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concert : 20-21 (japan) #ecjc 016 cd

toshi ichiyanagi / toshiro mayuzumi / toru takemitsu / mieko shiomi “concert : 20-21 • volume 16” compact disc

  • toshi ichiyanagi - music for piano #4 / music for piano #6 / for strings #2 ~ (9:20)
  • toshiro mayuzumi - metamusic for piano, violin, saxophone and conductor (6:22)
  • intermission (0:17)
  • toru takemitsu - blue aurora for toshi ichiyanagi (17:04)
  • mieko shiomi - disappearing music for face (5:05)
  • mieko shiomi - falling event for a grand piano (10:35)
  • mieko shiomi - falling event = spatial poem version for narration, contrabass, soprano & piano (30:30)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "falling event for a grand piano"
... recording of the 16th concert in the “concert:20-21” series of events covering 20th/21st century work by japanese composers ... a very enjoyable set of largely piano-centric pieces from mieko shiomi, toshiro mayuzumi, toshi ichiyanagi, and toru takemitsu ... raucous banging & scrape throughout ...

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edition omega point archive series (japan) #opa 009 sp cd
omega point (japan) #opa 009 sp cd

toshi ichiyanagi / yoji kuri “obscure tape music of japan vol.9 special edition • drip music” book and compact disc set

  • drip music (24:18) 1974-2008
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "drip music"
august 2008 release ; last copies of this “special edition” of opa-009 ... comes in a reverse-printed (silver ink on black card-stock) sleeve with both kuri and ichiyanagi’s signatures gracing the first page of the booklet ...

again, one for the ichiyanagi / kuri / omega point collector / completist ; imho the music here is the draw (the disc for both the “regular” and “deluxe” versions is identical) ...
edition omega point archive series press release...

obscure tape music of japan vol.9
toshi ichiyanagi (sound) + yoji kuri (manga) "drip music"(book+cd)
edition omega point archive series opa-009

yoji kuri is an experimental animation artist in japan has acted since early 60's. his name is well-known not only by many works full of 'black humour' in 60's-70's, but also the sound materials were made by avant-garde composers (toru takemitsu, yoko ono, and others). this new edition is combined ichiyanagi's unpublished tape work (it was sleeping at kuri's studio 30 years) with kuri's written off fantastic manga work inspired by the sound. in 1966, "yabunirami no concert" (manga book with 7" single) was published by kuri privately. this "drip music" is similar style issue since then.

artist edition signed by both artists is available. limited to 100 copies and different cover.

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edition omega point archive series (japan) #opa 009 cd
omega point (japan) #opa 009 cd

toshi ichiyanagi / yoji kuri “obscure tape music of japan vol.9 • drip music” compact disc

  • drip music (24:18) 1974-2008
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "drip music"
august 2008 release ; ninth volume in osamu ibe’s fascinating survey of “obscure tape music of japan” ...

this time around, the disc contains only a single track : toshi ichiyanagi’s legendary 1974 piece “drip music” (completely spacious / spaced-out ring-modulator / prepared piano blasts, recorded far into-the-red) ... this is coupled with a 20-page booklet of themic / ”outsider” drawings by noted “experimental animation artist” yoji kuri & housed in a slate-grey cover-weight sleeve (breaking form w/the prior 8 volumes of the series) ...

reading (and re-reading) the book while listening to the piece is quite illuminating ... highly recommended !!!
edition omega point archive series press release...

obscure tape music of japan vol.9
toshi ichiyanagi (sound) + yoji kuri (manga) "drip music"(book+cd)
edition omega point archive series opa-009

yoji kuri is an experimental animation artist in japan has acted since early 60's. his name is well-known not only by many works full of 'black humour' in 60's-70's, but also the sound materials were made by avant-garde composers (toru takemitsu, yoko ono, and others). this new edition is combined ichiyanagi's unpublished tape work (it was sleeping at kuri's studio 30 years) with kuri's written off fantastic manga work inspired by the sound. in 1966, "yabunirami no concert" (manga book with 7" single) was published by kuri privately. this "drip music" is similar style issue since then.

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edition omega point archive series (japan) #opa 008 cd
omega point (japan) #opa 008 cd

toshi ichiyanagi “obscure tape music of japan vol.8 • electronic field” compact disc

  • electronic field (45:40) 1997
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march 2008 release ; the eighth volume of osamu ibe’s stunning “obscure tape music of japan” series, dealing in a single, long-form piece of live electronic music from toshi ichiyanagi (performing here on piano and what sounds like a ring-modulator), recorded during the "japanese experimental music 1960's" concert series ... impressively scattered playing, ranging from pointilist frequency exploration to full-on 88-tuned-drums blasting, presented in a fidelity familiar from any number of organum recordings ...

superlative work ; i had to do a double-take when i noticed that the performance in question dates back only a decade to 1997 and not much, much earlier (which is what your ears will undoubtedly tell you) - highly recommended !!!
edition omega point archive series press release...

obscure tape music of japan vol.8
toshi ichiyanagi "live performance - electronic field" (cd)
edition omega point archive series (opa-008)

this performance is a part of concert series "japanese experimental music 1960's" carried out at art tower mito in ibaraki. toshi ichiyanagi played improvisation on prepared piano and the sound was modulated by live-electronics. however he is a 'maestro' of contemporary music now, his quite non-declined experimentalism is appeared by this great and deep sound. also painter sadamasa motonaga (b.1922, a member of gutai) projected abstruct figures to walls of the space.

...

about the work

this performance is a part of concert series "japanese experimental music 1960's" carried out at art tower mito in ibaraki. toshi ichiyanagi played improvisation on prepared piano and the sound was modulated by live-electronics. also painter sadamasa motonaga (b.1922, a member of gutai) projected abstract figures to walls of the space.

note: this source was recorded at non-shut off gallery space and by general video camera. so please excuse some sound problems and background noise are in this recording.

photography: jun tazawa

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edition omega point archive series (japan) #opa 005 lp
omega point (japan) #opa 005 lp

toshi ichiyanagi “obscure tape music of japan vol.5 • music for tinguely” long playing record

  • toshi ichiyanagi - music for tinguely / 1963_10’01”
  • toshi ichiyanagi - appearance / 1967_20’36”
  • toshi ichiyanagi - music for living space / 1969_8’52”
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "appearance"
yes, you’re reading this correctly. this is the vinyl version of “obscure tape music of japan vol.5” - apparently there was also a vinyl version of the first volume, which is now, sadly, o/p ...

the layout is minimal (in fact it is a plain white sleeve with the print-work from the cd edition pasted-on), but the pressing of the lp is superb (as with most/all japanese pressings) - definitely a nice thing...
edition omega point archive series press release...
obscure tape music of japan vol.5
toshi ichiyanagi "music for tinguely"

ichiyanagi is best known composer for domestic and foreign avant-garde music fans. especially in his brilliant 60's, he made many great tape music. but most of them has not published on discs or issued for very small edition. this cd consists of his obscure three tape works. "music for tinguely" was made from junk objects of kinetic sculptor jean tinguely. "appearance" is live electronic music. it's not only premire performance but also john cage and david tudor participated in performance. very noisy and hard core!! "music for living space" was composed for inner space of 'sun tower' of world expo in osaka. computer generated voice reads architect kisyo kurokawa's manifest. strange!!
...

about the works toshi ichiyanagi

music for tinguely

i believe it was 1963 when well known kinetic sculptor jean tinguely first visited japan to give one man show by his original works at minami gallery where was the center of new art in tokyo at that time. i was looking forward to this exhibition because i knew his work of self-destroyed piano performance1 took place at moma's garden in new york in 1960.

after arriving in tokyo, tinguely was searching to collect scraps everyday. in those days we could still find broken fragments of machines here and there in tokyo. his exhibition consisted all by new works. with all of his works motors were installed and though they were made of scraps some gave poetic images whereas others were noise making machineries with violent actions. scrap machineries were reborn as thythmic sculptures and enchanted gallery visitors.

after seeing the show, i noticed that he was carefully treating the sculpture movement from the sound point of view also. i was fascinated and not able to stop my interest to make music out of those sculpture sounds. i asked for permission to both tinguely and minami gallery to use sounds. tinguely was miable person. he accepted my proposal and became interested in my composition. and one of the composition made of tinguely's kinetic sculpture sound is this "music for tinguely". the piece was composed at the studio of sogetsu art center where at this time was most cooperative place to new music.

appearance

in 1967, i was staying in new york for about 10 months with my wife and 2 years old son as a composer in residence under the invitation of jdr 3rd fund. my position was quite free so i was enjoying stimulating new york life by meeting friends of various fields, participating concerts of john cage and david tudor and the members of sonic arts union and so on.

one day i had a visitor in my apartment who was the composer and the professor of university of california in davis mr. larry austin. he told me that he recently established a music publisher "composers' edition" and he wishes to commision me a new work. i felt strong enthusiasm to new music on his talk, i willingly accepted his offer.
"appearance" was composed under such background while i was in new york and published on first issue of composers' edition.

the piece is live electronic music and written by graphic notation for electronic equipments and some instruments 2. in this cd, john cage performs in the roll of manipulating electronics and david tudor bandneon and some young violinist and trumpet players participated.

music for living space

the tower named "sun tower" was constructed at the festival plaza when world expo was held in osaka in 1970. the tower had 3 layers inside. representing past was located undeground floor, present on ground level and the future up in the air.

i was asked by producer noboru kawazoe and composer toshiro mayuzumi to compose the music of the future section. it came to my mind ro use the theory talk of architect kisyo kurokawa as a part of music with whom i was working together at the other pavillion and had intimate relation. i thought unique theory of kurokawa could become music inside the future section of sun tower environment. so in stead of his natural voice, i decided to compose artificially made computer voice. at the time of 1970, to make computer speak japanese required advanced technic thus it took me many hours before the piece completed.

1: "hommage to new york"
2: instruction of 3 instruments, 2 oscillators and ring modulators

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edition omega point archive series (japan) #opa 005 cd
omega point (japan) #opa 005 cd

toshi ichiyanagi “obscure tape music of japan vol.5 • music for tinguely” compact disc

  • toshi ichiyanagi - music for tinguely / 1963_10’01”
  • toshi ichiyanagi - appearance / 1967_20’36”
  • toshi ichiyanagi - music for living space / 1969_8’52”
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "appearance"
fifth and most recent title in this epic series documenting “obscure tape music of japan” ...

i sat in the library @ centre george pompidou and listened to the 7” of “music for tinguely” about 6 times in a row a few years back; it’s really one of the finest “lost” pieces of music concrète from japan (or anywhere else for that matter) - extremely glad to have it on disc! but the real eye/ear-opener here is the colossal noise piece “appearance”, recorded in 1967 in new york with john cage and david tudor - coming close to “wolfman” terrority in a few spots. this disc also contains ichiyanagi’s “music for living space” - a neat exposition of vocal-synthesis and electronic drone.

possible the best title in the series yet; if these keep coming for the next few years i will be a very happy man. highly recommended.
edition omega point archive series press release...
obscure tape music of japan vol.5
toshi ichiyanagi "music for tinguely"

ichiyanagi is best known composer for domestic and foreign avant-garde music fans. especially in his brilliant 60's, he made many great tape music. but most of them has not published on discs or issued for very small edition. this cd consists of his obscure three tape works. "music for tinguely" was made from junk objects of kinetic sculptor jean tinguely. "appearance" is live electronic music. it's not only premire performance but also john cage and david tudor participated in performance. very noisy and hard core!! "music for living space" was composed for inner space of 'sun tower' of world expo in osaka. computer generated voice reads architect kisyo kurokawa's manifest. strange!!
...

about the works toshi ichiyanagi

music for tinguely

i believe it was 1963 when well known kinetic sculptor jean tinguely first visited japan to give one man show by his original works at minami gallery where was the center of new art in tokyo at that time. i was looking forward to this exhibition because i knew his work of self-destroyed piano performance1 took place at moma's garden in new york in 1960.

after arriving in tokyo, tinguely was searching to collect scraps everyday. in those days we could still find broken fragments of machines here and there in tokyo. his exhibition consisted all by new works. with all of his works motors were installed and though they were made of scraps some gave poetic images whereas others were noise making machineries with violent actions. scrap machineries were reborn as thythmic sculptures and enchanted gallery visitors.

after seeing the show, i noticed that he was carefully treating the sculpture movement from the sound point of view also. i was fascinated and not able to stop my interest to make music out of those sculpture sounds. i asked for permission to both tinguely and minami gallery to use sounds. tinguely was miable person. he accepted my proposal and became interested in my composition. and one of the composition made of tinguely's kinetic sculpture sound is this "music for tinguely". the piece was composed at the studio of sogetsu art center where at this time was most cooperative place to new music.

appearance

in 1967, i was staying in new york for about 10 months with my wife and 2 years old son as a composer in residence under the invitation of jdr 3rd fund. my position was quite free so i was enjoying stimulating new york life by meeting friends of various fields, participating concerts of john cage and david tudor and the members of sonic arts union and so on.

one day i had a visitor in my apartment who was the composer and the professor of university of california in davis mr. larry austin. he told me that he recently established a music publisher "composers' edition" and he wishes to commision me a new work. i felt strong enthusiasm to new music on his talk, i willingly accepted his offer.
"appearance" was composed under such background while i was in new york and published on first issue of composers' edition.

the piece is live electronic music and written by graphic notation for electronic equipments and some instruments 2. in this cd, john cage performs in the roll of manipulating electronics and david tudor bandneon and some young violinist and trumpet players participated.

music for living space

the tower named "sun tower" was constructed at the festival plaza when world expo was held in osaka in 1970. the tower had 3 layers inside. representing past was located undeground floor, present on ground level and the future up in the air.

i was asked by producer noboru kawazoe and composer toshiro mayuzumi to compose the music of the future section. it came to my mind ro use the theory talk of architect kisyo kurokawa as a part of music with whom i was working together at the other pavillion and had intimate relation. i thought unique theory of kurokawa could become music inside the future section of sun tower environment. so in stead of his natural voice, i decided to compose artificially made computer voice. at the time of 1970, to make computer speak japanese required advanced technic thus it took me many hours before the piece completed.

1: "hommage to new york"
2: instruction of 3 instruments, 2 oscillators and ring modulators

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edition omega point experimental music of japan (japan) #opx 001 sp cd
omega point (japan) #opx 001 sp cd

toshi ichiyanagi / akiko samukawa / tomomi adachi “experimental music of japan vol.1 special edition • live document ‘hommage for space’” compact disc and three inch compact disc recordable set

  • morton feldman - 2 pianos (6:20)
  • toshi ichiyanagi - time sequence (9:05)
  • michal kleofas oginsky / toshi ichiyanagi - polonaise in a minor “ojczyzny” (4:42)
  • toshi ichiyanagi / akiko samukawa / tomomi adachi - improvisation hommage for space (37:23)

  • astor piazzola - libertango (excerpt from rehearsal) (2:45)
  • toshi ichiyanagi / akiko samukawa / tomomi adachi - improvisation hommage for space (excerpt from performance of pre-opening party) (11:40)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "(excerpt from performance of pre-opening party)"
august 2008 release ;last copies of this “deluxe” variant of the first volume in the “experimental music of japan” series ...

identical to the mass-market version, only containing a bonus 3”cdr (in its own printed kraft-paper sleeve) glued onto one of the panels inside the fold-out, containing a short reading of a piazzola tango, then the rehearsal take of the trio improvisation ...

given the price-difference i’m only to recommend this to the ichiyanagi / adachi / omega point completists ; i’m sure the rest of you will sleep just fine @ night owning the “regular” issue ...
edition omega point experimental music of japan press release...

experimental music of japan vol.1
toshi ichiyanagi + akiko samukawa + tomomi adachi - live document "hommage for space"
edition omega point opx-001

this is the live recording of the music performance held at the installation exhibition of chiharu shiota in the gallery of kanagawa kenmin hall in yokohama japan last october. the performance was defined as art complex by toshi ichiyanagi from the music stand point of view. the content of music consists of live computer improvisation as well as some acoustic programed pieces by piano performance by akiko samukawa, toshi ichiyanagi and computer electronics by tomomi adachi to create the interpenetration of temporal and spacial situation in the gallery space. - toshi ichiyanagi

note: art-complex also included symposium, string quartet concert, piano recital, contemporary dance and so on. track 4 includes electric organ drone by samukawa, some metronomes click by ichiyanagi and homemade instrument named "tomoring" by adachi.

special edition with minicdr is also available. it's recorded rehearsal take and performance of pre-opening party. limited to 100 copies

profile of performer :

tomomi adachi
born in kanazawa, japan in 1972, he is performer, composer, sound poet, installation artist, occasional theater director. he studied philosophy and aesthetics at waseda university in tokyo. he has played improvised music with voice, live electronics and self-made instruments. he also has organized many concerts which picks up experimental music, sound art, collaboration work and inter-disciplinary performance in japan and germany, include concerts for chris mann, trevor wishart, nicolas collins and steim in japan.

akiko samukawa
born in kyoto. she studied piano at music department of ferris women's university and under some pianists. she do not play only contemporary music mainly, but also interests improvisation and other field of sound works. she wants to perform extraordinary works, and organized piano recital includes mixed-media or computer assisted works recently.

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edition omega point experimental music of japan (japan) #opx 001 cd
omega point (japan) #opx 001 cd

toshi ichiyanagi / akiko samukawa / tomomi adachi “experimental music of japan vol.1 • live document ‘hommage for space’” compact disc

  • morton feldman - 2 pianos (6:20)
  • toshi ichiyanagi - time sequence (9:05)
  • michal kleofas oginsky / toshi ichiyanagi - polonaise in a minor “ojczyzny” (4:42)
  • toshi ichiyanagi / akiko samukawa / tomomi adachi - improvisation hommage for space (37:23)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "improvisation hommage for space"
august 2008 release ; the first release in this new omega point series offering “experimental music of japan” ... starting out with a straight-up recital of pieces byfeldman, ichiyanagi, & oginsky, the disc then flows into an extended electro-acoustic improvisation by ichiyanagi, pianist akiko samukawa, and laptop musician tomomi adachi that runs the gamut from spry, melodic interplay to full-on explosions of string-rattle & filtered electronic noise (listen to the sound-sample) ...

as always, osamu has outdone himself with a gorgeous edition, featuring a wrap-around obi that holds the 8-panel fold-out sleeve together. highly recommended !!!
edition omega point experimental music of japan press release...

experimental music of japan vol.1
toshi ichiyanagi + akiko samukawa + tomomi adachi - live document "hommage for space"
edition omega point opx-001

this is the live recording of the music performance held at the installation exhibition of chiharu shiota in the gallery of kanagawa kenmin hall in yokohama japan last october. the performance was defined as art complex by toshi ichiyanagi from the music stand point of view. the content of music consists of live computer improvisation as well as some acoustic programed pieces by piano performance by akiko samukawa, toshi ichiyanagi and computer electronics by tomomi adachi to create the interpenetration of temporal and spacial situation in the gallery space. - toshi ichiyanagi

note: art-complex also included symposium, string quartet concert, piano recital, contemporary dance and so on. track 4 includes electric organ drone by samukawa, some metronomes click by ichiyanagi and homemade instrument named "tomoring" by adachi.

profile of performer :

tomomi adachi
born in kanazawa, japan in 1972, he is performer, composer, sound poet, installation artist, occasional theater director. he studied philosophy and aesthetics at waseda university in tokyo. he has played improvised music with voice, live electronics and self-made instruments. he also has organized many concerts which picks up experimental music, sound art, collaboration work and inter-disciplinary performance in japan and germany, include concerts for chris mann, trevor wishart, nicolas collins and steim in japan.

akiko samukawa
born in kyoto. she studied piano at music department of ferris women's university and under some pianists. she do not play only contemporary music mainly, but also interests improvisation and other field of sound works. she wants to perform extraordinary works, and organized piano recital includes mixed-media or computer assisted works recently.

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sound3 co. ltd. (japan) #ouoadm 0601 cd

“oto no hajimari wo motomete 4 • shigeru sato work” compact disc

  • keitarou miho “divertimento” (8:58) 1963
  • toshi ichiyanagi “tokyo 1969” (15:29) 1969
  • akira miyoshi “transit” (5:36) 1969
  • minao shibata “jungetsutouka” (13:02) 1971
  • michael ranta “kagakuhenka” (17:44) 1971
  • akemichi takeda “panoramicsonor” (14:32) 1973
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "tokyo 1969"
november 2006 release; the fourth volume in this impeccable series covering virtually all “output” of the japanese nhk-studio from the mid 1950s through the early 1970s... output in quotes due to the fact that very little of music has even been heard in the western hemisphere either “back in the day” or in the intervening years...

the highlight of this volume is unquestionably toshi ichiyanagi’s “tokyo 1969” - just a ridiculous meld of pre-psf/high-rise “group-sounds”/psych-overload vs. ichiyanagi’s overmodulated synths and noise - way too good to be true (just listen to the sound sample !!!)

extremely sorry about the prices here; i’ve done everything in my power to be able to offer these at “less-than-japanese” prices, but, when you get down to it, they are in fact japanese cds which cost on average double their western counterparts...
sound3 co. ltd. press release...
various artists (sigeru satou)
"sigeru satou's works - oto no hajimari wo motomete 4" (cd)sound three (ouoadm0601)

the 4th issue of early japanese electronic music made by nhk (nippon housou kyoukai: national broadcasting association) electronic music studio. engineer satou assisted many electronic works of avant-garde composers.

...

produced by hiroshi hieida
mastered by masami kanda
cover design by hiroshi kanemaru
art direction and photos by tadayuki naitoh
design by kazuo kimachi
edited by satoshi kimura

includes liner notes in japanese by toshi ichiyanagi and shigeru sato

released in october 2006

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