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01. Yutaka Hirose - Reflection
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02. Yutaka Hirose - Fluctuation
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03. Yutaka Hirose - Light From Clouds
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04. Yutaka Hirose - Air To Feel Outside
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05. Yutaka Hirose - Inner Voice
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01. Yutaka Hirose - Looking Back
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02. Yutaka Hirose - The Breath Of Cyberspace
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03. Yutaka Hirose - Babel's Library
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04. Yutaka Hirose - Cross Section Of The Underground
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05. Yutaka Hirose - Voice From Past Technology
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06. Yutaka Hirose - Study For Scientists
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ARTIST
HIROSE, YUTAKA
TITLE
Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
WRWTFWW RECORDS
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 066LP
WRWTFWW 066LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
9/16/2022
2024 restock; double LP version. WRWTFWW Records announce the release of
Yutaka Hirose
's never-heard before 11-track collection
Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989
, with liner notes from the artist.
Trace
is a collection of 11 unreleased tracks produced by Yutaka Hirose between 1986 and 1989, during the Sound Process Design sessions, right after the release of his classic
Soundscape
series album
Nova
. Sound Process Design was
Satoshi Ashikawa
's label, home of the
Wave Notation
trilogy (
Hiroshi Yoshimura
's
Music For Nine Postcards
,
Satsuki Shibano
's
Erik Satie 1866-1925
, and Satoshi Ashikawa's
Still Way
). Following
Wave Notation
, Sound Process Design worked with museums, cafes, and bars to create site-specific soundscapes, starting with the sound design of the Kushiro Museum. Yutaka Hirose was called to work on these projects. Rather than simply providing pre-recorded compositions, Hirose sought to create a "sound scenery". To achieve this, he participated in the conception of the space and paid particular attention to the accidental combination of sounds by placing the speakers, using a multi-sound source, and following the concept of "sculpturing time through sound". The composer explains: "sculpturing time through sound means that time, the space itself, the sound played in it, and the audience all become one sculpture. It is close to the idea of a Japanese tea ceremony where you use all of your five (or six) senses to taste the tea."
Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989
is divided into two parts.
The Reflection
segment is based on an ambient soundscape. It narrates "a sleep that starts with the sound of water droplets at dawn and slowly disappears into darkness" and feels like a natural and soothing progression of
Nova
. It was played in entrance halls, at events, in cafes and bars. The "Voice From Past Technology" segment expresses the dream world born out of that sleep and is based on what Yukata Hirose calls hardcore ambient, environmental music with a noise approach. It was played in museums and science centers. All in all,
Trace
is a crucial addition to every Japanese environmental music fan's collection, alongside
Midori Takada
's
Through The Looking Glass
(WRWTFWW 019CD/LP), Hiroshi Yoshimura's
Green
, Satoshi Ashikawa's
Still Way
(WRWTFWW 030CD/LP),
Motohiko Hamase
's
Notes of Forestry
(WRWTFWW 034CD/LP),
Inoyamaland
's
Danzindan-Pojidon
(WRWTFWW 040LP), and Yutaka Hirose's very own
Nova
(WRWTFWW 028CD/LTD).
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