Kei, 2 a.m., Shibuya
SHIBUYA '84 belonged to a student cramming for entrance exams, with Night Piano on 88.0 and rain on the window.
SHIBUYA '84 is a black moulded set with a vacuum-fluorescent window that glows mint green. Its first owner was Kei, a student cramming for university entrance exams in Tokyo in 1984.
Kei studied late. The note tucked behind the set is written on a cassette label in smudged ballpoint, and the station it circles is 88.0, Night Piano.
88.0 after midnight. Rain on the window, maths on the desk. If you hear a voice under the piano around 2 a.m., it's not just you.
Three stations and a room
Morning Acoustic on 79.5, City Pop Easy on 84.2 and Night Piano on 88.0. The room is rain on the awning, the sound Kei worked to every wet night that autumn.
SHIBUYA '84 is free in Dial. Turn it on, find 88.0, and see how late you last.