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* Music selected by Kunimondo Takiguchi * Sixth installment from the Universal Music 'city Music Tokyo' series * Album art by Yasuyuki Takagi Universal Music is excited to release this compilation series that highlights hidden City Pop gems selected by Kunimondo Takiguchi. This release is the sixth installment following 'invitation' (released in November 2020), 'junction' (released in April 2022), 'signal' and 'tremolo' (released in January 2023), and 'parallelism' (released in March 2023). It is set to include rare tracks from various labels such as Universal Music, Polydor, Kitty Records, EMI, and more. This collection compiles city music that one can imagine from the themes of 'urban life' and 'music' in Tokyo, and it's something that should be listened to right now. Continuing the series title 'city Music TOKYO,' the subtitle for this installment is 'corner.' In the process of the changes in city pop from the 1970s, this subtitle was chosen to emphasize the 80s and 90s tracks as a 'corner' in the transformation. Additionally, it aims to shine a spotlight on tracks that may have been in the 'corner' of the hit charts and not gained as much attention. The concept-representing imagery was captured by photographer Yasuyuki Takagi. Art direction and graphic design are handled by Kunimondo Takiguchi.

Part of Rhino's "Now Playing" Series! - Gerald Levert's fans nicknamed him "Teddy Bear" for his cozy and comforting voice and songs. The son of O'Jays leader Eddie Levert, Gerald broke through with his trio LeVert, then segued into a full-blown solo career. A quiet storm rider, he loved to luxuriate in the slow, romantic grooves, as these ten original recordings show.

Part of Rhino's "Now Playing" Series! - The brainchild of Oakland-based songwriter-producer duo Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, en Vogue was - and still is - a girl group with a modern twist: In addition to their harmonic splendor, all four members swapped turns in the spotlight as lead singers. These original recordings capture that round robin sound in all it's chart-topping, MTV-ruling glory. Soulful, sexy, with attitude to burn, they ruled the '90s as the funkiest divas of all.

Chris Carter & Cosey Fanni TUTTI’s remastered limited edition vinyl series continues on 4 August 2023 with the release of Technø Primitiv (1985), Trust (1989) and Pagan Tango (1991) – all available on vinyl for the first time since their original release. The remastered albums will be available on Colored Vinyl, each with a printed inner sleeve of archival photos, via CTI. Elemental 7, Muzik Fantastique!, and Feral Vapours of The Silver Ether were released earlier this year, and the series has seen many of Chris & Cosey’s influential albums available on vinyl for the first time, giving listeners a new opportunity to revisit some of their celebrated catalogue.

The remastered releases for August includes 1985’s Technø Primitiv, originally released on Rough Trade, the album is from Chris & Cosey’s whiplash minimal ‘80s icy synth period. Listen to the proto-techno of ‘Morning’: https://youtu.be/b6hrytWxNi8 Trust, originally released on Play It Again Sam / Nettwerk in 1989, is collection of electro-pop, rinsed through with Chris & Cosey’s unique erotic vision – “Seldom have electronics this glaciated and deep-frozen exuded so much warmth” wrote Dele Fadele in NME – watch the video for the 12” version of ‘Rise’: https://youtu.be/Vns8_-X9B_k Pagan Tango – described by Melody Maker as “c&c formulating perfection” - followed in 1991 on Wax Trax!, and sees the pair once follow their own hypnotic beat in new directions.

The debut album from the seminal pop group, finally the recordings are back on CD and LP in it's original form. Featuring the hit singles 'Deeply Dippy', 'Don't Talk Just Kiss' and the worldwide smash 'I'm Too Sexy' (recently reprised and reinterpreted by Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Drake). "A cultural touchstone" Rolling Stone. UP is the first album by English pop group Right Said Fred, originally released in 1992. The album (Us Billboard # 46) contains the group's only United States Top 40 hit, "I'm Too Sexy", which was number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in February 1992, and their only UK number-one hit "Deeply Dippy", which stayed in that position for three weeks from April to May 1992. Next to "I'm Too Sexy", UP contains relentless hooks, more goofy catchphrases, and camp sensibility coming out of its ears, including album tracks "No One on Earth", "Do Ya Feel" as well as ever popular "Don't Talk Just Kiss" (#2 German Single Charts) and "Deeply Dippy" (#1 UK Single Charts) of course.1992 charts G/s/a: Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) #1, German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) #8, Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) #22! "If Martians tried to approximate Earth music by channeling frivolous Top 40 like ABBA's, overwrought cabaret like Liza Minnelli's, and smart disco like the Pet Shop Boys', the result might sound like Up. - Arion Berger/Entertainment Weekly, 1992

Reissued! The debut album from the seminal pop group, finally the recordings are back on CD and LP in it's original form. Featuring the hit singles 'Deeply Dippy', 'Don't Talk Just Kiss' and the worldwide smash 'I'm Too Sexy' (recently reprised and reinterpreted by Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Drake). "A cultural touchstone" Rolling Stone. UP is the firs...

* Originally released in 1996 * Pressed on Black Double Vinyl * Featuring hit songs 'Wake Me Up!' and 'White Love' Major debut in 1996, dance & vocal group 'speed' 2nd album 'rise' is the first LP. Continuing from the previous work, Hiromasa Ichichi was appointed as the producer and recorded triple million sales. Contains 13 songs including hit singles 'Wake Me Up!', 'White Love' and 'my graduation'.

* Originally released in 1996 * Pressed on Black Double Vinyl * Produced by Ijichi Hiromasa

* Pressed on Black Double Vinyl * Originally released in 1992 * Arranged by Chokkaku and Akihiko Matsumoto The 1st album of the city pop singer-songwriter Masaki Nomiyama who debuted in 1992. Arranged by both Chokkaku and Akihiko Matsumoto. The long-awaited LP version of this piece that decorates the middle door of 'Obscur City Pop Disc Guide'.