This came out in 1998 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“This is recycled material,” a sampled female voice announces at the start of this debut disc by Fantastic Plastic Machine, masterminded by Tokyo DJ Tomoyuki Tanaka.
That voice isn’t lying — Tanaka has tossed everything from ’60s beat records and kitschy Muzak to old bossa nova into the mix. But he ends up with more than the sum of his parts. These retro-hip ditties share a space-age bachelor pad with Cornelius, Austin Powers, Pizzicato Five and Stereolab.
