Borna Libertines Releases “120h to Tokyo” — An Eight-Track Techno LP Born from Six Months Living in Tokyo

New York artist brings synthesis, acid bass, and jazz saxophone into an uplifting portrait of Tokyo

120h to Tokyo Lp by Borna Libertines Cover Art

Borna Libertines, the New York-based collage graffiti artist and underground techno producer, announces the release of “120h to Tokyo,” an eight-track LP, on July 1, 2026. The album is the direct result of six months spent living in Tokyo — a city whose infrastructure, culture, and people left a deep enough impression to inspire every track on the record.

Recorded entirely on synthesizers, acid bass, and heavy kick — at 138 to 140 BPM, the album traces a specific emotional arc through the city. The title track opens on the electric anticipation of the journey and arrival. “This is Tokyo” weaves actual city sounds into the production: train station announcements, pedestrian crossing signals, convenience store textures. “Night over Tokyo,” the album’s longest track at 6:41, unfolds slowly from a piano-led groove into a late-night descent through izakaya alleys and small underground clubs. The record closes on “This is Tokyo (Extended),” a five-minute statement that brings the journey full circle.

Two tracks mark a significant expansion of the Borna Libertines sound. “Dancing with Tokyo” and “Tokyo shunshin desu” both feature live jazz saxophone, drawing directly on Tokyo’s deep and historically significant jazz bar culture. The collision of saxophone over acid bass at 140 BPM is not a stylistic novelty — it is the natural product of a city that places jazz and techno in close proximity and lets them share the same neighborhood.

“Tokyo operates at a frequency unlike any city I have spent extended time in. It’s not just the pace — it’s how jazz bars and techno clubs exist a few minutes apart, how the subway announcements feel almost musical, how precision and spontaneity share the same street. Spending six months there left something I had to resolve in music before I could explain it any other way.” – Borna Libertines

The cover is original collage artwork by the artist — halftone portraiture layered with Japanese typography (東京まで120時間: 120 Hours to Tokyo), rendered in deep crimson, black, and purple. It is consistent with the visual language of the Borna Libertines catalog, in which every release is a unified object: the sound and the image made by the same hand.

Tracklist:

• 1.  120h to Tokyo  —  4:10  —  140 BPM
• 2.  This is Tokyo  —  3:10  —  140 BPM
• 3.  Night over Tokyo  —  6:41  —  140 BPM
• 4.  Tokyo Freedom  —  3:12  —  140 BPM
• 5.  Dancing with Tokyo  —  4:03  —  138 BPM — featuring saxophone
• 6.  Tokyo shunshin desu  —  2:45  —  140 BPM — featuring saxophone
• 7.  Tokyo Right Now Tokyo Right Here  —  3:16  —  140 BPM featuring saxophone
• 8.  This is Tokyo (Extended)  —  5:07  —  140 BPM

Total runtime: 32:24

Release Information

Release Date:  July 1, 2026

Label:  Borna Libertines Records

Format:  Digital — streaming and download

BPM:  138–140

Genre:  Techno / Tokyo Techno

Mood:  Uplifting, urban

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