At the time, Taniguchi was a "private dealer" who sold records online, while Tiller hadn't yet founded Music from Memory.

[2] Over time, a tradition of intelligent dance music would begin to take shape, and the genre soon "resonated with Japanese producers as they prepared to build their own scene from the ground up.

"[5] After his death, Taniguchi found it difficult to finish the compilation album: "With only around 20 minutes per side and so many long tracks, it felt like solving a puzzle with no answer.

[12] Shy Clara Thompson, writing for Pitchfork, wrote that the album "tells the story of how Japanese DJs and dancers found their own way to the dancefloor" and noted the track list's "Many early adopters of Japanese house and techno" who were, at first, "outsiders to dance music."

[3] Test Pressing stated that the compilation album, along with many others, "was the perfect music for coming home to after the party or just generally getting lost in full stop.

The publication likened its "intelligent techno" to that of releases by Warp Records, as well as Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85–92.