CiTR

On this month’s episode we dive into the absolutely bizarre “genre” City Pop. Which was less of a genre and more of a v i b e. After WWII, Japan had an incredible tech-boom which lead to a new found leisure class; with that came City Pop - the perfect music for chilling at the poolside with your stacks of Yen. City Pop was a blend of genres including pop, disco, funk, R&B, boogie, jazz fusion, Latin, Caribbean and Polynesian music which makes it hard to call City Pop itself a genre, but when you hear it you also kind of just know, y’know? Enjoy.

Btw I KNOW I said “prominition” obviously meant prominence lol I’m an idiot. -Char

Further reading:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/japanese-city-pop-returns-light-in-the-attic-compilation-pacific-breeze-822663/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbzabv/city-pop-guide-history-interview https://doc.rero.ch/record/330193/files/2021_sommet-kato_japanese_city_pop_abroad.pdf

Hiroshi Nagai: http://hiroshinagai.com

Pacific Breeze: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4mcJxAzHZPyfwDFyxXug0gH52_4wv6o7

Our Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzD1sP-gz1gDH5UquyyuZq5nsWd9vDl1f