KISSA 79 — Japanese Jazz-Funk, Rhodes & Analog Electronica | Listening Room Mix

KISSA 79 imagines a hidden Tokyo listening room in 1979 — walnut speakers, glowing tube amplifiers, shelves of vinyl, strong coffee and a sound system turned up just enough to make the room breathe. Across 15 instrumental tracks, Japanese jazz-funk meets broken beat and restrained analog electronica. Rhodes, Clavinet, warm electric bass, dry live drums, clean jazz guitar and vibraphone remain at the center, while mono synths, tape machines and subtle sequencers gradually enter the room. The music avoids glossy city-pop nostalgia and lo-fi clichés. Instead, KISSA 79 leans into the physical feel of a small hi-fi room: records being selected, amplifiers warming up, rain gathering on the glass, meters pushing into the red and the energy rising as Side B begins. The album starts slowly, builds through increasingly intricate jazz-funk grooves, reaches its strongest peaks around Meter Red and Side B Burn, then settles into a warmer late-night closing section. Each visual remains inside the same listening room, with only small changes in lighting, objects, weather and equipment from track to track. TRACKLIST 00:00 Kissa 79 03:32 Walnut Speakers 06:08 Needle Drop 09:11 Cedar Steps 12:15 Shoji Light 14:44 Second Cup 17:26 Back Room 19:58 Tape Counter 29:00 Meter Red 25:46 Rain on Glass 29:00 Paper Shade 31:47 Low Shelf 34:58 Brass Dial 38:02 Side B Burn 41:03 Half Past Eleven ────────────── SOUND PALETTE Rhodes & Clavinet Warm electric bass Dry live drums Broken beat rhythms Clean jazz guitar Vibraphone Muted brass Occasional sax & flute Analog mono synth Reel-to-reel tape texture Tube amplifier warmth ────────────── TONE & TONIC Genres blended. Atmospheres poured. Tone & Tonic explores original musical worlds built from genres, places, eras and imagined atmospheres. Music and visuals are developed through human creative direction, musical production decisions and AI-assisted creative tools. © Tone & Tonic. All rights reserved. #JapaneseJazz #JazzFunk #BrokenBeat