Koizumi In The House vinyl

Originally released in 1989, this cult album from Kyoko Koizumiiknown as Kyon Kyonidocuments a moment of pure pop futurism. Under the direction of Haruo Chikada, the Japanese idol's featherlight vocals are set against the sharp throb of acid house and digi-dub grooves, long before the fusion of club music and J-pop became canon. Tracks like 'MicroWave' and 'CDJ' ripple with hip-house energy, while 'Rouge Of Water (Break "Acid" Beats Mix)' dives headfirst into lysergic terrain. What once may have felt like an oddity now scans as sharply prescient, tapping into a tension between bubblegum euphoria and rhythmic propulsion. It's a strange and compelling listeninot quite ironic, never cynical and far from throwaway. For all its brightness, the record pulses with subcultural savvy.