MUJI BGM 1980-2000 (disc a)
01. Original BGM.mp3
02. TALKING -BGM ver.-.mp3
03. 冬の夜.mp3
04. 星の子供たち.mp3
05. 星群の船.mp3
06. 星のささやき.mp3
07. 天の川.mp3
08. 星たしのラグタイム.mp3
09. 星たちの眠る頃.mp3
10. 流れ星.mp3
MUJI BGM 1980-2000 (disc b)
01. モダンパストラル - 夏の手掛かり～小卓の夢.mp3
02. モダンパストラル - オリーブ風.mp3
03. Dr.Kプロジェクト - Leona.mp3
04. Dr.Kプロジェクト - To,To,To,Walking.mp3
05. Dr.Kプロジェクト - Cape Light.mp3
06. Dr.Kプロジェクト - Pelican in the park.mp3
07. 配島邦明 - bicolore livre.mp3
08. 配島邦明 - color tote.mp3
09. 配島邦明 - tiny pet.mp3
10. 配島邦明 - banal look.mp3
11. 配島邦明 - mignard,e divan.mp3
12. 配島邦明 - pave ring.mp3
MUJI BGM 1980-2000 (disc c)
01. [春夏編]Akogare.mp3
02. [春夏編]Samba.mp3
03. [春夏編]鏡の上の波.mp3
04. [春夏編]Deja-vu.mp3
05. [春夏編]In the Forest.mp3
06. [秋冬編]Bug's Dance.mp3
07. [秋冬編]Funny Strut.mp3
08. [秋冬編]Julian.mp3
09. [秋冬編]Rio.mp3
10. [秋冬編]Crow's Eye.mp3
Muji started out as a small stationery store in Japan and gradually evolved to become this huge company that sells all sorts of things, from furniture to clothing to candy to bikes. Everything in Muji is unbranded, natural-looking and pleasantly minimal. What strange, wonderful things will they make today? A notebook with pretty lines that help keep you organized? A wall-mounted CD player that starts up with the pull of a string? All their items are crafty, kitschy, very Japanese and very lovely indeed.
Even just walking into a Muji store transports you into a new land. That the store itself is color co-ordinated is not a surprise but everything in the store is, not just color co-ordinated, but simply co-ordinated, feeling like irreplacable pieces in a puzzle, which, when put together, becomes a picture of a beautiful natural landscape with breezy fields and smiling people.
One of the biggest defining factors of the Muji experience, for me, is actually the wonderful music they play. They don't use standard elevator muzak but commission musicians to create actual background music to enhance the environment. The music is very, very Muji. Clean, modern and natural, unintrusive, somehow painting everything in cream, maroon and cardboard tones... It gives you the strangest kind of store-bought serenity.
So, when I saw that they were actually selling their background music, I went out of my mind with joy. Now, you too can take Muji with you wherever you go! Put in on in your house and watch it get more spacious! Listen to it while you lie on the grass and watch the sunlight diffuse! Listen to it when you're taking the train and watch your destination change to Tokyo!
This is really some of the most perfect ambient music ever made. If Brian Eno gave us an immense, gorgeous imaginary airport with Ambient 1: Music For Airports, then Muji turns the whole world into an extension of a Muji store. Which is, honest-to-God, not as bad as it sounds. Not bad at all! Just because we hate consumer culture doesn't mean we have to hate people who make wonderful things and sell them right?? Hell, William Gibson swore by their toothpaste!
Anyway here's the Muji BGM 1980 - 2000 box set. It took me a long time to upload. Enjoy.
Muji BGM 1980 - 2000 part 1
Muji BGM 1980 - 2000 part 2
Muji BGM 1980 - 2000 part 3
Muji BGM 1980 - 2000 part 4
