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Anteater · 01-11-2015, 10:30 PM

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In his dream that was not a dream, the Pacific coastline was congested in strange, translucent metal that swam the bright blue skies. His car was flying, propelled by energies unknown to him. The hood was down, the wind roaring in his ears as a gorgeous song filled his mind like a glass. Sparkling waves of sound, each chord sustained indefinitely above the waterline, a distant supercity wavering like a mirage where the horizon was clearest. His joy knew no bounds, and his journey went on and on without an end. Sailing through the skies to a divine soundtrack....

And then, without warning, Koko was awake in the present and the song was already out of memory. Disappointed and left with a feeling of melancholy that was hard to put into words, he remembered he was seated along with countless others on an international flight to Okinawa, Japan.

"The women over there are the best," Amadeus had told him the following morning after his run in with Leroy. "There's some very promising artists over there, and I've already made a few calls. You'll be meeting our rep over there and get the lay of the land. Find someone we can do an English recording for that will dominate smooth music for the next few years!"

He had laughed alongside his boss at that moment, but Koko wasn't quite as thrilled on the inside. He would have preferred Europe before Japan or Korea or, God forbid, The Philippines.

"This is your captain speaking. We are three hours out from Iejima Airport. Skies are clear, turbulance is minimal. Thank you for choosing Republic Airlines".

It was a slightly odd feeling having to think of someone else as "captain" for any length of time, especially when you'd owned your own boat as long as Koko had. That being said, this flight has passed like a cloud over the sea and soon he would smell a new surf and behold a beautiful new place he had never been before.

With thoughts like that floating in his mind, Koko peacefully drifted off to sleep again for the final leg of the journey, hoping to once again be thrown into that dream beyond memory...

Greeen Linez - Hibiscus Pacific (from Things That Fade, 2012)

A purely instrumental, heavenly slice of hi-tech yacht rock from the modern age. Warm beds of synth bounce along to a gated reverb drum sample, accompanied by something resembling a tropical xylophone that weaves in and out of the mix like some lost Californian specter. Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff. It's a song equally Westcoast-AOR and the beach pop of 80's Japan, a genre I'll be delving into in future installments of this journal. For now though, make do with this electronic music duo and their uncanny ability to evoke smooth music's sunkissed past in all its glory.