Brand new issue of archve series of NHK electronic music studio. Contents: Toshira Mayuzumi : “Princess Hollyhock” (1957), Shinichi Matsushita : “Le Cloitre Noir” for voice and electronic music (1959), Toshi Ichiyanagi : “Parallel Music” (1962), Shiro Ima : “Music for 12 players and Electronic sounds” (1965)”.
Recent issue of Japanese electronic music made by NHK electronic music studio after EXPO’70. This CD consists of 4 works assisted by engineer Tsutomu Kojima since vol.5. Conrtents: Kiyotomi Yoshizaki "Palace of Green Space for Electronic Music" (1979). Akira Nishimura "Ode for Ekstasis" (1981). Shoko Shida "Lazy Garnet" (1974). Michio Kitazume "Reincarnation" (1982).
“5th issue of Japanese electronic music made by NHK electronic music studio after engineer Kojima assisted many electronic works of avant-garde composers. (Jean Claude Eloy’s well known concrete music “Gaku-no-Michi” was also assisted by Tsutomu Kojima). Contents : Keiki Okasaka “Beyond the Cloud”(1975), Joji Yuasa “My Blue Sky”(1975), Jo Kondo “Never Return”(1971), Sessyu Kai “Music for Tape”(1978), Katsuhiro Tsubonoh “Requiem”(1978,) Hifumi Shimoyama “Fumon IV”(1983).”
“The 3rd issue of early Japanese electronic music made by NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai : National Broadcasting association) electronic music studio. Engineer Satou assisted many electronic works of avant-garde composers. Contents : Makoto Moroi “Shosange” (1967), Minao Shibata “Display ’70” (1969), Toshiro Mayuzumi “MANDARA with source of Voice and Electric sound” (1969), Joji Yuasa “Voices Coming” (1969), Makoto Shinohara “Broadcasting” (1973).
(issued 1993-2001, 2nd edition) “Hiroshi Shiotani was an engineer of NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai: National Broadcasting association) electronic music studio, and then he cooperated with some avant-garde composers of Japan. This CD get Shiotani’s works together, and released several years ago as a memorial of him when he died. It was repressed 500 copies by a private studio. All tracks are legendary early electronic works of Toshiro Matuzumi and Makoto Moroi. These works had originally released in ’50s-’60s, but we have not been able to listen long time because all LPs was out of print long ago. This repress edition included the original source of Stockhausen’s "Telemusik" (he had come to Japan and made this work at NHK studio. Shiotani helped him).” Contents : Toshiro Matuzumi "Music for sine wave by propotion of prime number" (1954), "Music for modulated wave by propotion of prime number" (1954), "Invention for square wave and saw-tooth wave" (1954), "Olympic Campanology"(1964). Toshiro Matuzumi & Makoto Moroi "Variations on numerical principle of 7" (1956), Makoto Moroi "Stars of Pythagoras" (1959), "Variete"(1962), Karlheinz Stockhausen "Telemusik"(1966).