This is a track that I put together using recordings I made during my trip to Japan in Spring 2024.

All elements of the track, excluding many of the drum sounds, have been produced from my recordings throughout the trip. These include:


Intro:
- Background ambience at Meiji Jingu Gyoen (https://maps.app.goo.gl/jbDpwHURQDdZvm557)
- Opening melody: Yotsuya station jingle
- Main sound: Shinjuku Station Yamanote Line melody (chopped/reassembled, down-pitched and frequency modulated)
- Background bird sounds: Hakone Mountain and Kyoto 

Vocals:
- Announcements at Akihabara Station platform 2

First section:
- Main sound: Shinjuku Station Yamanote Line melody (chopped/reassembled, down-pitched and frequency modulated)
- High end panning sound: Akihabara Station Sobu Line melody (stretched and arpeggiated)
- Backing glitch sounds: Family Mark melody (that plays when entering store) 

First interlude:
- Melody recording from retro computing/gaming store at Akihabara Electronics Markets (https://maps.app.goo.gl/YcWTCe446zc2NzHs7)
- Background ambience at Akihabara (https://maps.app.goo.gl/sE3iL6Nt4ysFz34XA)
- 'Big clapper' outside arcade in Akihabara (https://maps.app.goo.gl/sE3iL6Nt4ysFz34XA)
- Melody recording from bathroom at Kowloon Cyber ​​Tokyo Yushima Yugi Bar (九龍電脳東京湯島遊戯酒吧), a retro gaming bar near Ueno-Hirokoji Station (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Y2tnCh9JPvEABjnz9)
- Glitching sounds: Pachinko machines at Pachinko Parlour, Shinjuku (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2QhG9VRrbtiDpCbE8)

Second section:
- Main sound: Akihabara Station Sobu Line melody (stretched and arpeggiated)
- Background pad: Akihabara Station Sobu Line melody (stretched)
- Backing glitch sounds: Family Mark melody (that plays when entering store), Pachinko machines

Second interlude:
- Level crossing signal in Kyoto near Tenzan no Yu Onsen (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nfoQ2kYecvMBjbYZ7)
- Yotsuya station jingle (downpitched)
- Shinjuku Station ambience
- JR East station platform jingle

Third section:
- Main sound: Akihabara Station platform 5 Sobu line melody (chopped/reassembled, downpitched)
- High end panning sound: Akihabara Station Sobu Line melody (stretched and arpeggiated)
- Backing sounds: Family Mark melody (that plays when entering store)

End sample:
- Akihabara Station platform 5 Sobu line melody (full melody recording)

Album artwork - A photo I took near Ebisu-jinja Shrine (https://maps.app.goo.gl/MiVUipNtMwdAPDZP9)

Shinjuku Wave [Japan 2024 Remix]

Skaen - M.D

I'm a Landscape Architect, but I make music in my spare time.
I like working with samples, manipulating them to create unique textures and sounds - layered with clean electronic bass and drums.

I hope you enjoy my music, thanks!

Shinjuku Wave [Japan 2024 Remix]

TF-RT

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