Sounds From Japan

Original soundtrack to Miyazaki's groundbreaking animated masterpiece, finally reissued. Legendary Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi set the tone for...

Soundtrack to the very first film animated by Studio Ghibli, officially reissued! Once again frequent Ghibli-collaborator Joe Hisaishi is at the h...

Hiroshi Sato's 1982 masterpiece finally gets an official reissue! Awakening is widely considered a genre-defining work of City Pop and AOR music in...

One of Ghibli's most beloved films. For fans of Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro hardly needs an introduction. The simple tale of two...

The original sound of Laputa. Legendary Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi created the music found on this Image Album for Castle In The Sky before th...

The vast sea of J-Jazz can be hard to navigate, but this is as good a place as any to start. While American players were being swept into the splin...

I Thought It Was You. Kimiko Kasai's sought-after 1979 collaboration with Herbie Hancock finally sees an official reissue, courtesy of the good fol...

Yo, this Japanese reissue culture is getting so out of control that I’m considering dedicating a slot on my shelf to it (yes I’m copping all these ...

Serenity as sound. Another Japanese ambient grail finally available again on vinyl, this time courtesy of Empire Of Signs. Though Hiroshi Yoshimura...

Culture of Soul with another funky trip. After successful sonic excursions to the Caribbean and South Africa, the Boston-based label has booked a f...

"In Search Of A Feel-Good Feel, I arrange the sounds." Producer, composer, saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu had this to say about the creation of his so...

Kenji Kawai's stunning soundtrack for the first Ghost In The Shell film officially reissued on vinyl for the first time! The original 1995 film is ...

Midori Takada's brilliant solo debut reissued! Easily one of the most highly anticipated reissues in recent memory, Through The Looking Glass is f...

Data Discs does it again. The UK label that brought Streets Of Rage and Shenmue to vinyl is back with Shinobi III! Originally released in 1993, Shi...