Haruomi Hosono - Omni Sight Seeing (WHITE VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

This was Haruomi Hosono's first studio album in four years since his last album, Endless Talking, and the first release since moving to Epic/Sony Records. This work was the result of sessions and collaborations with Arabian musicians, with an inclination towards the "world music" that was gaining attention at the time. Deployed often in pop culture as punchline, Hosono takes such sight-seeing and transforms it into a metaphor for sample-heavy electronic music, drawing from various cultures and weaving them together into a new holistic vision. Omni Sight Seeing is the clearest iteration of this concept, as he alights on Algerian raï, Martin Denny exotica, and acid house, too. It's one part Jon Hassell-esque Fourth World, one part Duke Ellington "jungle music," with Hosono's singular outlook running through it all.

Label: Victory – V25AH072
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Italy
Released: 2025
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo, Synth-pop, Ambient

A1        Esashi
Accordion – Zouhir Gouja
Backing Vocals [Backing Chorus] – Miharu Koshi
Featuring – Minyo Girls
Kakegoe [Ai-No-Te] – Masaya Honjo
Kanun [Quanoon] – Julien Weiss*
Musical Assistance [Orientation] – Hidetaro Honjo
Vocals [Chorus] – Masako Kawasaki, Masaya Honjo
Vocals [Main Vocal] – Kasumi Kimura
Written-By – Traditional
1:50
A2        Andadura
Accordion – Zouhir Gouja
Featuring – Amina
Kanun [Quanoon] – Julien Weiss*
Vocals [Arabic Vocal] – Amina Ben Mustapha
Vocals [Chorus] – Maria Kawamura, Miharu Koshi, Moro Fukuzawa
6:23
A3        Orgone Box
Vocals [Chorus] – Miharu Koshi
Voice – Harry Hosono*
6:05
A4        Ohenro-San
Piano [Prepared Piano] – Harry Hosono*
2:44
A5        Caravan
Saxophone – Yasuaki Shimizu
Synthesizer [DX-7] – Yasuo Kimoto
Vocals [Vocal In Japanese-English Style] – Harry Hosono*
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
4:16
A6        Retort
Accordion [Junior Hohner], Arranged By [Additional Arrangement] – Miharu Koshi
Celesta – Harry Hosono*
Orchestrated By [Orchestrations] – Kouji Ueno*
3:33
B1        Laugh-Gas
Accordion – Zouhir Gouja
Kanun [Quanoon] – Julien Weiss*
Synthesizer [Synthes] – Miharuomi
Vocals [Arabic Vocal] – Amina Ben Mustapha
Voice [French Voice] – Tomoko Nunoi
11:26
B2        Korendor
Piano – Hosonoid*
5:26
B3        Pleocene
Arranged By [Chorus Arrangement] – Hidetaro Honjo
Electric Piano – Miharu Koshi
Vocals – Harry Hosono*, Moro Fukuzawa
Vocals [Chorus] – Masako Kawasaki, Masaya Honjo
6:12
Artwork By – Keico Nishikawa, Takashi Miyagawa
Co-producer [Tokyo Recording, Production Assisted By] – Miharu Koshi
Computer [Tokyo Recording, Programmed By] – Yasuo Kimoto
Coordinator [Coordinated By] – Akira Yada
Directed By [Paris Recording, Directed By] – Martin Meissonnier
Executive-Producer – Yukio Morisaki
Lacquer Cut By – BG*
Liner Notes [解説] – 細野晴臣*
Management – Mayumi Yamaguchi
Mastered By – Mitsukazu Tanaka
Mixed By – Haruomi Hosono (tracks: 2, 8), Yoshifumi Iio (tracks: 1, 3 to 7, 9)
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Koji Okada (tracks: 2, 8), Yoshinori Kaji (tracks: 1, 3 to 7, 9)
Photography By [Photo] – Syoichi Kondo*
Producer, Written-By – Haruomi Hosono
Recorded By [Paris Recording, Recorded By] – Herve Lecoz*
Recorded By [Tokyo Recording, Recorded By] – Hiroshi Haraguchi, Katsutoshi Shimada
Remastered By – Yoshinori Sunahara
Technician [Tokyo Recording, Equipments] – Hiroshi Mizuide
Technician [Tokyo Recording, Synclavier Operated By] – Nobuo Sawada

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: LP Clear
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: AMBIENT
• Format Type: LP
• Internal ID: JIT