ユニバーサルミュージック

His name may not be instantly familiar, but Hideki Matsutake has had a huge influence over Electronic music. Starting his career as the assistant of Japanese Electronic Music master Isao Tomita in the early 70s, he went on to work with Ryuichi Sakamoto before joining Yellow Magic Orchestra as the group's keyboard programmer and unofficial fourth member. In 1981 he started his own Logic System project recording "Venus" that year in Los Angeles with Don Grusin, Nathan East and Michael Boddicker, brilliantly mixing Synth Funk, Ambient and Boogie with a touch of Smooth Jazz predating Vaporwave by 30 years. Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue this visionary album, which comes remastered from the original tapes and features Pater Sato stunning artwork.

This is Sakamoto's world music, expanding on the world view of his previous work, "NEO GEO". [Released in 1989.]

The first release under contract with Virgin Records in the U.S.
The album featured Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Robbie Robertson (ex-The Band), Robert Wyatt (ex-Soft Machine), Youssou N'Dour, Art Lindsay, and many other guests.
The songs on the Japanese version differ from those on the international version, and this time the Japanese version has been chosen at the artist's own request.
About half of the songs on the album are covers, including two Okinawan folk songs and "We Love You" by The Rolling Stones.
The cover photo was taken by Albert Watson.