Tokyo's Coolest Sound

This is a fan-made indie compilation of new recordings that use Casiotone keyboards, a series that celebrates its 40th anniversary (the CT-201 was first sold in 1980). As the catch copy says it best: "Cute and Pop Music by Casiotone Lovers"! Featured artists include Elektel, Yokemura (YMCK), Saitone, Shibata (from Pasocom Music Club), and many more.

A CD edition is also available, though only via direct mail order from Tsugtech Records.

Various Artists "Casiotunes!"

(Title / Artist)
(Original Japanese song titles in parentheses)
1. The Adventure of Spring Breeze (harukaze no bōken) / kagerow
2. Beat Bank Twenty-one / Yokemura (YMCK)
3. The President of Tokyo (dai-Tokyo daitōryō) / Furumachi MOI
4. The smallest and best keyboard in the world / ELEKTEL
5. ki-o-ku / Kataoka Tsugumi
6. Big Foot / Daisuke Ohnuma
7. Retro Future Afterschool (hōkago Retro Future) / ToMo K.
8. Meadow / Saitone
9. merge / fluffy
10. Small Friends / Shibata (from Pasocom Music Club)
11. A Mountain Where Medicinal Plants Grow (yakusō ga haetesō na yama) / KNOTS
12. VS. I Have To Move Forward (VS. susumazaru oenai) / geeker-natsumi
13. What You Get is What You Got / nanabits
14. Blooms on you / mu-station
15. Suki! Suki! Casiotone / Komiya Mao & LUNCHBOX

Tsugtech Records
Out now (5/5)
Sample/buy: , Spotify, OTOTOY

Sampler clip