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Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol.12
湯浅譲二「コンクレート小品集」
JOJI YUASA "Miniatures of Concrete Works"
(CD) price: 2,600 yen
Edition OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-012
湯浅譲二はラジオドラマのための音楽を多数書いているが、それらは音楽として聴くのに十分な高内容のものが多い。NHKで制作・放送された、アンドレ・ブルトン原作の「ナジャ」のラジオドラマ版の付帯音楽も、短いパートの集積ではあるが様々なコンクレート手法が使われ、シュルレアリストの作品への敬意がうかがえる。そして湯浅氏の手元に残されていた「沖縄海洋博の音楽」や「産業慰霊塔除幕式の音楽」は全く知られていないもの。話題になることもない作品であるが、海洋博の音楽では風土に根ざした叙情性が、産業慰霊塔除幕式の音楽では楽器の音を変調した音響的効果が素晴らしく、いずれも湯浅ワールドといっていい湧き出るイメージの泉である！
track 1-12：ラジオドラマ「星にきらめくナジャ」の音楽 (1963年作曲) 15'17" (sound file)
track 13-15：産業慰霊塔除幕式の音楽 (1972年作曲) 8'49" (sound file)
track 16：沖縄海洋博メインパビリオンの音楽 (1975年作曲) 10'02" (sound file)
1) Nadja, Twincling in Stars
This 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[1] (violin, piano and vibraphone) which was supposed as the music score. And birds' voices, electronic sound, sound generated from inside piano, through music concrete tecnique and constructed at the NHK Electronic Music Studio where my first so called pure electronic music "Projection Esemplastic for White Noise" was made in the same year 1963.
2) Music for a Cenotaph for Industrial Victims
This is the music for the unveiling ceremony of a cenotaph for the industrial victims, which was set in the woods of Tama hills suburb of Tokyo. The music consists of;
A) Echoed "wooden bells" in the woods, made from lowered Marimba modurated by square wave.
B) Various metamorphosed sounds reminding industrial works, for the offering flowers by the attendants.
C) Again, reverbrant sound of the wooden bells for the refiring attendants from the celemony.
3) Music for the Main Pavillion of the Okinawa Oceanic Expo
This composition, music concrete work was made prepared for the Oceanic Expo in Okinawa prefecture in 1975. Folk music with an indigenous string instrument (Jamisen), voices of various sea birds, engine sound of a boat, metamorphosed instrumental sound which would remind wind and waves of the sea and chamber orchestral music[2] are combined and constructed. An Italian Folk Song <To the Sea> is arranged for chamber orchestra and recorded by the composer as important sound source of this music concrete work, which should be listened as if a recurrent, dear old tune being swayed on the wind coming out of one's rememberance.
track 1-12: Nadja, Twincling in Stars (1963) 15'17"
track 13-15: Music for a Cenotaph for Industrial Victims (1972) 8'49"
track 16: Music for the Main Pavillion of the Okinawa Oceanic Expo (1975) 10'02"
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Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol.1
湯浅譲二「葵の上」
JOJI YUASA "AOI-no-UE" 2ND-EDITION !!
(CD) price: 2,600 yen
OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-001
ほとんど紹介される機会のない60-70年代の埋もれた電子音楽を発掘し光を当てるマニアック企画の記念すべき第1弾！現代音楽の世界では知らぬ者はいない超巨匠作家湯浅譲二の、代表作のひとつであるにもかかわらず未CD化だった、激レアな初期電子音楽作品の世界初リリース！ 愛憎渦巻く平安の宮廷を、能の声を変調したドロドロしたコンクレート音響が描き出す、今聴いても新鮮な（でも結構コワイ）「葵の上」。そして現代の電子音楽作家にも影響を与えるであろう、クリックとパルスのみで作られた超空間電子音楽「MY BLUE SKY (No.1)」。NYで活動する湯浅龍平による新作アートワークを使って再発！。限定500部。
track 1：湯浅譲二「葵の上」（1961年作曲）/ 29'59" (sound file)
track 2： 湯浅譲二「MY BLUE SKY (No.1)」（1975年作曲）/ 15'57" (sound file)
"This CD contains one of my comprehensive work on music concrete "Aoi-no-Ue" and my last electronic music "My Blue Sky (No.1)" before I went into computer music. "Aoi-no-Ue" is a noh-play composed by Ze-Ami in 15th century, based on famous "The Tales of Genji" written by Murasaki Shikibu in 11th century. The text is recomposed by me keeping original words. And it was sung in the style of Noh-chant by three brothers of Noh actor, Kanze Hideo, Hisao and Shizuo. This work "Aoi-no-Ue" is composed mainly based on metamorphosed sound of Noh-chant. The other sound is concrete sound such as birds songs, water drops, glasses, warped sound of vibraphone, some generated electronic sound and others.
My Blue Sky (No.1) is a special electronic work for me, for most of my other works on this field are based on White Noise. Where as only this piece is exceptionally using the other generated sound. However, my thoughts on denying to use so called bare generated waves such as sine, square triangle or saw are not changed. In this work only 'clicks', 'pulses' and various kinds of 'beats' induced from them, varying piches, width and their frequency of the pulse are adopted. For example I controlled successively occuring pulses of low frequency of sine wave by means of triggering with the frequency of square wave." - Joji Yuasa
2nd edition was issued by Ryuhei Yuasa's new and quite different artwork!
track 1: Joji Yuasa "Aoi-no-Ue（1961) 29'59"
track 2Joji Yuasa "MY BLUE SKY (No.1)"（1975) 15'57"
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Obscure Tape Music of Japan - special issue
一柳慧「ミュージック・フォーティンゲリー」- 'gq No.9' CD単体版
gq "No.9 - Jean Tinguely" (CD version) - TOSHI ICHIYANAGI "Music for Tinguely"
(CD) price: 2,000 yen
Edition OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-gq
情報発信企業として鳴らした西武の黄金時代、セゾン美術館の初代副館長だった人が、70年代にgqという美術雑誌を発行していた。諸事情で7号で休刊となっていたが、08年復刊し、昨年出たその最新号は、美術館との縁があった、動くジャンク彫刻で有名なティンゲリーを特集！これに際してCD制作でOMEGA POINTが協力した。本の中でティンゲリーの南画廊での個展について触れているため、既発の一柳慧作品集CDから、雑誌の趣旨に合わせてその中の"Music for Tinguely"を抜粋した。さらに"Music for Tinguely"制作のための素材音源を初出として加えた。
本作はこの企画に関連してOMEGA POINTが独自に作ったCD単体版である（内容は本に付属のCDと同じ）。特殊紙ジャケで限定300。
track 1_ミュージック・フォ−・ティンゲリー/1963_10'01"
track 2-4_ミュージック・フォ−・ティンゲリーのための素材音源集/1963_15'46"
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. This simple CD version was made as related item of the magazine. Especially, rare sound materials of 'Music for Tinguely' (on track 2-4) is the first appearance in this time.
track 1_Music for Tinguely/1963_10'01" (from OPA-005)
track 2-4_Sound Materials of 'Music for Tinguely'/1963_15'46" (sound file)
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Obscure Tape Music of Japan vol.11
藤枝 守「ラジエーテッド・フォーリング」
MAMORU FUJIEDA "Radiated Falling"
(CD) price: 2,600 yen
Edition OMEGA POINT Archive Series OPA-011
日本の戦後世代を代表する作曲家のひとりである藤枝守は、知的でミニマル的な作品で知られるが、意外にも電子音楽には縁が深くはなかった。しかし80年代初頭に、そのミニマル的作風のピアノ曲をベースに電子的変調とテープ操作を加えた、奇妙な響きの小品が作られていた。螺旋状の下降音階による「ラジエーテッド・フォーリング」、バッハの名曲が解体されていく「フーガの技法」。今ではあまり語られないこれら作品は、実はいくつものバージョンがあり、それぞれ異なるエフェクトが施されている。今回はそれらをすべて開陳した。特に5-9トラックの「フーガの技法」では、進むに従って速度は遅くなり、音が崩れていくのが楽しめる。極めて知的なアプローチなのに音はヨジレまくっているという、思いつきでは作れない現代の埋もれたアヴァン名品なのである！
★試作品を収録したminiCDR付き限定50部のスペシャル版あり。\4000。
track1_ラジエーテッド・フォーリング：バージョン I_6'43" (sound
file)
track2-3_フーガの技法：倍速バージョン I&II_6'01"
track4_ラジエーテッド・フォーリング：バージョン II_7'35"
track5-9_フーガの技法：バージョン I-V_27'39" (sound
file)
Both《Radiated Falling》 (1980) and《The Art of Fugue》(1981) are tape compositions in which sound materials of a prepared piano are electronically processed and modulated in various ways. 《Radiated Falling》is based on 《Falling Scale No.2 for piano》(1975). The sound materials were then transformed to layered sonic textures through the ring modulator, the phase shifter, the harmonizer, and various delay processes.
《The Art of Fugue》is based on a simple fugue in four voices from the first piece in The Art of Fugue by J. S. Bach. The four voices were randomly cut into fragments, which were then reassembled to form four new voices. Each of the voices played by a differently prepared piano was recorded in a multi-track recorder to produce sound materials for the piece. The sound materials of the prepared piano was then electronically modulated and spatially processed. - from liner note
★ limited special edition with miniCDR (draft pieces of both works) is also available. 50 copies, price: 4000 yen.
track 1_Radiated Falling: version I_6'43"
track 2-3_The Art of Fugue: high speed version I & II_6'01"
track 4_Radiated Falling: version II_7'35"
track 5-9_The Art of Fugue: version I-V_27'39"
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