Label:
Victor – SJX-7539
Format:
Vinyl , LP, Album / Country: Japan / Released: 1976
Style:
Contemporary, Free Improvisation
Recorded
at Victor Studio, October 27, 28 & 29, 1975, Tokyo, Japan.
Design
– Kazuhiko Muranaka
Engineer
[Recording] – Takashi Watanabe
Recording
Supervisor [Recording Director] – Toru Yamazaki
Liner
Notes – Yoshiro Irino
Matrix
/ Runout (Side A runout, stamped): SJX 7539-A - 111+ E 1
Matrix
/ Runout (Side B runout, stamped): SJX 7539-B - 111+
side
1:
A1
- Toshi Ichiyanagi – Music For Living Process ...................................................
13:30
Harp – Ayako Shinozaki
Percussion – Yasunori Yamaguchi
Piano, Composed By – Toshi Ichiyanagi
Shakuhachi – Katsuya Yokoyama
Violin [Electric] – Takehisa Kosugi
A2
- Yoshiro Irino – Strömung .................................................................................
11:10
Composed By – Yoshiro Irino
Flute – Hiroshi Koizumi
Harp – Ayako Shinozaki
Percussion – Yasunori Yamaguchi
side
2:
B1
- Maki Ishii – Nucleus ..........................................................................................
12:53
Biwa – Kinshi Tsuruta
Composed By – Maki Ishii
Flute – Hiroshi Koizumi
Harp – Ayako Shinozaki
Shakuhachi – Katsuya Yokoyama
B2
- Toru Takemitsu – Munari By Munari – Corona For Pianist ..............................
12:95
Composed By – Toru Takemitsu
Percussion – Yasunori Yamaguchi
Piano, Celesta,
Harpsichord [Cembalo] – Toshi Ichiyanagi
Track
B2: The two compositions "Munari by Munari" and "Corona For
Pianist" are performed simultaneously.On the release this is indicated by
printing the titles one below the other, connected by squared brackets.
Massive
and mythic album featuring: Toshi Ichiyanagi, Yoshiro Irino, Maki Ishii, Toru
Takemitsu, among some more big names Takehisa Kosugi, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Ayako Shinozaki, Katsuya
Yokoyama, Hiroshi Koizumi, better known as TOKK-Ensemble Tokyo.
Not
only there are famous names but compositions are great classics and these
versions are quite unknown.
Four Japanese avant-garde composers' work is
presented, a side each, on this edition Victor– SJX-7539 LP. Beautifully
produced, this label specializes in high standard productions, with a striking
design that is as modern and oblique as the music they present. On album
"Music for Living Process..." all four composers present pieces that
reflect a prominent influence of John Cage, which can be accredited to the fact
that Ichiagi was a premier interpreter of Cage's music. The experimental work
for violin and biwa incorporates elements of chance and improvisation;
traditional Japanese modes working in conjunction with distinctly European
techniques make for an elating display of premium music...
We
move on (very carefully) with important Japanese rarities.
Listen
to this incredible album.
If
you find it, buy this album!
