Toshifumi Hinata – Chat D'Ete

📀 Product Details
Year	1986
Country	Japan
Label	Alfa – ALR-28077
Media	EX- (Plays EX)
Sleeve	EX (w/Insert)
Obi	EX

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Japan Original Pressing.

A beautifully atmospheric 1986 Japanese ambient masterpiece — minimal piano, drifting synthesizers and Balearic rhythm creating a strangely romantic world suspended between Europe and Japan.

Toshifumi Hinata’s second album moves through ambient, minimalism and atmospheric electronics with an unusually cinematic sense of space. Rather than simply creating “healing music,” Hinata gives each synthesizer and piano phrase its own voice, leaving enormous room around the melodies.

“Atarashii Yubokumin” is a beautiful Japanese Balearic deep cut, while “S no Shozo” unfolds through hypnotic minimal repetition. “Ikoku no Onnatachi” carries a mysterious, almost European melancholy, and “Ao no Jidai” adds a darker, tango-like elegance.

Romantic, slightly decadent and quietly experimental — one of Toshifumi Hinata’s most distinctive early works, and a beautiful bridge between Japanese ambient, minimalism and Balearic sound.

$65.00 USD

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Grade	Description
S (Sealed)	Still sealed in factory wrap. Never played.
M (Mint)	Perfect condition. Looks unplayed with no signs of use. Typically used for records that are brand new or opened but never played.
EX (Excellent)	Very clean. May have light scuffs or hairline marks, but plays perfectly.
VG+ (Very Good Plus)	Minor wear, light surface noise, no major flaws — a solid average used copy.
VG (Very Good)	Visible wear and surface noise. Plays through without skipping.
G+ (Good Plus)	Heavily used. Significant wear or scratches, but still playable.

+ / − may be added to indicate slight variations (e.g. VG+, EX−).

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