digitally for the first time and making their vinyl debut outside of Japan. The 2-LP gatefold album was designed by Optigram and is annotated with a Q&A between DJ Notoya with Nick Luscombe (BBC Radio). The audio has been newly remastered in Tokyo by Nippon Columbia. Click here to watch the trailer for TOKYO GLOW.
Tracklist (digital edition):
1. Kumi Nakamura - Kimagure
2. Miyuki Maki - Indo No Michibata
3. Haruyoshi Yamashina - Osake To Joke
4. Sumiko Yamagata - Natsu No Hikari Ni
5. Hatsumi Shibata - Party Is Over
6. Makoto Iwabuchi - Moonlight Flight
7. Hiroshi Sato - Saigo No Tejina
8. Arakawa Band - Paradise's Dream
9. New Generation Company - I Wander All Alone (Part III)
10. Kiyohiko Ozaki - Ojosan Oteyawarakani
11. Kengo Kurozumi – Juggler
12. Ken Nishizaki - Koi No Paradigm
13. Jadoes - Simply Another Love
14. Midori Hara - Aamar Jabar
15. Hitomi ‘Penny’ Tohyama - Tuxedo Connection
16. Mizuki Koyama - Oh! Daddy
17. Haruo Chikada & Vibra-Tones - Sofa Bed Blues
18. Mitsuko Horie - Chigasaki Memory
Sample of praise:
“...radiant...well-crafted…Tokyo Glow’s varied selection is not a mere historical document. The compilation highlights these artists’ attention to instrumental detail and their delicate fusion of popular international styles with new technologies to create the sound of a city. It is one that is both of its time and still repeatedly listenable today.”
- The Guardian
“Dedicated crate-diggers will immediately appreciate the alternate-universe quality here, with some of the most quintessentially familiar R&B production stylings applied in a Japanese-language setting. Most of the material on Tokyo Glow has never been released digitally or in physical form outside of Japan, so the DJ-nerd appeal is high. If you’re looking to go way off the beaten path to satisfy your R&B fix, Tokyo Glow will do the trick.”
- PopMatters
“Suave, strange, groovy and delightfully outdated.”
- Télérama
About DJ Notoya:
Tokyo-based DJ/curator DJ Notoya started collecting vinyl records and DJing in 2007. While he specializes in playing '80s funk and soul, DJ Notoya was one of the first to pay attention to Japan’s music of the 1980s. In 2018, DJ Notoya released his highly acclaimed digital series “TOKYO 1980s,” featuring ‘80s funk, boogie, and disco from Japan. Supervised and curated by DJ Notoya, the series includes the compilation TOKYO 1980s Victor Edition - Boogie, Funk & Modern Soul from Japan and its follow up (The Alternate Mix), which contributed to the global interest in Japan’s music from that era. In 2020, he launched the Japanese label and vinyl shop Tokyo Condition, which supervises and sells carefully-selected vinyl featuring some of Japan’s rarest music. Tokyo Condition has garnered critical acclaimed from music fans around the globe. For more info on DJ Notoya, follow on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Soundcloud, Spotify, and Apple Music.
About Nippon Columbia:
Founded in 1910, Japanese label Nippon Columbia is one of the world’s oldest record labels and features a diverse roster of established and new artists across many genres, including enka, kayōkyoku, jazz, classical, rock, pop, and children’s songs. In 2020, Nippon Columbia launched J-DIGS ─ a project aimed at introducing the world the high-quality music lying dormant in Japan, focusing on the label’s 100+ year history of archived music, especially from ‘70s and ‘80s, which has recently been attracting Japanese music diggers from all over the world. For more info, visit Columbia.jp and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
About Technics:
Owned by the Panasonic Corporation, Technics has been delivering a wide variety of epoch-making audio products (such as speaker systems, amps, and audio players) to worldwide markets since 1965, the year in which this leading comprehensive audio brand debuted. For more info, visit Technics.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
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