Various - Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986Pacific Breeze documents Japans blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the worlds second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent The Rising Sun over the moon. Its pocket cassette players, bleeping video games, and gleaming cars boomed worldwide, wooing pleasure points and pumping Japanese pockets full of yen. Japans financial buoyancy also permeated its popular culture, birthing an

his fourth album

Vini even explained why house made keyboards sound so fresh

Featuring the singles Red Guitar

and Ohio Rivers

'Laughing Stock' took spaces in recorded music to new extremes

Tab-era Monster Magnet

Inspired by the energy and DIY attitude of the punk scene these acts recorded and released their records all on their own

Comprising 7 superb sides performed by Desmond Dekker himself

Mod Lang (Radio City)

of any genre

Youngs recorded the album in his hometown

The presence of producer Nigel Godrich