Future Listening!

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Future Listening!
Studio album by Towa Tei
Released	1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Shibuya-kei Electronica
Label	Elektra Records
Producer	Towa Tei
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— Future Listening! (1995) Sound Museum (1998)

Future Listening! is the debut solo album from Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei. It was Tei's first release after his departure from dance music act Deee-Lite.

The album incorporates an array of musical styles, including electronic, bossa nova, house, jazz and pop. Produced by Tei, Future Listening! includes collaborations with artists such as Joi Cardwell, Bebel Gilberto, MC Kinky, Hiroshi Takano, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Toshihiko Mori, Satoshi Tomiie, Yuichi Oki of Tokyo Sky Paradise Orchestra and Pizzicato Five vocalist Maki Nomiya.

Both "Luv Connection" (featuring Cardwell on vocals) and "Technova" (remixed by Josh Wink) were top-thirty hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1995.

The Electric Sitar part on "Son of Bambi" is an interpolation of Richie Havens' song "Something Else Again", replayed by Hiroshi Takano.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Want to Relax, Please!" (Tei)
2. "Technova (La em Copacabana)" (Gilberto, Tei)
3. "Batucada" (Fujii, Gilberto, Tei, Valle)
4. "Luv Connection" (Cardwell, Tei)
5. "Meditation!" (Diggs, Tei)
6. "Raga Musgo" (Tei)
7. "Son of Bambi (Walk Tuff)" (Geary, Mori, Tei)
8. "La Douce Vie (Amai Seikatsu)" (Konishi, Nokko, Tei)
9. "Obrigado" (Lindsay, Tei)
10. "Dubnova (Part 1 & 2)" (Gilberto, Tei)