SOUND OF SCIENCE

Sato turns sequencers, digital keyboards and intricate vocal layers into humane machine soul, a sleek mid-eighties studio record with warmth inside every circuit.

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FULL TRACKLIST

SIDE A

A1Sound of Science2:29
A2Angeline3:45
A3Universal Love4:32
A4Borderland4:47
A5The Fall in Love4:23

SIDE B

B1I Want to Hold Your Hand3:47
B2Romancing Night4:14
B3Something in the Air4:17
B4Uchu no Etranger3:36

RELEASE DETAILS

LABEL: Alfa
COUNTRY: Japan
FORMAT: LP · 33⅓ RPM
CATALOG NO.: ALR-28093
PRESSING: Japanese original

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

Released in 1986, SOUND OF SCIENCE represents Hiroshi Sato at his most completely absorbed in the possibilities of mid-eighties studio technology. Sequencers, digital keyboards, programmed rhythm, layered vocals, and electronic processing are central to the album, yet the music never becomes a cold demonstration of equipment. The title track establishes the record’s technological character immediately, while “Angeline,” “Universal Love,” “Borderland,” “Romancing Night,” and “Uchu no Etranger” move between synth-soul, electro-funk, AOR, and more atmospheric electronic pop. Sato’s strength is the way he humanizes machinery. Chords remain warm and harmonically rich, vocals are layered with almost choir-like softness, and programmed rhythm is shaped for feel rather than mechanical exactness alone. Compared with the spacious Awakening, SOUND OF SCIENCE is denser and more overtly digital, reflecting the rapid change in recording technology across just four years. Yet the underlying identity is unmistakably the same: Sato uses new tools to deepen his own musical language rather than simply follow fashion.