

Music
Various – Laronte
Back in 1991, Hisa Ishioka joined forces with New York's King Street Sounds to launch BPM Records, a label largely dedicated to exploring the potential of Japanese deep house. The label's first release was La Ronde, an expansive double-pack containing material from some of the Japanese scene's brightest lights, and a smattering of US producers (most notably Pal Joey, whose dreamy and melodious 'Harmony' remains a highlight). Here the package gets a timely reissue, allowing a new generation of house heads to bask in the spine-tingling beauty of killer cuts from Soichi Terada (alongside an impressive cast-list of collaborators), Toshihki Mori (the new Jersey-influenced loveliness of 'Cold Sweat') and Men From The East (the brilliant 'Midnight Cowboy', which predictably samples John Barry's harmonica-laden theme from the film of the same name).
Back in 1991, Hisa Ishioka joined forces with New York's King Street Sounds to launch BPM Records, a label largely dedicated to exploring the potential of Japanese deep house. The label's first release was La Ronde, an expansive double-pack containing material from some of the Japanese scene's brightest lights, and a smattering of US producers (most notably Pal Joey, whose dreamy and melodious 'Harmony' remains a highlight). Here the package gets a timely reissue, allowing a new generation of house heads to bask in the spine-tingling beauty of killer cuts from Soichi Terada (alongside an impressive cast-list of collaborators), Toshihki Mori (the new Jersey-influenced loveliness of 'Cold Sweat') and Men From The East (the brilliant 'Midnight Cowboy', which predictably samples John Barry's harmonica-laden theme from the film of the same name).