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★★ Kazuo Uehara "EVENT '73" (CD)
Edition OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-015 / price: 2,600 yen (US$32.5)

From 1972 to 1973, I was based in New York for my creative activities and live performances. New York at this time was in its golden age of experimental music. Towards the end of my stay, I held a live performance entitled "EVENT '73" to sum up my creative works in New York. The venue for the performance was "The Kitchen" of the Mercer Arts Center that provided spaces for innovative and emerging artists.
This CD consists of a mixture of sounds that were created at a studio prior to the live performance and the sounds recorded live at the performance.
I used the Buckla Synthesizer for electronic sound and also for transformation of the sound.

The work has four different segments:
1. Diffusion / 2. Condensation / 3. Chaos / 4. Revolution
Each segment's meanings and sounds itself doesn't necessarily correlate to each other. Yet, the images that are evoked by each word express the chaotic world of the day. - from liner note by artist.
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★★ Kazuo Uehara "Early Works" (CD)
Edition OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-016 / price: 2,600 yen (US$32.5)

1. Seoul 1982
This piece was composed using the recorded sounds as raw material. It was to reassemble the "historical" soundscape of the Korea's capital city, Seoul, in the early 1980s.
During this time, despite the political chaos and the tension in the city under the Korean military government, I felt the lively energy in its people's life. The raw material comprised of wide range of different sounds includes the street cries in the downtown, cheerful voices of children in Namsang area, noise of arterial streets, and conversations of the students at the Seoul National University.

2. Music for Contemporary Dance - dedicate to Takao Kusuno
In 1970s, the art space "Jean-Jean" in Shibuya served as a popular venue for experimental music, theatre, dance and others. In this movement, I did collaboration works with Takao Kusuno who performed as the artist and dance director. This piece for the dance was composed in collaboration with Kusuno to explore new approaches for dance. The work has two consecutive parts with the subtitles "Crows Habit" and "I am a Clown". It was not merely a contemporary dance, nor Butoh, but it indicated the contemporary room for the dance scene of the time.

3. Science Technology Expo '85 - Music for "Cell Universe"
The piece was specially composed for the Health and Sports Pavilion "Cell Universe" at the International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, 1985. The space was comprised of twenty-seven-multiscreen film and stereophonic space. The uniquely designed space controller, the system for moving sound image, made it possible to control the electronic acoustic sound image to create virtual 3D space.

4. Homage to Xenakis
This piece was composed at a UPIC workshop held in Tokyo in 1980s where the composer Iannis Xenakis made remarks on each presented work. The musical composition tool, UPIC, was created by Xenakis. This unique sound synthesis system allows the user to create music by drawing lines on the board. Xenakis originally envisaged this tool to be used for pedagogical purpose. Other than musicians, the workshop drew participants from children to adults from the public. - from liner note by artist.

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★Kazuo Uehara "Cosmos 1" (CD)
publisher: Air Records AIR-011 / price: 2000 yen (US$23.5)

Kazuo Uehara is one of pioneer of computer Music in Japan. (Please see his profile on OPX-008 in PART 1.)
This CD was released by his own label in 1990. It consists of live recordings of his electro-acoustic music in Tokyo, Brasil, New York, and USSR in end of 80's.

contents:
1_"Musique Collage II " (1988) 8'07"
2_"Julia Space" (1987) 3'50"
3_"Katarai I" for Koto & Computer (1990) 16'19"
4_"Katarai II" for Clarinet & Computer (1990) 10'44"
5_"Cosmos I" (1989) 19'48"
6_"Objet Sonores" (1984) 4'46"

★Various Artists "L'Objet Sonore" (CD)
publisher: Air Records AIR-201 / price: 2000 yen (US$23.5)

This CD consists of computer music works of 8 artists related the class of Kazuo Uehara - Uehara is a proffesor of Osaka University of the Arts. As the title is suggesting, it is dedicated to pioneer of musique concrete Pierre Schaeffer.
contents:
1_Kazuya Ishigami "Mec Worm"
2_Masaru Ohara "Silence/Tension"
3_Tamako Katsufuji "torutatorute....shushu?"
4_Akihisa Ohashi "Piano sounds?"
5_Takashi Koike "O.U.A. op4.5"
6_Akinori Yamasaki "The Oriental Sea"
7_Yukie Kaneuji "Collage"
8_Kazuo Uehara "Pont de l'Alma de Paris"

★★ Kazuo Uehara "ASSEMBLAGE - Acousmatic Electronic Works" (CD)
Edition OMEGA POINT OPX-008 / price: 2,415 yen (US$28.4)

Kazuo Uehara is a pioneer of computer Music in Japan. This CD consists of his electronic works of 80's - 90's.

- Assemblage is a word from domain of modern art. This is the one of the technique of expression of art. The word means mixture originally. I decide the assemblage as a concept of this CD. The collage by Picasso is similar example. Dadaism is also similar example. I try to express new direction of music by using assemblage technique. - from liner note

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★★ m/s (=Minoru Sato) "NRF Amplification" (CD)
private issue / price: 2200 yen (US$27.5)

A closed space such as a room or a vessel has a specific sound according to the material it is made of and its geometric form. This sound is called Natural Resonant Frequencies. I'm using several glass tubes / glass vases as same geometic chambers. I then transport the sound from one of the chambers to another, over and over again. As a result, the natural resonant frequencies are emphasized.
When the sound is returned to the first one -i.e. making systematic feedback, only the stable frequencies resound. I made an installation by this way. When the sound returns through the air, the complex feedback reacts on vrious factors - for instance a relation between loudness on each chambers, a locational relation between audiences and chambers and so on. My compositions and live installation are derived from these factors. - from liner note

minoru sato -m/s, SASW is a japanese artist. he has an interest in a relationship between a description of nature and an art representation, and he is creating art works per physical phenomena and various concepts. in addition, he has several music projects - solo, collaboration with ASUNA, IL GRANDE SILENZIO, f u r and so on, and besides he is organizing contemporary art exhibitions and various events as curator.

★★ Yori-Aki Matsudaira "s/t" (CD)
NAXOS Japan NYNG 009 / price: 2,100 yen (US$26.3)

Brand new CD of archive series of broadcasting program on NHK radio "Gendai no Ongaku" (= contemporary music) appeared at last ! Yori-Aki Matsudaira was born in Tokyo in 1931. He started as biologist and studied music independently. So his music based on logic. This CD consists of his early works, and especially it's included three electronic works. They are premiere publishing on disc except "Assemblages". Texts are in Japanese (titles and performers are also in english.) High Quality CD, hard board cover. MUST!!

contents:
"Configuration I" for chamber orchestra (1961-63) - total seriere style music
"Distributions" for string quartet and ring modulator (1966-67) - electronic modulated SQ. strange!!

"Alternation" for combo (1967)
- recorded by four instruments with electronics. this work had released on 7" single for promotion of medical company Roche Japan in 1968.

"Oscillation" for marimba and orchestra (1977)
"Assemblages" for tape (1968) - tape collage made at NHK electronic music studio.

★★ Toshiro Mayuzumi "s/t" (CD)
NAXOS Japan NYNG 007 / price: 2,100 yen (US$26.3)

Back issue of archive series of broadcasting program on NHK radio "Gendai no Ongaku". Toshiro Mayuzumi was one of readers of Japan's avant-garde music after World War II. Also he is a pioneer of electronic music of Japan, and his "X, Y, Z" is well-known as first musique concrete work of Japan. This CD consists of his earliest works of avant-garde style before 70's. High Quality CD, hard board cover.

contents:
"Microcosmos" for 7 players (1957)
- it's performed by some strange instruments: klaviolin (like small keyboard instrument with primitive electric effects, Mayuzumi used it first in Japan.), electric guitar and music saw.

"Noroi" for orchestra (1967) - Noroi means curse.
"Pieces for prepared piano and strings" (1957)
"Campanology" for musique concrete (1959) - another version "Campanology Olympica" was played at opening ceremony of Olympic Games Tokyo in 1964.

★ Joji Yuasa "s/t" (CD)
NAXOS Japan NYNG 008 / price: 2,100 yen (US$26.3)

Back issue of archive series of broadcasting program on NHK radio "Gendai no Ongaku". It includes Joji Yuasa's masterpieces in 60's - 70's and important electronic work "Projection Esemplastic" (premiere broadcasting). High Quality CD, hard board cover.
contents:
"Projection for Koto and Orchestra - Ka-tyo-fu-getsu" (1967)
"Inter-Posi-Play-Sion" for flute, piano and 2 percussions (1971)
"Clarinet Solitude" for Clarinet (1980)
"So Soku So Nyu" for 2 flutes (1963)
"Projection Esemplastic" for white noise (1967)

!!!!! RELATED ITEMS OF YUASA !!!!!

★★ Joji Yuasa "Exhibition 2007" (exhibition catalog)
Koriyama City Museum of Art / price: 3,200 yen (US$40.0)

This exhibition was carried out as retrospective of composer Joji Yuasa. It consisted of works of domestic/overseas artist influenced to Yuasa's music, works of "Jikken Kobo" - The Experimental Workshop - (for example, Tetsuro Komai, Syozo Kitadai and surrealist Syuzo Takiguchi), works of his son - painter lives in N.Y.- and Yuasa's notation.
Especially, his graphic notations are so fantastic. They includes his earliest electronic works (for example, Projection Esemplastic and Icon for White Noise). Texts in Japanese. 30x20cm, 87pp.
(pictures of inside)

!!!!! ALSO PLEASE SEE BELOW (ARCHIVE SERIES OF NHK ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO) !!!!!

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★★ Makoto Moroi "Kusabira" (CD)
Edition OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-013 / price: 2,600 yen (US$32.5)

One of pioneers of Japanese electronic music Makoto Moroi composed "Kusabira" for Kyogen (traditional comical theater) with electronic sound in 1964. 'Kusabira' means Mushroom. A strolling Buddhist monk 'Yamabushi' tried to exterminate many Mushrooms grew out in garden of a man's home. However, his magic did not take effect for them but also the Mushrooms began to increase. The man and Yamabushi were driven out of home by large Mushroom finally. In this work, Moroi modulated Kyogen lines into concrete sound. It's so noisy and strange!
This CD also includes Moroi's important work used Japanese traditional instruments. The thought of this work was based on Arving Tofler's "Future Shock", and was composed as spacephonic music by 4-channel recording system for great player Susumu Miyashita. He played various kinds of Koto, gongs, percussions and Indian flute Bansuries. Sharpness of the performance is so wouderful, and also some human voices transformed noise sound are inserted on middle part of this work. Both works are most avant-garde of Moroi's works!!
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track 1: Kusabira (1964) 21'12"
track 2: Sinfonia-Shin-for S.M (1972) 30'28"

★★ Joji Yuasa "Background Sound in Textile Pavillion of EXPO '70 " (CD)
Edition OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-014 / price: 2,600 yen (US$32.5)

In the EXPO '70 in Osaka, many avant-garde artists were participated in architectures, space design, environmental design and sound works. Espacially in Textile Pavillion ('Sen-i Kan' in Japanese), most remarkable experimental event "Space Projection 'Ako' " for multi-channel tape music by Joji Yuasa and image projection by filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto was carried out. And also in the pavillion, background sound for several space and objects were composed by Joji Yuasa. Electronic sound on track 3, modulated sound made from marimba on track 6 and indetarminate composition for three electric guitars on track 2... are these music for 'background' really??(detail)

track 1: Music for 'Slide-Pattern Room'_6'10"
track 2: Music for 'Color Room'_8'13"
track 3: Music for 'White Room'_8'44"
track 4: Voices of Dolls (mixed of Japanese, English and Portuguese)_13'36"
track 5: Voice of 'Raven' objects_3'43"
track 6: Background Sound of Central Dome_7'32"

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★★V.A "Space Theatre" (CD)
Tower Records Japan (TWCL-1026) / price: 1,400 yen (US$17.5)

Legendary LP was re-reissued on ceaper price CD !!! This great program carried out at 'Space Theatre' in Steel Pavillion of EXPO'70 in Osaka. All composition were realized by multi channel system used 800 speakers!! Original LP is very rare as you know.

contents:
Toru Takemitsu "Crossing" - two orchestra, instruments and female chorus
Yuji Takahashi "Yegen" - 4 stereophonic sound of instruments (with Bachet's sound sculpture)
Iannis Xenakis "Hibiki, Hana, Ma" - music concrete work for 12 channels and 800 speakers

★★Joji Yuasa "Piano Works and Tape Works" (CD)
DENON (COCO 73051) / price: 1,400 yen (US$17.5)
This CD is a part of Yuasa's masterpiece CD series (they are reissue from rare 5LP box published in 70's). Especially this CD includes legendary tape music "Music for Space Projection" for EXPO '70 in Osaka. This work was composed for multi projection theater in The Txtile Pavillion and is able to listen by this CD only now.

contents:
[piano works] (performed by Yuji Takahashi)
Projection Topologic (1959)
On The Keyboard (1972)
[tape works]
Music for Space Projection (1969)
Voices Coming (1969)
Icon for white noise (1966)

!!!!! MORE MATSUO ONO !!!!!

The name of Matsuo Ohno is well-known as a creator of sound effects of Japanese animation 'Astro Boy' (Takehisa Kosugi assisted in the work). This three issues are retrospective collection of his works includes unpublished electronic compositions from 70's to recent years. with 24 pp booklet, texts are in Japanese and English (with comment of Jim O'Rourke).

★Matsuo Ohno "The World of The Electro-Acoustic Sound And Music - 1" (CD)
King Records (KICP2636) / price:2,600yen (US$30.6)
contents:
New Sound of Astro Boy (1963-66)
Elerctronic Sound - Astro Boy's B.G.M.
Yamatoji A (1982)
Sea Dream (1980)
Yuragi #5 (1999), Yuragi #2 (1991)

- The original "Astro Boy" album was released twice as LP, first in 1975 and again in 1978, and as a CD in 1998. Unfortunately, both CD and LP were discontinued and the music is not available now except as expensive collector's items. In this releasem you will be able to hear about 20 minutes of the sound effects taken from the original "Astro Boy" album (as track #1 to #32). - label description

★Matsuo Ohno "The World of The Electro-Acoustic Sound And Music - 2" (CD)
King Records (KICP2637) / price:2,600yen (US$30.6)
contents:
I Saw the Outer Limits (1978)
The War in Space (1977)

- "I Saw the Outer Limits" was originally released by Toho Music Co. in 1978. Ohno's giving full play to his exceptional talent. This 41 minutes of magnificent soundscape is concidered as one of the hallmarks of Matsuo Ohno. His creation is so original - like lofty, rock-ribbed peaks isolated from man's biosphere. And its poetical rechness might be said an electronic variation og mineral romances.
"The War in Space" is a collection od sound effects for a science fiction movie of the same name made by the film production company, Toho Co., Ltd in 1977. When the sound track album was released back then, these sound effects were overdubbed with film music. - label description

★Matsuo Ohno "The World of The Electro-Acoustic Sound And Music - 3" (CD)
King Records (KICP2638) / price:2,600yen (US$30.6)
contents:
Memory in The Beginning (2004)

- This work is Matsuo Ohno's brand new album recorded in July 2004. Ohno's vision is a torrential flow of vital sound bringing listners an overwhelming experience. This is a magnificent space opera of tide of lives and samsara of the universe, nothingness and eternity weave. - label description

★★Matsuo Ohno "Roots of Electronic Sound" (CD)
Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation (VZCG-712) / price: 2,500 yen (US$31.3)

This CD is famous item for electronic music fans as 'sound effects of Astro Boy'. But this edition is not only made from original master tape discovered recently but also no editing in order to realize studio work of the time. Cover design is reprinted of 1st original LP. (unfortunately texts of booklet are Japanese only).

contents:
tr.1: Theme song of Astro Boy - new addition
tr.2: Astro Boy (appears on the screen) - same of tr.1 of Matsuo Ono vol.1 CD
tr.3: Accent clips part1 (means sound effects) - new addition
tr.4: Sound of Atom - same of tr.2-26 of Matsuo Ono vol.1 CD
tr.5: Accent clips part2 - new addition
tr.6: Confrontations of Atom (versus robots) - new addition
tr.7-12: Electronic Sound (BGM of Atom) - same of tr.27-32 of Matsuo Ono vol.1 CD
tr.13: Theme song of Astro Boy - new addition

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★★Tomomi Adachi "Interface as Notation - Music with Self-made Instruments"
naya records (naya-0004) / price: 2,100 yen (US$26.2)

ADACHI Tomomi (family name is ADACHI) is performer, composer, sound poet, installation artist, occasional theater director. He studied philosophy and aesthetics at Waseda University in Tokyo. He has played improvised music with voice, live electronics and self-made instruments.
This brand new CD consists of 9 tracks recorded from 2005 to 2011, and th all of them are used his self-made erectronic instruments (please see description of them on his own HP).
Also you can listen the sounds on CD "Homage for Space" (track 4) released by OMEGA POINT in 2007.

contents:
1. Tomoring, Computer (13'58")
2. Voice, The Right Hand, Computer (4'55")
3. Tomominsynthesizer II (3'57")
4. Tomoring II, Voice (4'11")
5. Tomomin II (resonating in mouth), Voice (3'14")
6. Voice, Infrared Sensor Shirt, Computer (5'41")
7. Tomoring II (15'08")
8. 4 VCOs (8'36")
9. Tomomin, Tomomin II, Tomominsynthesizer (6'41")

★Masami Tada+Makoto Itoh "Circus" (DVD)
publisher: SOH Gallery SOH-9030 / price: 3000 yen (US$35.3)

Masami Tada is a Japanese artist. He acted as free improviser in 70's (he studied with Kosugi, and he participated in East Bionic Symphonia LP) and as sound performer and visual artist since early 90's. This strange event collaborated with sculptor Makoto Itoh carried out at Soh Gallery in 1996. Itoh made a tent in the small gallery and prepared objects (some of them were for sound material) as installation for the 'circus'. Tada and Itoh performed circus programs seriously using them in the tent. It was a conceptual performance with reminiscence of circus of their young days. This DVD is reissue edition of VHS released at that time. 300 copies, 55 min. NTSC.

★★Masami Tada Masami + Yasumasa Morimura "kokoro-improvisation" (LP)
SOH Gallery (SOH-9016) / price:8,000yen (US$100.0)

The result of spontaneously live collaborations between performance artist Yasumasa Morimura [known for inserting himself into restaging of famous art masterpieces] and audio artist using voice, electronics, dance and other performance elements. Quite strange electronic music.
The artist edition limited to 300 copies. Full color gatefold sleeve with insert.

★Mamoru Fujieda "Radiated Falling/Time Whipped Bach" (7" flexi)
ALM Records PLM-017 / price: 2200 yen (US$25.9)

Mamoru Fujieda composed "Radiated Falling" for an exhibition in Tokyo in 1980. He used his minimalistic piano work "Falling Scale No.2" as material, and the sound was modulated electronically. Also "Time Whipped Bach" (side B) was composed for a experimental theater in 1981. This work made of pieces from J.S.Bach's "The Art of Fugue", and their pieces goes on individual pulse. It's reminded us of Steve Reich's early phase music. Both version of the works of this original disc are slight diffrerent for all tracks of new CD released OMEGA POINT (OPA-012). This rare private issue was in stock from the artist directly.

★★Atsuhiro Ito "OPTVISION" (DVD)
GOTOBAI recordings GTBI-D-01 / price: 3,500 yen (US$41.1)

Atsuhiro Ito is well-known as artist realizes installations used hydrogen lamps. Also he plays noisy sounds by self-made instruments used lamps 'OPTRON'. This DVD is his first retrospective issue consists of early and recent installations and live shows (it doesn't include hard core unit 'Optrum' and Kazuo Imai trio because this is for his solo works.)
Flashing lamps and hard pulses appears very noisy and beautiful. NTSC, 47min.

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Akira Matsuoka's solo project 'Veltz' is one of most remarkable performer of experimental noise scene of new generation in Japan. He is an enthugiast of metal junk materials (he respects Jean Tinguely), so the sound is like early years of The New Blockaders or Organum. He established a label 'VLZ Produkts', and OMEGA POINT has most of his works as follows.

★★ Veltz "Selected Metal Works 1-6" (CDR)
Veltz Produkt (VLZ00027) / price: 1,575 yen (US$16.7)

It's 1st issue on new series of his works is pointed forward metal sound specially.

★★ Veltz "Veltz Archives" (2CDR)
VLZ Produkt (VLZ00023) / price: 2,100 yen (US$24.7)

This 2 CDR set consists of his past works as follows.
disc 1-2: Veltz "In Dust,Real Music" (VLZCDR 00009)
disc 1-1,1-4 & disc 2-1: Veltz "In Dust,Real Music: Noise & Environment Works" (VLZCDR 00010)
disc 2-2: Veltz "In Dust,Real Music: Dedicated to Television" (VLZCDR 00016) - 30 minutes duration is only detuned white noise on sand storm of TV ! His most conceptual work.
disc 2-4: Veltz "In Dust,Real Music: Symphony for Metal Junk Materials & Environmental Drone...+" (VLZCDR 00017)
disc 1-7: Veltz "Performance at Lancatlgue Cafe Nikko" (VLZCDR 00021)
plus,
disc 1-3 & disc 2-3: Veltz + bum: (VLZ00020) - collaboration live performance.

★★ Veltz "In Dust,Real Music: Noise & Environment Works" (2CDR)
VLZ Produkts (VLZCDR 00010) / price: 2,100 yen (US$24.7)

★ Veltz "In Dust,Real Music: Dedicated to Television" (CDR)
VLZ Produkts (VLZCDR 00016) / price: 2,100 yen (US$24.7)
30 minutes duration is only detuned white noise on sand storm of TV ! His most conceptual work.

★ Veltz "Dedicated to TV. part2" (CDR)
Veltz Produkts (VLZ00025) / price: 1,575 yen (US$18.5)
single tone of electric crock on TV.

★ Miki Nao'e "Miki Nao'e plays Short Wave Radio" (CDR)
VLZ Produkts (VLZ00028) / price: 1,050 yen (US$12.3) 　

However Miki Nao'e has 15 years career as artist, this work is his debut disc. He has used only old short-wave radio manufactured in 70's since early days.
Also he has not used effect equipments in his performance. Nevertheless the sound is so complex with noiseful broadcasting.

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!!!!! TOSHI ICHIYANAGI'S OBSCURE ITEMS !!!!!

★★ Toshi Ichiyanagi (music) + Yuichi Inoue (calligraphy) + Syohei O'oka (novel)
"Portable Exhibition 'TAKA' " (art book + LP)
publisher: Unac Tokyo / price: 39,600 yen (US$465.9)
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Yuichi Inoue (1916-85) is an avant-garde calligraphy artist. This remarkable collaboration was realized by a curator Masaomi Unagami (director of Unac Tokyo Gallery) in 1982. This edition is consisted of 6 calligraphies of Yuichi's 'TAKA' (hork), Stohei O'oka's short novel 'TAKA' and ... with FANTASTIC PICTURE LP !!!
Ichiyanagi's 'Kaikou' (means 'an encounter') for string trio and reading of 'TAKA' by an actor Kyoko Kishida (with Ichiyanagi's inside played piano) are recorded in this LP. The LP was quite obscure in the field of avant-garde music because this edition was sold for Yuichi's fan mainly and was available only the gallary. I thought it was out of print long ago, but I found small left copies at the gallery.
Numbered by Yuichi himself and designed by Kouhei Sugiura (his name is well-known cover art of some LPs of avant-garde music). EXTREMELY RARE!!

★★ gq "No.9 - Jean Tinguely" (book+CD+DVD)
publisher: Akira Moriguchi / price: 5,000 yen (US$58.8)

A quartaly magazine for graphic work 'gq' had issued in 1970's. The magazine was re-produced in 2008, and newest issue as edition of sculptor Jean Tinguely was completed in 2009. OMEGA POINT made a CD for the edition. Especially, rare sound materials of 'Music for Tinguely' (on track 2-4) is the first appearance in this time. Unfortunately most of texts are in Japanese, but many pictures are so great! artwork by Ushio Shinohara (Neo DADA) dedicated to Tinguely (coloured version for this edition), his partner Niki De Saint Phalle's paintings, original photographs of his first one man show at Minami Gallery in Tokyo in 1963 and others are on fold-out large prints. limited edition of 500 copies.
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The complete boxset of this magazine includes the following parts:

1. two kinds of book (french style uncut fold-out sheet, totally 32 pages)
2. artwork by Jean Tinguely
3. CD (see below)
4. DVD - Tinguely's large moving junk sculptor "Meta-harmony III, Pandemonium" (1984)

★★ gq "No.9 - Jean Tinguely" (CD version)
Edition OMEGA POINT OPA-gq / price: 2,000 yen (US$23.5)

music composition: Toshi Ichiyanagi / technical assistance: Shigenosuke Okuyama
track 1_Music for Tinguely (1963) 10'01" (from OPA-005)
track 2-4_Sound Materials of 'Music for Tinguely' (1963) 15'46"

This simple CD version was made as related item of the magazine. Special cardboard package, limited of 300 copies. (detail)

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★★Toshi Ichiyanagi (music) / Yonesaku Kobayashi (film)
"Scientific Short Films - Music Composed by Toshi Ichiyanagi" (2x DVD-R)
publisher: Tokyo Cinema / distribution: OMEGA POINT (TCI 0901) / price:7,000yen (US$ 82.3)

Cameraman Yonesaku Kobayashi (1905-2005) is a pioneer of scientific films of Japan. He and producer Sozo Okada made many scientific educational films, and in 60's - 70's, many avant-garde composers composed music for these films. In this time, son of Okada (owner of Tokyo Cinema) produced DVD-R of selected film works used Ichiyanagi's music. However all narrations are in Japanese, the mysterious and fantastic pictures and early Ichiyanagi's experimental sound are very intersting. 141 min., NTSC.

contents - disc 1:
The World of Pulses - Electronics and Living Organism - (1962) - with electronic sound
Life is Born (1963)
Fibers from the Sun (1963)

disc 2:
Nissho-maru the tanker (1963
Electronic Process - In Crystals and Living Organism - (1964)
Selected Lactobacillus Strain Shirota (1965) - with electronic sound

★★Yoji Kuri "Film Works" (DVD)
Geneon (GNBA-3035) / price: 4,800 yen (US$60.0)

Yoji Kuri is one of originator of avant-garde animation artist of Japan. His works are not only full of irony and black humour, but also many composer made sound works for them - for example, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Toru Takemitsu, Kuniharu Akiyama and Isao Tomita. Especially, Yoko Ono's vocalization is on "AOS"(1964) and "Tragedy on G line"(1969). This DVD includes most of his works. In this time, the price came cheaper! 154 minutes, NTSC, region free.

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!!!!! YOSHI WADA PROJECT !!!!!

★★Yoshi Wada "Earth Horns with Electronic Drone" (CD)
EM1080CD + OP-0007 / price: 2,415 yen (US$28.4)

- A world premiere from Yoshi Wada and EM Records/Omega Point: the first-ever release of "Earth Horns with Electronic Drone", recorded live in 1974. Combining four of Wada's self-made "pipehorns" (made from plumbing materials, over three meters in length), with an electronic drone tuned to the electrical current of the performance space, this is a lost masterpiece of early minimalism, placing Wada rightfully in the pantheon with La Monte Young, Phill Niblock, Maryanne Amacher and Alvin Lucier.Recorded live in Syracuse, New York, this recording captures the room-filling complex overtones generated by the ever-shifting interplay of the breathing horns and the constant electronic drone. This is a music of ritual hypnotic power, its heavy low end mass and sense of change within constancy engendering a meditative transcendency.
"Earth Horns with Electronic Drone" is the fourth and ultimate release in our Yoshi Wada series, a must for all fans of minimalism, heavy drones, ritual, mystery and world-shaking transcendence. From an original performance of almost three hours, the CD features a 77 minute excerpt; we are especially honored to also offer the full performance as a triple LP set (sold out). From Earth Horns to beyond the firmament: prepare to be elevated! Incl. reproduction of a 1975 poster by fluxus boss George Maciunas. - EM Records

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- He started his music career as a percussionist and free improviser in the 1970s. Since then, he has been played with Milford Graves, Derek Bailey, Steve Lacy and other world musicians.
He has done extensive research on the world's ethnic music and dance, especially Asian and African. In the 1980s he presented three Japanese archeological music works, “D?taku; Ancient Japanese Bronze Bells from Yayoi Period (B.C. 400 - A.D. 250)”, “Sanukaito; Stone sounds of the Paleolithic era in Japan”, “J?monko; Pottery Drums of J?mon Period (B.C. 3000 - B.C. 2500)”. He continues to searching for the roots of ancient Japanese music.
Also he created Ryuko Gakusha (private art center) in 1988 with Harue Momoyama in Gujo Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture and has contributed vastly to the region's culture.- label description

★Toshiyuki Tsuchitori "Dotaku" (CD)
publisher: Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation VZCG-684
price of Tsuchitori series: 2,500 yen each (US$29.4)

- 2300 years ago, the primitive agriculture started in the west of Japan. Same time, the technique of casting bronzeware was introduced from asian continent. This era is known as the Yayoi Period.
Dotaku refers to items of bronzeware cast in the shape of bell, with heights ranging from 20 cm to more than 1 meter. Over 450 of those have been found and it was almost buried, in isolated position, at slope of a mountain etc. Some scholars said that this position suggested that one day of festival they were placed at the side of sanctuaries, but were kept carefully hidden for the rest of the year. Dotaku has been considered one of the great mysteries of the Yayoi Period. recorded in 1983. -

★Toshiyuki Tsuchitori "Sanukaito" (CD)
publisher: Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation VZCG-685

- Sanukaito is a type of stone found in the Kagawa prefecture (old name is Sanuki) in Japan. The name said to be a scientific term meaning "stone of Sanuki". It was used in the Paleolithic period (35000 - 16000 years ago) for various stone implements. Especially in the western region of Japan, people developed a sanukaito’s stone knives by special stone-working techniques and these knives were most general implement during 23000 - 18000 years ago. The stone used in this CD is in its natural form, excavated with extreme care from where it lay between massive boulders. recorded in 1986. -

★Toshiyuki Tsuchitori "Johmonko" (CD)
publisher: Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation VZCG-686

- The Jomon Period of Japanese history began between twelve and thirteen thousand years ago and to continue for ten thousand year. It acquired its name, which means "rope patterns", on account of the presence of various braided rope patterns on the surfaces of excavated earthenware attributed to this age.
The middle part of the J?mon Period was an age of high cultural development: many artifacts providing a vivid description of the spiritual world of the time have been uncovered, and it is during the mid-J?mon Period that we come across the earliest musical instruments to be found in Japan.
This CD featured performances on an unusual earthenware object through by scholars to have been a large drum and on reconstructed versions of earthenware flutes and bells. Two flutes discovered in excavations are also used. This is the first ever recording featuring musical instruments uncovered at leading archaeological sites. recorded in 1990. -