Future Listening!

{{Infobox album

| name = Future Listening!

| type = studio

| artist = Towa Tei

| cover = Future Listening! album cover.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1994|10|21}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = {{flatlist|

• VU
• Sedic and Paradise East (Tokyo)
• Axis, Skyline, and Chung King (New York)

}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Downtempo{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4152186-a-beginners-guide--shibuya-kei|title=A Beginner's Guide: Shibuya Kei|website=Drowned in Sound|first=Samuel|last=Rosean|date=December 29, 2018|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618084829/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4152186-a-beginners-guide--shibuya-kei|archive-date=June 18, 2021|url-status=live}}
• Shibuya-kei

}}

| length = {{duration|m=52|s=39}}

| label = For Life

| producer = Towa Tei

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Sweet Robots Against the Machine

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Future Listening!

| type = studio

| single1 = Technova

| single1date = March 1, 1995{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/24459/products/115905/1/|title=Technova {{!}} TOWA TEI|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}

| single2 = Luv Connection

| single2date = September 12, 1995{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/luv-connection-mw0001885902|title=Luv Connection – Towa Tei|publisher=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=December 11, 2020}}

| single3 = Batucada

| single3date = 1996{{cite web|url=http://www.towatei.com/past/|title=Towa Tei Main Works|publisher=towatei.com|access-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205030010/http://www.towatei.com/past/|archive-date=February 5, 2006|url-status=dead}}

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/future-listening-mw0000644046|title=Future Listening – Towa Tei|publisher=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=October 29, 2017}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = A−{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/1995/04/14/future-listening/|title=Future Listening|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Dimitri|last=Ehrlich|date=April 14, 1995|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175314/http://ew.com/article/1995/04/14/future-listening/|archive-date=June 24, 2018|url-status=dead}}

}}

Future Listening! is the debut studio album by Japanese music producer Towa Tei, released on October 21, 1994 by For Life Music.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/24459/products/115496/1/|title=Future Listening! {{!}} TOWA TEI|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 20, 2022|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fujitv.co.jp/FACTORY/CS0140/0005pro.html|title=Factory #0140 Towa Tei – Profile|publisher=Fuji TV|access-date=October 29, 2017|language=ja}} It is Tei's first release after his departure from Deee-Lite. The album was released in the United States on April 25, 1995 by Elektra Records.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LC0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41|title=Towa Tei: Future Listening|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=21|first=Heidi|last=MacDonald|author-link=Heidi MacDonald|date=May 1995|access-date=December 11, 2020|page=41}}

Produced by Tei, Future Listening! includes collaborations with artists such as Joi Cardwell, Bebel Gilberto, Arto Lindsay, MC Kinky, Hiroshi Takano, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Toshihiko Mori, Satoshi Tomiie, Yuichi Oki of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, and Pizzicato Five vocalist Maki Nomiya.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/future-listening-mw0000644046/credits|title=Future Listening – Towa Tei {{!}} Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 22, 2011}} The album peaked at number 50 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Both "Luv Connection" (featuring Cardwell on vocals) and "Technova" (remixed by Josh Wink) were top 30 hits on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1995.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/towa-tei/chart-history/dance-club-play-songs|title=Towa Tei Chart History (Dance Club Songs)|website=Billboard|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102062233/https://www.billboard.com/music/towa-tei/chart-history/dance-club-play-songs|archive-date=January 2, 2019|url-status=dead}}

In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan placed Future Listening! at number 59 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/finally_100_greatest_japanese_rock_albums_of_all_time|title=Finally! 'The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time' Listed|website=Exclaim!|first=Cam|last=Lindsay|date=November 14, 2007|access-date=October 29, 2017}} The 2007 reissue of the album peaked at number 73 on the Oricon Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/24459/products/703226/1/|title=Future Listening! {{!}} TOWA TEI|publisher=Oricon|access-date=October 29, 2017|language=ja}}