Virgo

𝙒𝙍𝙒𝙏𝙁𝙒𝙒 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩-𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙮𝙡 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙑𝙞𝙧𝙜𝙤’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 "𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝘾𝙤𝙙𝙚", 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 1998, 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 45𝙧𝙥𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙇𝙋 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙫𝙚.

Originally issued only on CD via Tokyo’s cult label FORM@ RECORDS, Landform Code is a luminous work of smooth, melodic Detroit-inspired techno, delicately infused with touches of acid, ambient and IDM. Dreamy yet driving, organic yet futuristic, the record captures a late-’90s moment when electronic music reached for both body and soul.

Across twelve tracks, Virgo builds lush atmospheres and hypnotic rhythms that stand proudly alongside the era’s finest explorations from B12, The Black Dog, Ian O’Brien, and Warp’s Artificial Intelligence series. The album honors these influences while carving its own distinct path, radiating warmth, textural depth and emotional resonance that place it firmly in the lineage of soulful electronic music.

This long-awaited reissue appears simultaneously with Virgo’s 1999 follow-up Remnants, both drawn from FORM@’s revered vaults and supervised by the original label. Together they inaugurate WRWTFWW’s collaboration with FORM@, a project that will continue with first-time vinyl releases of the cult compilations Art Form I (1997), Art Form 2 (1998), and Re-Form Ver-1.0 (1999).

A true hidden treasure of Japanese techno history, Landform Code finally emerges on vinyl, a timeless document of machines with emotions and a testament to the soulful pulse at the heart of the late ’90s underground.