[OFFICE MUSIC PT.94]

The 94th APPLEBUM Office Music playlist is by "Muneo Sakaguchi."

【Name】
MUNEO

【Title】
Co-Founder of APPLEBUM

【Hometown】
Tokyo

【About the Playlist and Song Selection】　
The 90s in New York were overflowing with great songs.
However, this playlist is not a "collection of great songs."

At that time, hardcore was the absolute value.
I'm not talking about violence.
I'm talking about music.

Is the sound dark?
Is the beat heavy?
Is it UNDERGROUND?

In the car, I'd play mix tapes or albums on cassette.
When walking or on the train, I'd have my Walkman in my pocket.

Music wasn't something you consumed one song at a time.
An album was meant to be experienced from beginning to end, like a movie, a story.

Tracks so short they couldn't even be called songs.
Just a few tens of seconds of shouting to friends.
Songs made up solely of answering machine messages, not rap or singing.

That kind of "playfulness" and "realism" was just incredibly cool.

With my hood pulled deep over my head,
chewing on flavored twigs sold in New York,
I'd walk through Shibuya in Timberlands.

There weren't many people like that,
but strangely, I naturally met people who had the same vibe.
It was truly a feeling of shared values.

It all brings back memories,
but there are still nights when I drive home with the music blasting.

NY Sound suits winter.

I hope you'll listen to it all the way through, from beginning to end.