Sync of Stars

A masterpiece of Japanese city pop created with the concept of "TOKYO as seen from overseas"!

Singer Rie Aono, who established a new world in the Japanese AOR/city pop scene with her albums "PASTORAL" and "Rain or Shine", has completed her third album "TOKYO magic".

The ten fantastical and dazzling songs, created with the keyword "Tokyo as seen from overseas", follow the orthodox city pop of the '70s and '80s, while also having a comfortable feel that fits the modern Tokyo landscape.

In recent years, Japanese city pop, such as Miki Matsubara, Mariya Takeuchi, and Taeko Onuki, seems to be gaining popularity worldwide.
I admire their music and am greatly influenced by it.

I find it very interesting that songs from the '70s and '80s that had been forgotten in Japan for a while are discovered and enthusiastically received by people overseas. And I thought that the Tokyo that these people imagine when listening to city pop may be a city (TOKYO) that is a little different from the real Tokyo, filtered by a fantasy.

"Dreams, lies, and excitement... all sparkling magic of Tokyo"
In my imagination, This is the magic of TOKYO.

"Sync of Stars" is a super groovy song with Rie Aono's clear voice and the hip saxophone of Kenji Ise, known as a tour member of Yumi Matsutoya, driving the city night sky.