LIMITED EDITION 2LP VINYL
Release Date: 10th May 2024
"Recording technology was completely revoluOonized in the 80s by the mulOtrack recorder, with the popularity of 24-channel SSL consoles sweeping the world. Japanese pop music created during this wave of digital improvement is now recognized worldwide as ""City Pop."" Techno Pop was another offshoot born of the same revoluOon. Precise, computer-controlled beats produced by groups like Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) introduced a different type of sound to the masses. By now, these works have been brought into the internaOonal limelight and conOnue to be a major influence on today's music. At the center of Tokyo’s Techno Pop scene was ALFA/YEN Records. The label les behind an impressive body of work, but much of it wasn't made widely available... unOl now! This new, definiOve compilaOon focuses on the music archives of the YEN Records catalog, available for the first Ome exclusively at Light in the A9c. This is a true celebraOon of Japan's Techno Pop scene of the 80s, reissued with the intent that future generaOons, internaOonally, will be able to discover, enjoy, and appreciate ALFA/YEN and its significant contributions to the sonic landscape of the 80s and beyond."
