[CD] Summer-drive Chillout Breeze

⚪︎"Chillout Breeze" is a compilation series that brings together special, comfortable music that will have you chilling out to a mellow and groovy sound while feeling a pleasant breeze. It is supervised and selected by Toru Hashimoto (SUBURBIA), who has worked on many popular compilations such as "Free Soul," "Cafe Apres-midi," "Mellow Beats," "Good Mellows," "Jazz Supreme," "Landscapes with Music," and the "Incense Music" series, and is brought to you by the supreme collaboration of FJD (artwork) and Calm (mastering).

⚪︎The first release, "Seaside Chillout Breeze," and the second release, "Sunset Chillout Breeze," are now on sale on CD, digital download, LP, and 7-inch single.
The third installment in the series, "Summer-drive Chillout Breeze," will be released on CD on July 16, 2025!
This is a wonderful lifestyle compilation of specially selected comfortable music that will make you feel the pleasant breeze while driving in the summer. Eight new cover songs have been recorded specifically for this compilation under the supervision of Toru Hashimoto.

The album includes fantastic covers by a number of renowned artists, including Kaji Hideki's cover of HAIM's "Summer Girl," Sogabe Keiichi's cover of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers' "That Summer Feeling," orange pekoe's cover of Koop's "Summer Sun," TAMTAM's cover of Sade's "Love Is Stronger Than Pride," Nishidera Gota's cover of Smokey Robinson/D'Angelo's "Cruisin'," lo-key design's cover of Remy Shand's "Rocksteady," haruka nakamura's cover of Nick Holder's "Summer Daze" (based on the Pat Metheny Group's "Slip Away"), and Sekiguchi Shingo's cover of Ben Watt's "North Marine Drive." It also includes gems selected by Hashimoto Toru, including masterpieces by Chari Chari, Calm, Nujabes, Minami Yoshitaka, and more!

⚪︎With a beautiful jacket designed by Jiro Fujita (FJD) and superb mastering by Calm that focuses on the sound image, this superb compilation has been completed.

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01. Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko / One Half Of A Dream
02. ALA.NI / Summer Meadows
03. Labi Siffre / Summer Is Coming
04. Kaoru Inoue presents Chari Chari / Aurora
05. Calm / Sitting On The Beach
06. Anne Thomas / Summer Samba
07. Damian Lemar Hudson / Voyger Drive
08. Mia Doi Todd / Summer Lover
09. Kaji Hideki / Summer Girl *New recording
10. Keiichi Sogabe / That Summer Feeling *New recording
11. orange pekoe / Summer Sun *New recording
12. Shingo Sekiguchi / North Marine Drive *New recording
13. TAMTAM / Love Is Stronger Than Pride *New recording
14. Gota Nishidera / Cruisin' *New recording
15. lo-key design / Rocksteady *New recording
16. haruka nakamura / Summer Daze (Saudade Rework) *New recording
17. Nujabes / After Hanabi -Listen To My Beats-
18. Minami Yoshitaka / Women in Summer Clothes

■Title: Summer-drive Chillout Breeze
■Artist: VA (Supervision and selection: Toru Hashimoto / Artwork: Jiro Fujita / Mastering: Calm)
■ Release date: Friday, July 16, 2025
■Price: ¥2,970 (tax included) (¥2,700 (tax excluded))
■Product number: IMWCD-1780