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  • Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
  • Japanese Ambient Music Documentary. Dive into the world of 1980s Japan, where corporations funded a lost wave of legendary ambient artists music by Hiroshi Yoshimura, Joe Hisaishi, Haruomi Hosono, Kankyō Ongaku, and many more. Thanks for watching 🤘🤘
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    Songs Used (In Order Of Appearance):
    Icelandic Arpeggios - DivKid (Copyright Free)
    Abstract Cinematic Trip Hop -Guitarsstate (Copyright Free)
    Jazz Drum Solo - TexasBrother (Copyright Free)
    Haruomi Hosono - Watering A Flower
    Yasuaki Shimizu - Music For Commercials
    Takashi Kokubo - Get at the Wave
    Yoshio Ojima - Music For Spirals
    Joe Hisaishi - Islander
    Hiroshi Yoshimura - Clouds For Almas
    Hiroshi Yoshimura - Soundscape 1: Surround
    Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green
    Underwater Exploration - Godmode (Copyright Free)
    Just Dance - Patrick Patrikios (Copyright Free)
    #JapaneseAmbient #TingoMedia
    Timecodes:
    00:00 - Intro
    01:04 - Miracle Economy
    01:50 - Companies Get Creative
    02:36 - Prominent Artists
    05:41 - Modern Western Revival
    06:43 - Outro
    Tags: 1980s Japan, Brain Eno, youtube algorithm, ambient music, japanese, Tokyo, Miracle Economy, domestic market, osaka, Music for airports, minimalist, Midori Takada, tax breaks, commercials, Fairlight CMI, Kankyo Ongaku, Spencer Doran, Haruomi Hosono, Watering A Flower, Muji, Yasuaki Shimizu, Music For Commercials, Honda, Seiko, Sharp, Takashi Kokubo, Get At The Wave, Sanyo, Yoshio Ojima, Music For Spirals, Wacoal, Joe Hisaishi, Ghibli, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Almas Cloud, Soundscape 1: Surround, Misawa, Green, Yamaha DX7, Pelto Flats, LAG Records, WeWantSounds, WRWTFWW Records, Light In The Attic
    Something peculiar was born out of 1980s Japan, a class of ambient superstars. Up there with the greats like Brian Eno. At least, they would be...35 years later. Due to the unconventional nature of this movement, many creators spent their whole careers in obscurity. This was music funded, not by record labels, but by retail companies. Music that’s been sitting in corporate hard drives for decades. Only recent favoritism from the UA-cam algorithm, music archivers, and subsequent album reissues have allowed us to really contextualize Japan’s ambient era. Let’s jump back to 1980s Tokyo, and explore the global boom of Japanese Ambient Music.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 68

  • @tsawy6
    @tsawy6 2 роки тому +115

    This is actually insanely high production quality for 400 views

  • @whagwan9740
    @whagwan9740 2 роки тому +57

    Hiroshi Yoshimura is a legend.
    I remember hearing “Green” for the first time at stressful point in my life. It made everything else melt away, leaving a satisfying feeling of peace.

  • @chriss7164
    @chriss7164 2 роки тому +20

    Kankyō Ongaku is sometimes translated as "environmental music" - music that was meant to fill a room and enhance the environment of the space you're in, or to become part of the room's environment. Kind of elevating the concept of background music.

  • @davidwright1011
    @davidwright1011 2 роки тому +15

    Wow, I’ve been looking for this since 1984, when I loved the ambient electronica in the underground mall at Kyoto Station. I never heard it repeat.

  • @odealianaffairs9001
    @odealianaffairs9001 2 роки тому +6

    Takashi Kokubo is a hero to me. I like listening to all kinds of electronic music so when i heard an ambient track without massive pads but gentle ear tickling elements like the Barcelona work, it was life changing. Everytime I have trouble sleeping i turn on his works and fall into another world.

  • @xUncleA123x
    @xUncleA123x 2 роки тому +6

    I wonder if the boom in popularity came partly from lofi's rise to popularity as well. To me several of these sound like basically an old school lofi and I'm planning on looking them up and adding the songs I like to my lofi playlist

  • @ahmetaslan8617
    @ahmetaslan8617 2 роки тому +6

    Best channel ever created.

  • @dannyvalentine468
    @dannyvalentine468 2 роки тому +5

    This is a stellar video! Kankyo Ongaku is a really a stellar music scene. Beautiful Albums left & right. One artist that deserves more attention is Satoshi Ashikawa. He owned a record store that imported records like Music For Airports and became an early place that helped bring this scene alive. He made one album called "Still Way" which is a gorgeous album!

  • @thatdudeparadox
    @thatdudeparadox Рік тому +2

    The quality of this video is crazy asf.

  • @DissectingtheDisco
    @DissectingtheDisco 2 роки тому +10

    Another phenomenal video, Tingo! Topics like these are what video essays are made for, and you hit it out of the park.

  • @wtoad
    @wtoad 2 роки тому +3

    Great vid, sir. I can forgive the internet for its many harms on the grounds that I have access to the most beautiful music ever made, even if it was produced to sell watches, perfume, and condos.

  • @alexmathewmendoza
    @alexmathewmendoza Рік тому +3

    Kankyo Ongaku was my introduction to this very niche subgenre, like many others I'm sure, and it was an amazing personal revolution in my life. I'd been a listener of ambient music for years prior to arriving at that compilation, but while listening to the music and reading that much of it was designed to be part of a room as much as a piece of furniture or wallpaper, it was such a profound concept to me.
    2019 bled into 2020 and everything that came with that transition, and I found myself listening to albums such as Green, Music for Nine Post Cards and Still Way constantly. It was such an immersive, calming set of sounds. It changed the way I approach not only making music but examining what music is made for. This video was an amazingly concise and beautifully rendered tribute to this subgenre, thank you for sharing it with the world!

  • @thecastiel69
    @thecastiel69 9 місяців тому

    That is very good editing

  • @beet69
    @beet69 2 роки тому +3

    Highly underrated channel. Can't wait to most likely see you hit 100k (maybe even 1 Milllion?)

  • @YeshMC
    @YeshMC 2 роки тому +5

    This channel is nuts, thanks for the uploads dude

  • @Fooma777
    @Fooma777 2 роки тому +2

    Bananas to me Tingo only has 7k odd subscribers, this is interested, phenomenally produced, and well researched content.

  • @GodEmperor_
    @GodEmperor_ 10 місяців тому +3

    Due to Millennials and Gen Z sadly facing a lot of struggles the ambient music genre has been very popular as of late that's how I even ended up here. Joe Hisaishi was already famous to me as a lover of anime but to find music from the likes of Hiroshi Yoshimura was a gold mine.

  • @spaghetticode007
    @spaghetticode007 Рік тому +3

    I really loved this video! Please keep it up!

  • @marcosdelfino9695
    @marcosdelfino9695 Рік тому +2

    This is gold, I've been here at you tube ambient since the very start of it and couldn't believe no one was talking about it. I didn't knew the story, thank you a lot for this, It's been beautiful.

  • @mateja_backo
    @mateja_backo 5 місяців тому +1

    Found you on Reddit, insanely good edit! 🙌🔥

    • @TingoMedia
      @TingoMedia  5 місяців тому +1

      Ah! Thank you 😊

  • @Bolockay
    @Bolockay 6 місяців тому +1

    This video was amazing. Thank you for making it. You have earned a subscriber.

  • @solocandy
    @solocandy 4 місяці тому

    Seriously underrated channel. I love your content, and I would enjoy more videos if you were to release them. I hope that more people enjoy your videos as much as I do. 😃

  • @mnl_
    @mnl_ Рік тому +2

    Excellent video. Keep it up!

  • @JukeboxHistory
    @JukeboxHistory 10 місяців тому

    One of the best video essays I’ve ever seen

  • @feeble3926
    @feeble3926 8 місяців тому +1

    Banger vid, thanks for the learning

  • @kentinjivek
    @kentinjivek 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for this documentary. So good work.

  • @Caesar_Online
    @Caesar_Online 2 роки тому +3

    Amazing video! These artists have been a huge inspiration for me, maybe one day in a few years, some of my ambient works will hit the UA-cam algorithm 😌
    I love your editing style and animations, really brought the video and these songs to life!

  • @zbliminal3870
    @zbliminal3870 2 роки тому +5

    This is a really well done video. I will be checking out some more fur shore.

  • @Clam-Herder
    @Clam-Herder 2 роки тому +6

    Wow, great stuff! Learn something new every video you put out, keep it up!

  • @Kulfyr
    @Kulfyr 2 роки тому +2

    Y’all putting out bangers keep it up

  • @ambiodream3387
    @ambiodream3387 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for introducing new artists and info

  • @midgetsanchez
    @midgetsanchez 2 роки тому +2

    Appreciate this being put together. Subbed, looking forward to more!

  • @LittleZdy
    @LittleZdy 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing work, I love your Video Essays.

  • @o.b.4593
    @o.b.4593 2 роки тому

    Thanks for making this

  • @apinchofdisappointment
    @apinchofdisappointment 2 роки тому +2

    New subscriber !! your editing should be the standard for other music channels I’m absolutely in love with it !!

  • @reallygooddayy
    @reallygooddayy Рік тому +1

    spectacular video, thank you

  • @erasekeyboards
    @erasekeyboards Рік тому

    crazy video good job

  • @That1WeirdDude
    @That1WeirdDude 2 роки тому +2

    Really good Man Keep it up! I love you how explore music history in such a cool and fun way!

  • @caressagivens7109
    @caressagivens7109 Рік тому +1

    I am going to Japan for the rest of the month. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to further immerse myself in this genre aside from simply listening to these bangers??

  • @pauljennyd7448
    @pauljennyd7448 6 місяців тому +2

    this video truly is amazing, the editing and the informations provided are just excellent. Love from Paris ! Keep up the good work :)

  • @kinokhloya
    @kinokhloya 11 місяців тому +1

    this video is sick! I wanted to know more about Japanese environmental music and this was so insightful thank you

  • @SagucuTegin
    @SagucuTegin 2 роки тому +1

    4:50 also seek "Koto Vortex" album.

  • @GrvMUSIC4U
    @GrvMUSIC4U 7 місяців тому

    Top quality video

  • @guguzi952
    @guguzi952 2 роки тому

    This is an amazing video

  • @crabb9966
    @crabb9966 7 місяців тому

    Japamese style of ambient music is great

  • @AlmostIdiot1
    @AlmostIdiot1 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing video, hope you haven't given up with your channel, because all of your videos are great!

    • @TingoMedia
      @TingoMedia  2 роки тому

      Thank you, this means so much!! It's definitely been tough committing time to the channel since it's so small still, but without committing enough time it will remain small lol. I am definitely working on new content though! Stay tuned~

  • @coolusername588
    @coolusername588 2 роки тому +1

    He's back!

  • @oscarbastarrachea468
    @oscarbastarrachea468 2 роки тому

    Just whe you think you kinda have hear it all... the you find this music and you say wow that is like music for the soul, music that is asking with screams for animation in the shape of motion graphics, thanks for sharing!!!

  • @kurikokaleidoscope
    @kurikokaleidoscope 9 місяців тому

    💖 それは本当に素晴らしいです ❤

  • @notacraftyusername
    @notacraftyusername 2 роки тому

    Great video. Kept thinking that you sound just like NerdSync though throughout the video

  • @ihalloway
    @ihalloway 10 місяців тому

    damn ... i love this rabbit hole, best story for music genre ever ! My 1st true ambient artist is Kitaro w Far Oasis album .
    Little story how i found him, it was either because i was already listening to Koto ,
    garry numan or was searching for background music for DND desert/oasis , mostly i
    thought ambient music was for atmosphere like without melody, just realistic soundscape or
    there was lounge music like at a bar.
    So after listening dozen times to Pink Floyd and Vangelis i was so refreshed!
    Now i found lots of more artists like
    Far East Movement where Kitaro was part of the band
    Geoff Bastow - The Av Conception
    Giorgio Moroder - Midnight Express
    Jeff Newmann - Technospheres Nature And Technology
    Laszlo Bencker - Lady Robot
    Edgar Froese - Stuntman
    Tho i should say my true 1st ambient experience should be
    Ambientheaven - sound of forest by mood music
    I wanted some atmosphere so asked Pa to buy this and another forest cd
    While one was true background music w rain drops and birds was a bit boring..
    This Ambientheaven was fantastic !
    its sad its expensive and hard to find nowadays but here are several albums from a series which are also great,
    but not to be able preview it its tough choice to blindly buy

  • @Ivanssoundcart
    @Ivanssoundcart 2 роки тому +2

    What a great video! Definitely subbing. I'm curious, do you know anything about Hosono's mid 90's label FOA Records? I've been trying to find information on it and it seemingly doesn't exist on the internet. Been obsessed with the artist Dream Dolphin recently, would love to learn more about that label.

  • @SagucuTegin
    @SagucuTegin 2 роки тому +2

    Suki suki daisuki 😚

  • @moth5790
    @moth5790 2 роки тому

    Ah finally, a good fucking lamp

  • @alsitair
    @alsitair 2 роки тому +1

    holy shit why this look like a vox video Ur editing nd production is amazing bro

  • @MujjOMusic
    @MujjOMusic 9 місяців тому

    ❤💯

  • @MrFox64057
    @MrFox64057 3 місяці тому

    Better late than never

  • @kotryna5682
    @kotryna5682 2 роки тому +1

    eye candy, ear candy

  • @rudolfkuki756
    @rudolfkuki756 4 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤qqsuper

  • @tamiegallo2227
    @tamiegallo2227 Рік тому

    Does this guy sound like jimmy snow to anyone else?

  • @biomuseum6645
    @biomuseum6645 Рік тому

    Where are you mate? Come back

    • @TingoMedia
      @TingoMedia  Рік тому +1

      New videos coming! 2023 is going to be a busy year for the channel

    • @biomuseum6645
      @biomuseum6645 Рік тому +1

      @@TingoMedia good luck!