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from VAGUE by Shinji Wakasa

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  • This is a concept album of five songs recorded and processed from the sounds of the Orin at Shimatani Shoryu Kobo in Takaoka City, which has been in continuous operation since the late Edo period, to create a sound design of the manufacturing process of the Orin and the austere and beautiful sound of ripples. All of the songs use only the recorded material of the sound of the Orin and the sounds generated during the manufacturing process. The title VAGUE (wave in French, vague in English) expresses the ripples spreading in a circle on the surface of water. This project is still in progress, and a live performance and installation is scheduled to be held at the main hall of Shokoji Temple, an important cultural property designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, during 2021/5-6 this year.
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一曲目は文化財勝興寺の中で実際に録音した際のアンビエンスマイクで収録したおりんを演奏する音からスタートする。堂内のノイズや空気感を巻き込みながら、徐々にプロセッシングされた持続音と、黄金比で広がる波紋をデザインしたメインビジュアルにインスパイアされて、楽曲の主題の繰り返しが同比率で構成されたアンビエントミュージックへと変化していく。

The first track starts with the sound of playing the orin, recorded with ambiance microphones during actual recording inside the main hall of Shokoji Temple, an important cultural asset. While involving the noise and atmosphere of the hall, it gradually leads to a processed sustained sound, and inspired by the main visual designed with ripples spreading in the golden ratio, the repetition of the theme of the music turns into ambient music composed in the same ratio.

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from VAGUE, released April 26, 2021
Shimatani Shoryu Ko-Bo.

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Shinji Wakasa Tokyo, Japan

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He has composed music for commercials, films, fashion shows, and art exhibitions. In his own work as an artist, he is conscious of stillness and restraint, and believes in the intensity of sound and music rooted in resonance/texture. In recent years, he has been experimenting with a field approach to the themes of death and the materiality of music. ... more

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