With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavours from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked selections from all across Asia. This week, we dig deep to dish out some obscure Japanese tracks that sparked the whole vaporwave movement from early 80s jazz fusion to instrumental jazz tracks that have been sampled till this very day.

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0:14 - Hiroshi Satoh - Say Goodbye

5:42 - Chiemi Manabe - Untotooku

9:56 - Mari Nakamoto - I Only Have Eyes For You

15:06 - Naoya Matsuoka & Hidefumi Toki - In the Morning

18:40 - Casiopea - Take Me

23:29 - Kimiko Kasai - I Thought It Was You

31:04 - Masaru Imada Trio - Green Caterpillar

36:51 - Makoto Matushita - First Light

41:20 - Takako Mamiya - Love Trip

45:29 - Himiko Kikuchi - Cosmic Dust Blue

48:53 - Yurie Kokubu - Just A Joke

52:38 - Shigeo Sekito - The Word II

With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavours from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked selections from all across Asia. This week, we dig deep to dish out some obscure Japanese tracks that sparked the whole vaporwave movement from early 80s jazz fusion to instrumental jazz tracks that have been sampled till this very day. -- <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('14')">0:14</a> - Hiroshi Satoh - Say Goodbye <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('342')">5:42</a> - Chiemi Manabe - Untotooku <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('596')">9:56</a> - Mari Nakamoto - I Only Have Eyes For You <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('906')">15:06</a> - Naoya Matsuoka &amp; Hidefumi Toki - In the Morning <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('1120')">18:40</a> - Casiopea - Take Me <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('1409')">23:29</a> - Kimiko Kasai - I Thought It Was You <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('1864')">31:04</a> - Masaru Imada Trio - Green Caterpillar <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('2211')">36:51</a> - Makoto Matushita - First Light <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('2480')">41:20</a> - Takako Mamiya - Love Trip <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('2729')">45:29</a> - Himiko Kikuchi - Cosmic Dust Blue <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('2933')">48:53</a> - Yurie Kokubu - Just A Joke <a style="font-weight: 100; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" onclick="gototime('3158')">52:38</a> - Shigeo Sekito - The Word II

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