Various Artists - Midnight In Tokyo Vol.4

Tsunaki Kadowaki, a staff member at Kyoto’s record store MeditaDons, the supervisor of "New Age Music Disc Guide", and the founder of Sad Disco, curates the fourth installment of "Midnight in Tokyo" themed around Ambient Kayō.
The album presents 12 exquisite pop tracks infused with an ambient feeling, resonaDng deeply with the evolving landscape of the mid-2020s—a Dme of post- hyperpop and Y2K revival.
The Midnight in Tokyo series by Studio Mule focuses on Japanese music, serving as a soundtrack for Tokyo nights—whether for home listening, club play, or as a driving BGM, transcending locaDon and space. Ater a six-year hiatus, the fourth volume takes "Ambient Kayō" as its new perspecDve, compiling genre-defying tracks released between 1977 and 1999 to explore the intersecDon of Japanese ambient and pop music.
For this long-awaited fourth installment, selecDons were made regardless of record label status (major or independent), era, format (vinyl or CD), original release price, or prior reissues. Instead, the focus was on music that deeply moves the listener, is open-minded and evocaDve, brims with inspiraDon and spiritual insight, and embodies the "utagokoro" (singing heart) of Japanese arDsts.