Music for Commercials

by Yasuaki Shimizu

Music for Commercials cover art

Originally composed as brief television advertisements, this collection of electronic miniatures is a brilliantly surreal artifact of Japan's bubble era. Yasuaki Shimizu merges traditional Japanese instrumentation with futuristic synthesizers and digital samplers, creating deeply hypnotic, repetitive earworms. The album transcends its commercial origins to become a playful, avant-garde masterpiece of ambient minimalism.

Genres

  • Electronic
  • Jingles
  • Library Music

Tracklist

  1. Tachikawa
  2. Seiko 1
  3. Seiko 2
  4. Sen-Nen 1
  5. Ricoh 1
  6. Seiko 3
  7. Boutique Joy
  8. Seiko 4
  9. Ricoh 2
  10. Laox
  11. Shiseido
  12. Seiko 5
  13. Sharp
  14. Sen-Nen 2
  15. Honda
  16. Suntory
  17. Knorr
  18. Bridgestone 1
  19. Bridgestone 2
  20. Bridgestone 3
  21. Bridgestone 4
  22. Bridgestone 5
  23. Ka-Cho-Fu-Getsu
  24. Seibu