How Japan Soundtracked Its Cities

[@tsawy6]

This is actually insanely high production quality for 400 views

[@whagwan9740]

Hiroshi Yoshimura is a legend. I remember hearing “Green” for the first time at stressful point in my life. It made everything else melt away, leaving a satisfying feeling of peace.

[@joshuawood7758]

That was me except for "Wetland"

[@chriss7164]

Kankyō Ongaku is sometimes translated as "environmental music" - music that was meant to fill a room and enhance the environment of the space you're in, or to become part of the room's environment. Kind of elevating the concept of background music.

[@davidwright1011]

Wow, I’ve been looking for this since 1984, when I loved the ambient electronica in the underground mall at Kyoto Station. I never heard it repeat.

[@odealianaffairs9001]

Takashi Kokubo is a hero to me. I like listening to all kinds of electronic music so when i heard an ambient track without massive pads but gentle ear tickling elements like the Barcelona work, it was life changing. Everytime I have trouble sleeping i turn on his works and fall into another world.

[@DissectingtheDisco]

Another phenomenal video, Tingo! Topics like these are what video essays are made for, and you hit it out of the park.

[@dannyvalentine468]

This is a stellar video! Kankyo Ongaku is a really a stellar music scene. Beautiful Albums left & right. One artist that deserves more attention is Satoshi Ashikawa. He owned a record store that imported records like Music For Airports and became an early place that helped bring this scene alive. He made one album called "Still Way" which is a gorgeous album!

[@alexmathewmendoza]

Kankyo Ongaku was my introduction to this very niche subgenre, like many others I'm sure, and it was an amazing personal revolution in my life. I'd been a listener of ambient music for years prior to arriving at that compilation, but while listening to the music and reading that much of it was designed to be part of a room as much as a piece of furniture or wallpaper, it was such a profound concept to me. 2019 bled into 2020 and everything that came with that transition, and I found myself listening to albums such as Green, Music for Nine Post Cards and Still Way constantly. It was such an immersive, calming set of sounds. It changed the way I approach not only making music but examining what music is made for. This video was an amazingly concise and beautifully rendered tribute to this subgenre, thank you for sharing it with the world!

[@marcosdelfino9695]

This is gold, I've been here at you tube ambient since the very start of it and couldn't believe no one was talking about it. I didn't knew the story, thank you a lot for this, It's been beautiful.

[@spaghetticode007]

I really loved this video! Please keep it up!

[@YeshMC]

This channel is nuts, thanks for the uploads dude

[@beet69]

Highly underrated channel. Can't wait to most likely see you hit 100k (maybe even 1 Milllion?)

[@thecastiel69]

That is very good editing

[@Fooma777]

Bananas to me Tingo only has 7k odd subscribers, this is interested, phenomenally produced, and well researched content.

[@wtoad]

Great vid, sir. I can forgive the internet for its many harms on the grounds that I have access to the most beautiful music ever made, even if it was produced to sell watches, perfume, and condos.

[@kentinjivek]

Thanks for this documentary. So good work.

[@Caesar_Online]

Amazing video! These artists have been a huge inspiration for me, maybe one day in a few years, some of my ambient works will hit the KZbin algorithm 😌 I love your editing style and animations, really brought the video and these songs to life!

[@ahmetaslan8617]

Best channel ever created.

[@mateja_backo]

Found you on Reddit, insanely good edit! 🙌🔥

[@TingoMedia]

Ah! Thank you 😊

[@mnl_]

Excellent video. Keep it up!

[@Clam-Herder]

Wow, great stuff! Learn something new every video you put out, keep it up!

[@zbliminal3870]

This is a really well done video. I will be checking out some more fur shore.

[@thatdudeparadox]

The quality of this video is crazy asf.

[@LittleZdy]

Amazing work, I love your Video Essays.

[@pauljennyd7448]

this video truly is amazing, the editing and the informations provided are just excellent. Love from Paris ! Keep up the good work :)

[@feeble3926]

Banger vid, thanks for the learning

[@Kulfyr]

Y’all putting out bangers keep it up

[@apinchofdisappointment]

New subscriber !! your editing should be the standard for other music channels I’m absolutely in love with it !!

[@That1WeirdDude]

Really good Man Keep it up! I love you how explore music history in such a cool and fun way!

[@ambiodream3387]

Thanks for introducing new artists and info

[@AlmostIdiot1]

Amazing video, hope you haven't given up with your channel, because all of your videos are great!

[@TingoMedia]

Thank you, this means so much!! It's definitely been tough committing time to the channel since it's so small still, but without committing enough time it will remain small lol. I am definitely working on new content though! Stay tuned~

[@GodEmperor_]

Due to Millennials and Gen Z sadly facing a lot of struggles the ambient music genre has been very popular as of late that's how I even ended up here. Joe Hisaishi was already famous to me as a lover of anime but to find music from the likes of Hiroshi Yoshimura was a gold mine.

[@kinokhloya]

this video is sick! I wanted to know more about Japanese environmental music and this was so insightful thank you

[@midgetsanchez]

Appreciate this being put together. Subbed, looking forward to more!

[@Bolockay]

This video was amazing. Thank you for making it. You have earned a subscriber.

[@JukeboxHistory]

One of the best video essays I’ve ever seen

[@solocandy]

Seriously underrated channel. I love your content, and I would enjoy more videos if you were to release them. I hope that more people enjoy your videos as much as I do. 😃

[@caressagivens7109]

I am going to Japan for the rest of the month. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to further immerse myself in this genre aside from simply listening to these bangers??

[@Ivanssoundcart]

What a great video! Definitely subbing. I'm curious, do you know anything about Hosono's mid 90's label FOA Records? I've been trying to find information on it and it seemingly doesn't exist on the internet. Been obsessed with the artist Dream Dolphin recently, would love to learn more about that label.

[@reallygooddayy]

spectacular video, thank you

[@erasekeyboards]

crazy video good job

[@xUncleA123x]

I wonder if the boom in popularity came partly from lofi's rise to popularity as well. To me several of these sound like basically an old school lofi and I'm planning on looking them up and adding the songs I like to my lofi playlist

[@GrvMUSIC4U]

Top quality video

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

💖 それは本当に素晴らしいです ❤

[@ihalloway]

damn ... i love this rabbit hole, best story for music genre ever ! My 1st true ambient artist is Kitaro w Far Oasis album . Little story how i found him, it was either because i was already listening to Koto , garry numan or was searching for background music for DND desert/oasis , mostly i thought ambient music was for atmosphere like without melody, just realistic soundscape or there was lounge music like at a bar. So after listening dozen times to Pink Floyd and Vangelis i was so refreshed! Now i found lots of more artists like Far East Movement where Kitaro was part of the band Geoff Bastow - The Av Conception Giorgio Moroder - Midnight Express Jeff Newmann - Technospheres Nature And Technology Laszlo Bencker - Lady Robot Edgar Froese - Stuntman Tho i should say my true 1st ambient experience should be Ambientheaven - sound of forest by mood music I wanted some atmosphere so asked Pa to buy this and another forest cd While one was true background music w rain drops and birds was a bit boring.. This Ambientheaven was fantastic ! its sad its expensive and hard to find nowadays but here are several albums from a series which are also great, but not to be able preview it its tough choice to blindly buy

[@crabb9966]

Japamese style of ambient music is great

[@oscarbastarrachea468]

Just whe you think you kinda have hear it all... the you find this music and you say wow that is like music for the soul, music that is asking with screams for animation in the shape of motion graphics, thanks for sharing!!!

[@coolusername588]

He's back!

[@notacraftyusername]

Great video. Kept thinking that you sound just like NerdSync though throughout the video

[@SagucuTegin]

4:50 also seek "Koto Vortex" album.

[@alsitair]

holy shit why this look like a vox video Ur editing nd production is amazing bro

[@o.b.4593]

Thanks for making this

[@guguzi952]

This is an amazing video

[@SagucuTegin]

Suki suki daisuki 😚

[@moth5790]

Ah finally, a good fucking lamp

[@MrFox64057]

Better late than never

[@MujjOMusic]

❤💯

[@tamiegallo2227]

Does this guy sound like jimmy snow to anyone else?

[@kotryna5682]

eye candy, ear candy

[@rudolfkuki756]

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[@biomuseum6645]

Where are you mate? Come back

[@TingoMedia]

New videos coming! 2023 is going to be a busy year for the channel

[@biomuseum6645]

@@TingoMedia good luck!