Sound Museum

Infobox Album |
Name = Sound Museum
Type = Album
Artist = Towa Tei


Released = 1998
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Electronica
Length =
Label = Elektra Records
Producer = Towa Tei
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rmouaknkjm3v link]
* Pitchfork Media (7.1) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22477-sound-museum links]
Last album = "Future Listening!"
(1995)
This album = "Sound Museum"
(1998)
Next album = "Sweet Robots Against the Machine"
(1999)

"Sound Museum" is the second solo album from Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei, released in 1998.

Similar to his debut album "Future Listening!", "Sound Museum" incorporates a variety of musical genres, including electronic, hip-hop and jazz. Also included is a bossa nova cover version of Daryl Hall and John Oates' number-one hit from 1981 "Private Eyes". The first single "Happy" contains a sample of "Velas" by Quincy Jones.

Collaborators on "Sound Museum" include Kylie Minogue, Biz Markie, Amel Larrieux, Bahamadia, Mos Def, Bebel Gilberto and Yavahn.

Track listing

# "The Sound Museum" (Tei)
# "Time After Time" (Larrieux, Tei, Viv)
# "Happy" (Bahamadia, Tei, Viv)
# "BMT" (Biz Markie, Mos Def, Tei)
# "Higher" (Tei, Yavahn)
# "Corridor" (Tei)
# "" (Minogue, Tei)
# "Tamilano" (Tei)
# "Private Eyes" (Allen, Allen, Hall, Pash)
# "Everything We Do Is Music"(Tei)