A man who needs little introduction in pure record loving circles, Norio Sato is the force behind Rare Groove record store in Osaka. Norio's dedication to music of almost all genres is deep and methodically insightful, his mixes have been inspiring references to us at Sound Metaphors for a while now, so to be able to share this one is a proper delicacy for us. 

In his words: "This time, I made a mix of my friend's tracks from Japan (Boogie, house and Nu disco ... etc) and a little bit of 90's and 2000's Japanese obscure breakbeats tracks.
I hope you like it."

On top of that, his generosity has gone as far as offering us a detailed track list and short description for each track with links to find the record...proper record store owner academic approach to sharing music - big thanks to Norio for this one <3 <3 <3

1.Longing Time inst. - MASASHI (2021)*He is a student of the popular music department of Osaka University of Arts. He liked City Pop and used to go to my store. Not released on his original track.This is vo.ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_kTrCS0k6M

2.Transistor Lover (XL Middleton Remix) - Milk Talk (2022) American guy and Japanese female vo.duo in Japan https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/2661764-Milk-Talk-Transistor-Lover

3.2 Dimentional Pagoda (Indopepsychics Remix) - Water Melon (1999) Japanese dub! also known as Water Melon Group. https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/179450-Water-Melon-Ruta-De-Evacuacion

4.海 Weed / Umi, Weed - 7FO (2022) Osaka-based producer.https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/23258726-7Fo-%E8%98%AD-%E8%8C%AB%E5%A4%A9-Ran-Bouten

5.Kakerahanabi - Takuwan (2002) Unknown Japanese producer. pick uped Japanese break beats compilation.https://raregroove.jp/products/v-a-breath-of-chain-e-p

6.Sky Island - Coastlines (2022) Japanese house producer duo https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/23173277-Coastlines-Coastlines-2

7.Cosmic Sea - 感応式 (KANNOUSHIKI) (2022) private press Psychedelic disco dub in Numazu city,Shizuoka https://raregroove.jp/products/kannoushiki-cosmic-sea

8.Knave - Shu Suzuki(2019) Japanese boogie producer in Nara. his unreleased track https://soundcloud.com/shu-suzuki-137033991

9.Hologrammatic Waveforms - Anton Vegel(2022) house producer in Nagoya city https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/21649702-Various-Various-III

10.waterskipps (Eden Burns Remix) - Mayurashka (2022) house producer in Tokyo https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/22017598-Mayurashka-waterskipps

11.SPECIAL DANCE FLOOR MIX -Feat. WATER a.k.a. マリヲ - Hankyovain (2022) house producer in Osaka private press https://raregroove.jp/products/hankyovain

Listen carefully!

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