HARUOMI HOSONO - "N.D.E." 2xLP

Haruomi Hosono - N.D.E. 2xLP (Rush Hour, 2023 reissue) "First ever vinyl pressing of Haruomi Hosono’s full album N.D.E. Featuring Goh Hotoda, Yasuhiko Terada, Yasuaki Shimizu, Bill Laswell & François Kevorkian. Big TIP! Ever since his days as a pioneer of Japanese electronic music in the 1970s, Haruomi Hosono has constantly pushed forwards musically. The 1990s was a particularly fertile decade for the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder. Following two decades spent creating and releasing innovative electronic pop, imaginary sound worlds, and inspirational ambient music, Hosono established the Daisyworld label to showcase cutting-edge ambient, techno, and electronica, while also embarking on a wide range of often overlooked collaborative projects. N.D.E., one of the headiest, most psychedelic, evocative, and gently mind-altering albums in Hosono’s vast discography, is one such project. It formed part of a run of albums that saw the Japanese producer embrace contemporaneous influences