toshi ichiyanagi “music for tinguely” compact disc

• music for tinguely (10:07)
  
• sound materials of 'music for tinguely' (1) (5:28)
  
• sound materials of 'music for tinguely' (2) (5:42)
  
• sound materials of 'music for tinguely' (3) (4:46)

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obscure tape music of japan - special issue toshi ichiyanagi "music for tinguely" edition omega point archive series opa-gq a quarterly magazine for graphic work 'gq' had issued in 1970's. the magazine was re-produced in 2008, and newest issue as edition of sculptor jean tinguely was completed in 2009. omega point made a cd for the edition. this simple cd version was made as related item of the magazine. especially, rare sound materials of 'music for tinguely' (on track 2-4) is the first appearance in this time.

makoto moroi “obscure tape music of japan vol.13 • kusabira” compact disc

• kusabira (1964) (21:14)
  
• sinfonia-shin-for s.m (1972) (30:28)

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obscure tape music of japan vol.13 makoto moroi “kusabira” edition omega point archive series opa-013 one of pioneers of japanese electronic music makoto moroi composed “kusabira” for kyogen (traditional comical theater) with electronic sound in 1964. 'kusabira' means mushroom. a strolling buddhist monk 'yamabushi' tried to exterminate many mushrooms grew out in garden of a man's home. however and his magic did not take effect for them but also the mushrooms began to increase. the man and yamabushi were driven out of home by large mushroom finally. in this work and moroi modulated kyogen lines into concrete sound. it's so noisy and strange! this cd also includes moroi's important work used japanese traditional instruments. the thought of this work was based on alvin toffler's “future shock” and was composed as spacephonic music by 4-channel recording system for great player susumu miyashita. he played various kinds of koto, gongs and percussions and indian flute bansuries. sharpness of the performance is so wouderful and also some human voices transformed noise sound are inserted on middle part of this work. both works are most avant-garde of moroi's works!! sound source of "kusabira" was offered by mr. gregor meyer.

mamoru fujieda “obscure tape music of japan vol.11 • radiated falling” compact disc

• radiated falling : version i (6:47)
  
• the art of the fugue : high speed version i (2:52)
  
• the art of the fugue : high speed version ii (3:18)
  
• radiated falling : version ii (7:40)
  
• the art of the fugue : version i (4:28)
  
• the art of the fugue : version ii (5:00)
  
• the art of the fugue : version iii (5:38)
  
• the art of the fugue : version iv (6:26)
  
• the art of the fugue : version v (6:23)

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obscure tape music of japan vol.11 mamoru fujieda "radiated falling" edition omega point archive series opa-011 both radiated falling (1980) and the art of fugue (1981) are tape compositions in which sound materials of a prepared piano are electronically processed and modulated in various ways. radiated falling is based on falling scale no.2 for piano (1975). the sound materials were then transformed to layered sonic textures through the ring modulator, the phase shifter, the harmonizer, and various delay processes. the art of fugue is based on a simple fugue in four voices from the first piece in the art of fugue by j. s. bach. the four voices were randomly cut into fragments, which were then reassembled to form four new voices. each of the voices played by a differently prepared piano was recorded in a multi-track recorder to produce sound materials for the piece. the sound materials of the prepared piano was then electronically modulated and spatially processed.

hiroaki minami “obscure tape music of japan vol.10 • electronics symphony no. 1” compact disc

• 1st movement: return to the cosmos (9:33)
  
• 2nd movement: uranos' wrath (8:27)
  
• 3rd movement: ngc 6496 (10:08)
  
• 4th movement: scherzo (6:41)
  
• 5th movement: sorrow song the stars sang (12:32)

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obscure tape music of japan vol.10 hiroaki minami "electronic symphony no.1" edition omega point archive series opa-010 this unknown composer (not only for foreign fans, but also for domestic) is a pioneer of synthesizer music in japan. however he was a professor of the top of academy of art university in japan 'tokyo geidai', actually he had a class of electronic music in there firstly. also he built a private studio for selfmade synthesizer in his home in 1976. this "electronic symphony no.1" is the earliest composition of the series. the spacy and very noisy sounds of analog synthesizer are like roland kayn's 60's concrete works. at the age of 15, having more of an interest in technology than music, i began to build radio sets and vacuum tube amplifiers. in the next 20 years, electronics advanced into the realm of transistors and integrated circuits creating a huge potential for the use of the synthesizer for musical applications. in the 70's as knowledge about experiments in transistors, integrated circuit oscillators, and filter technology became available in electronic technology magazines, i attempted ic even though i only had vacuum tubes to completed an analog synthesizer, and purchased 2-channel and 4-channel tape recorders. i was finally equipped with the necessary equipment to create electronic music when tragedy struck my family: my eight-year-old daughter died from liver disease. it compelled me to compose the fifth movement "sorrow song the stars sang" of the electronic symphony no.1 as the requiem for my daughter. the piece, created from my own analog synthesizer, was distributed throughout the world as an individual work, and only later did i compose the rest of the movements in order to complete symphony no. 1.

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

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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.

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

• drip music (24:18) 1974-2008

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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.

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

• electronic field (45:40) 1997

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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.

joji yuasa “obscure tape music of japan vol.7 • music for experimental films” compact disc

• andy warhol : re-reproduction (19:41) 1974
  
• autonomy (11:38) 1972
  
• document of the long white line (12:54) 1960

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obscure tape music of japan vol.7 joji yuasa "music for experimental films" (cd) publisher: omega point archive series (opa-007) many avant-garde composer had made sound tracks for experimental film maker toshio matsumoto. this cd consists of joji yuasa's three musique concrete works for his 60-70's short films - broken meaningless words of "andy warhol : re-reproduction", electronic sound and collage with chamber orchestra for obscure an earliest work "document of the long white line" and strange concrete sound of "autonomy". ... about the works joji yuasa all the music here was composed for the film, yet for the experimental films, directed by toshio matsumoto. i have been convinced that the roll of music for film must be accompanished always displaying with images. consequently the music here is a sort of incomplete one as independent music. however, none th e less i think that this cd shows a document how and what i had tried co explore in the field of film music in 60's and 70's andy warhol: re-reproduction 1 as the title shows, music also is made through the technique of "re-reproduction". materials are meaningless words such as interjections and conjunctions and the like, in english. begins with modulated and disrorted words through electronic means and gradually it becomes ro clear words which still are not making sense. autonomy images are surging white sea waves and sky with impossible colors. for example, blue sky is dark red, white roaring heads of waves are green, blue water is yellow and so on. the gradations of monochrome film are distributed one by one to different colors. music is totally composed as music concrete, with metamorphosed sound from inside playing piano, voice, bird's voice, sound of steel spring, etc.. document of the long white line 2 this film was made as pr film of kansai electric company with no naration at all but with only images and sound: music. music consists of both music concrete sound and the instrumental composition played by chamber orchestra. the portion of music concrete was made at the recording studio of the nichiei shinsha for almost 20 days, in which all possible technique of tape manipulation at that time are used with metamorphosed sound of concret sounds, 'collage' of the readymade music, sound of sonor, the steam whistle at the queen mary and some electronic sound, etc .. the portion of chamber orchestra is composed through twelve-cone technique which is rare among my compositions. 1: this work is on toshio matsumoto's "experimental film works 1961-1987" (3dvdbox, uplink factory uld242). 2: this long-missing work was found recently and is possesed by kawasaki city museum.

kuniharu akiyama “obscure tape music of japan vol.6 • tape works of kuniharu akiyama 1” compact disc

• kuniharu akiyama - environmental mechanical orchestra (19:32) 1966
  
• kuniharu akiyama - 'demonstration' of nissei theater (16:01) 1963
  
• kuniharu akiyama - music for h.bomb (10:50) 1971

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”

joji yuasa “obscure tape music of japan vol.4 • music for theatrical drama” compact disc

• joji yuasa - oen (a woman named ‘en’) / 1963_28’12”
  
• joji yuasa - mittsu no sekai (three worlds) / 1959_21’42”

makoto moroi / koubou abe “obscure tape music of japan vol.3 • music drama “akai mayu” (a red cocoon)” compact disc

• makoto moroi (music) / koubou abe (text) - akai mayu / 1960_25’56”
  
• kuniharu akiyama - arcana 19 / 1960_15’21”

joji yuasa / kuniharu akiyama “obscure tape music of japan vol.2 • music for puppet theatre of hitomi-za” compact disc

• joji yuasa - moment grand-guignolesques / 1962_5’21”
  
• kuniharu akiyama - noh-miso / 1962_23’54”

joji yuasa “obscure tape music of japan vol.1 • aoi no ue” compact disc

• joji yuasa - aoi no ue / 1961_29’59”
  
• joji yuasa - my blue sky (no.1) / 1975_15’57”