• A vinyl record album cover for 'Orient' by Toshio Suzuki, featuring a surreal illustration of a keyboard floating above clouds under a blue sky, with a green vertical band on the left and red Japanese text.

Hiroshi Sato

Orient

Regular price $75.00
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COLOUR
  • Green
YEAR
  • 2026 (1979)
EXTRAS
  • Obi, Reissue
IF YOU LIKE
  • Funk / Soul
  • Jazz
  • Funk
  • AOR
  • Ambient

Hiroshi Sato's ultra rare synth masterpiece, originally released in 1979 on Kitty Records in Japan only.

Digitally remastered from the original tapes, Orient features the cream of Japanese musicians including Shigeru Suzuki on guitar, Haruomi Hosono on bass, Pecker on Percussion and Sato himself on keyboards and synthesizers. This highly sought-after album on the Balearic scene, changing hands for high prices, is a superb breezy mix of Japanese synth-pop and exotica with subtle touches of mid 70s Herbie Hancock-style funk and AOR.
Genre: Synth-pop and Jazz