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5​ ​Eternal Repetition

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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最後の5曲目は、お堂内に鎮座し、悠久の時を人々の願いと共に鳴り響き続ける、大磬子の波紋の響きを表現した。大人の腕でも抱えきれないほど巨大なおりんから発する、重厚で威厳のあるその大音響は、きっと我々現代の人間が消えても、願いが続く限りいつまでもそこでなり続けているのだろう。阿弥陀如来の四十八願からインスパイされた回数である、48回のリフレインのあと、厳かに、そして安らかにフェードアウトしながら無音へと消えていく。

For the fifth and final piece, I expressed the sound of the ripples of the large qingling stone that sits in the hall and continues to resound with people's wishes throughout eternity. The massive and dignified sound of the keijin, which is so huge that even an adult can't hold it, will probably continue to sound there as long as the wishes of the people last, even after we modern people disappear. After forty-eight refrains, the number of times inspired by the forty-eight wishes of Amida Buddha, the piece faded out solemnly and peacefully into silence.

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from VAGUE, released April 26, 2021

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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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