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October saw the release of a series of 3 Shibuya-kei tribute cover compilations! All of these are full of famous Shibuya-kei songs covered by younger artists and bands who have been influenced by the movement.

Included are songs originally by Pizzicato Five, Flipper's Guitar, Cornelius, Ozawa, Kaji Hideki, Cymbals, Sunny Day Service, Venus Peter, Spiral Life, etc., as well as some by foreign artists who influenced the genre (Cardigans, Eggstone, Haircut 100, etc.).

See the tracklists below for the featured artists.

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Various Artists "Shibuya-kei Respect 1"
オムニバス 「渋谷系 リスペクト 1」

1. yellow mellow kite town / (opening)
2. maniaco-maniaque / Boys Fire the Tricot (Flipper's Guitar)
3. SAYURI & Mikio Nakashima / Mike Alway's Diary (Kahimi Karie)
4. microtone feat. Nakamura Megumi / Windy Afternoon (Bridge)
5. salvia / The Sun Is My Enemy (Cornelius)
6. microtone & Ogasawara Shizuka / （Intermission）
7. microtone & Ogasawara Shizuka / tsuki no ura de aimashō (Original Love)
8. The Aprils / Every Planets Son (Venus Peter)
9. microtone & Satoko Fujiiwa / Cosmic Hippie (Sunny Day Service)
10. microtone & Satoko Fujiiwa (Intermission)
11. the Caraway / La Boom ~datte My Boom Is Me~ (Kaji Hideki)
12. mugi & yellow mellow kite town / Bathroom de kami o kiru 100 no hōhō (Flipper's Guitar, originally by Haircut 100)
13. mugi & yellow mellow kite town / Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (Haircut 100)
14. microtone & Satoko Fujiiwa himawari wa yureru mama (Ozawa Kenji)
15. Les Stereo-Phonic Theatre feat. monstera / Thank You (Pale Fountains)
16. cottoncanyon / Triste (Pizzicato Five)
17. yellow mellow kite town feat. spd-wonder / Pillar To Post (Aztec Camera)
18. Soda fountains / Camera! Camera! Camera! (Flipper's Guitar)
19. Mr.COCKROBIN / oyasumi nasai, koneko chann! (Ozawa Kenji)
20. yellow mellow kite town feat. spd-wonder / (reprise) ~ red flag (traditional)

TKO new music corporation TKOK-0011
Out now (10/10), ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
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Various Artists "Shibuya-kei Respect 2"
オムニバス 「渋谷系 リスペクト 2」

1. (opening)
2. Groove Unchant / 7 uomini d'oro feat. pecombo (Armando Trovajoli)
3. Endō Hiroyuki & kiwako / Young, Alive, in Love (Flipper's Guitar)
4. RUBY / Candyman (Kahimi Karie)
5. MOMO cafe gasshōdan / Lovely (Ozawa Kenji)
6. Imai Kentarō (The Aprils) & Wakiya Takeshi (Plus-Tech Squeeze Box) / (Intermission)
7. Imai Kentarō (The Aprils) & Wakiya Takeshi (Plus-Tech Squeeze Box) / Perfect Rainbow (Cornelius)
8. microtone feat. Mayumi Yoshizawa / Message Song (Pizzicato Five)
9. Spritehol!c & kinji kato / Here Is Our Street!! (Kaji Hideki)
10. Lele et Moi / Mademoiselle Aimée (Clémentine)
11. Peter / koi wa Yéyé (shin Idol o sagase) (Fancy Face Groovy Name)
12. spd-wonder & yellow mellow kite town / New World (Venus Peter)
13. Frenesi / 3a.m.op (Flipper's Guitar)
14. SweetSounds / Anniversary of Love (Sunny Day Service)
15. Les Stereo-Phonic Theatre / Love So Fine (Roger Nichols & The Small Circle of Friends)
16. YocheySpecial / Summer beauty 1990 (Flipper's Guitar)
17. yellow mellow kite town & yummy & Shun / Chanson des jumelles (Michel Legrand)
18. Lele et Moi / Avant la bagarre (France Gall)
19. pitcher56 / Camera Full of Kisses (Flipper's Guitar)

TKO new music corporation TKOK-0012
Out now (10/20), ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Amazon, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Various Artists "Shibuya-kei Respect 3"
オムニバス 「渋谷系 リスペクト 3」

1. (opening)
2. microtone feat. Okabe Akira (Strawberry Machine) / Coffee Milk Crazy (Flipper's Guitar)
3. RUBY / Humming ga kikoeru (Kahimi Karie)
4. Les Stereo-Phonic Theatre / Baby Portable Rock (Pizzicato Five)
5. Spritehol!c & kinji kato / Eggstone (Kaji Hideki)
6. humming parlour / You and Me Song (The Wannadies)
7. yellow mellow kite town / Rise and Shine (The Cardigans)
8. Sudakae / Another Moment Follows (Cloudberry Jam)
9. mugi / Water (Eggstone)
10. YocheySpecial / Theme From First Question Award (Cornelius)
11. roly poly rag bear / What a Shiny Day (Cymbals)
12. yellow mellow kite town & spd-wonder / ajisai (Sunny Day Service)
13. Uptight / Luck (The Style Council)
14. mini kyute / I Believe In Miracles (Jackson Sisters)
15. yellow mellow kite town / Here's Where The Story Ends (The Sundays)
16. yellow mellow kite town & yummy & Shun / Jean's Not Happening (Pale Fountains)
17. Les Stereo-Phonic Theatre / Obscurity Knocks (Trashcan Sinatras)
18. Oguri Shu / In One's Boyhood (Spiral Life)
19. sound sandwich featuring kanon / ichō namiki no Serenade (Ozawa Kenji)
20. flannel / Fall (Venus Peter)
21. Lele et Moi / Cloudy (Is My Sunny Mood) (Flipper's Guitar)

TKO new music corporation TKOK-0013
Out now (10/30), ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Amazon, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.