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Joji YUASA
“Background sound in textile pavillion of Expo’70” – Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol.14
At the EXPO ’70 in Osaka, many avant-garde artists contributed architectural, space, environmental design and sound works. In the Textile Pavillion ("Sen-i Kan" in Japanese), Japanese composer Joji Yuasa and filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto presented a remarkable experimental event, “Space Projection ’Ako’“ for multi-channel tape music and image projection. Also included in the presentation at the Pavillion was background sound for several spaces and objects, composed by Joji Yuasa, mainly. This original master tape was provided by Yoshimasa Matsumoto, the sound operator at the Pavillion, who was also a sound engineer for ’60s film and television which included “Ultra Q,“ “Ultraman“ and others. For the first track, “Music For ’Pattern-Slide ’Mon’yoh’,“ abstract textile images were projected on the walls of a corridor (“Mon’yoh“ means graphical patterns). This concrete sound was composed specially for this space. “Music For ’Colourful World’“ (by unknown mixer) was played and recorded by three electric guitar players. “White World“ involved the same interior space as “Colourful World,“ except it was painted white, in contrast to “Colourful World.“ Music for this room was made out of sound material from “Projection Esemplastic“ and “Icon For White Noise,“ both important electronic works from Yuasa’s early years. “Voices Of Dolls“ featured a group of tall, gentleman-like dolls set in a lobby space, accompanied by meaningless text in Japanese, English and Portuguese coming out of them. The Japanese version is a part of Yuasa’s concrete work, “Voices Coming.“ An English version (by Joseph Love) and a Portuguese version (by Joaquim M. Benoetez) were recorded for this project. For “Voice Of ’Raven’ Objects“ (by unknown mixer) the artist Masunobu Yoshimura created ravens and arranged them here and there on the Pavillion. The accompanying sound was made from modulated Noh chant and lines from a story coming out of the mouths of the ravens. “Background Sound Of Central Dome“ was taken from events such as “Space Projection ’Ako’” that took place in the dome space of the Pavillion. This background sound was prepared from marimba modulated by a square wave. Premiere recordings on disc, housed in a cardboard paper gatefold sleeve in an original design. Includes newly-written liner notes in Japanese & English. Limited edition of 500 copies.
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Joji YUASA
“Miniatures of concrete works” – Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol.12
Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol. 12. Edition Omega Point presents work by legendary Japanese composer Joji Yuasa - one of most important composers in Japan after World War II. "Nadja, Twincling in Stars" (1963) is the incidental music, by NHK Radio, based on "Nadja" by Andre Breton who made "Declaration of Sur-Realisme." The actual chart of constellations was played by three players (violin, piano and vibraphone) which was used as the music score. Birdsong, electronics, and sound generated from inside the piano using music concrète techniques were constructed at the NHK Electronic Music Studio where Yuasa’s first so-called pure electronic piece "Projection Esemplastic For White Noise" was made in the same year of 1963. "Music For A Cenotaph For Industrial Victims" (1972) was set in the woods of Tama Hills, in the suburb of Tokyo. The music consists of echoing wooden bells in the woods, made from lowered marimba moderated by square wave, various metamorphosed sounds reminiscent of industrial work to accompany the offering flowers by the attendants, and again, more reverberant sounds of wooden bells. "Music For The Main Pavillion Of The Okinawa Oceanic Expo" (1975) is a musique concrète work which was made for the Oceanic Expo in Okinawa prefecture in 1975. Folk music with an indigenous stringed instrument (Jamisen), voices of various sea birds, the engine sound of a boat, and metamorphosed instrumental sounds reminiscent of the wind and waves combined with orchestral chamber music. Italian folk song "To The Sea" is arranged for chamber orchestra and recorded by the composer as an important sound source of this work. Limited edition of 500 copies only.
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Joji YUASA
“Music for experimental films”- Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol.7
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”. Contents: “Andy Warhol : Re-Reproduction” (1974). “Autonomy” (1972). “Document of The Long White Line” (1960).
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Joji YUASA
“Music for theatrical drama” – Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol.4
Back in stock ! “Joji Yuasa composed for some theatrical drama in his early years. This CD contains two works of them, “Mittsu no Sekai” (Three Worlds, 1959) and “Oen” (A Woman named ’En’, 1963). “Mittsu no Sekai” is constructed from orchestral composition and tape sound : music concrete. This mid-section seems industrial music. Actually he was influenced upon Edgar Varese in his earliest years. On the work “Oen”, all the metamorphosed sound made from concrete sounds are used and combined for a tragic story of a woman in Edo era, named ’En’ who was put in prison for forty years. This music concrete work aims not only depicting the situation, but also lighting up heroine’s dark passion, conscious and subliminal mind and psychological demension. Their deep sound materials are made from amplified inner-played piano, snapped long coil and others.”
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