Sounds of Tokyo
Tokyo moves in contrasts.
Quiet side streets humming beneath electric towers. Vending machine light against rain-soaked pavement. Jazz bars hidden below ramen shops. The stillness of early morning temples giving way to neon reflections after midnight.
This playlist was created as a companion to Neon Moon, a soundtrack for the city that inspired it.
There’s something cinematic about Tokyo at night. The feeling of movement without urgency. Late trains. Flickering signage. Vinyl bars. Warm air drifting through open alleyways in Shinjuku. The sense that the city is always awake somewhere, even when everything around you feels suspended in time.
The tracks move between dreamlike electronica, synth-heavy nostalgia and soft after-hours rhythm, music for wandering without destination.
Press play while getting ready for the evening, driving through the city after dark, or simply when you want to disappear somewhere else for a while.
Listen on Spotify
Khalid - Skyline
Kavinsky - Nightcall
College, Electric Youth - A Real Hero
Chromatics - Tick Of The Clock
Desire - Under Your Spell
Daft Punk - Veridis Quo
Chromatics - Cherry
Miami Horror - Sometimes
Chromatics - Shadow
New Order - Blue Monday
Télépopmusik, Angela McCluskey - Breathe
Washed Out - Feel It All Around
Kid Francescoli, Julia Minkin - Moon (And It Went Like)
Cannons - Fire for You
Daft Punk - Voyager
Tame Impala - Is It True
Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better
Daft Punk - Face to Face
Paradis - Toi Et Moi
Toro y Moi - Rose Quartz
Miami Horror, Kimbra - I Look to You
Theophilus London, Tame Impala - Only You
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
Blood Orange, Samantha Urbani - You're Not Good Enough
Washed Out - New Theory
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Caribou - Can't Do Without You
Hot Chip - Flutes
Tokyo after dark, bottled into sound.
