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8 Perfect Japanese Ambient Albums

An introduction to the best environmental music records

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Stephan Kunze
Sep 10, 2025
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Like everyone else, I really got into Japanese ambient in the second half of the 2010s. At the time, decades-old records by almost forgotten minimalist composers such as Hiroshi Yoshimura and Midori Takada were blowing up through the YouTube algorithm.

In 2019, the brilliant Light In The Attic compilation Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & …

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