Warm synth tones drifting upward like a hot air balloon catching a thermal. Kaze no Notam is Artdink's 1997 PS1 balloon flight sim, and this long-overdue official soundtrack release captures its ahead-of-its-time electronic sound.
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"Tranquility" and "Nature" sit in ambient electronica territory that predates the genre's indie explosion by a decade. "Dry Wind" pushes into subtle house textures, while "Solitude" goes full vaporwave before vaporwave existed.
"Out Of Fuel" introduces real tension into an otherwise meditative collection. Cover art by city pop painter Hiroshi Nagai. The whole thing sounds like it was beamed in from a cooler, calmer future. If you dig PS1-era ambient games like Aquanaut's Holiday, this is the lost sibling you never knew about.