HARUOMI HOSONO - Forced Exposure

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HARUOMI HOSONO 2 Titles


Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #

HOSONO, HARUOMI	Medicine Compilation From The Quiet Lodge	2LP	VICTORY	V 25AH516LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2025 Medicine Compilation from the Quiet Lodge features ultimate ambient music that invites listeners to another world, including masterpieces such as "Honey Moon," which has a duo vocal with Akiko Yano, and was originally recorded on the album Tropical Dandy and the funky "Aiwoiwaiaou" with lively singing voices. The album was originally released in 1993 and is now issued on vinyl in Japan for the first time.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HOSONO, HARUOMI	Tale Of Genji	LP	VICTORY	V 25AH314LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2025 Originally released in 1987 as a film soundtrack, this expressly ambient work by the Japanese composer is based on the Gagaku style of ancient Japanese court music, but with a shimmer of tones created by one person using a computer. Unlike much of Hosono's catalogue, here the synthesizer acts mostly as an atmospheric texture and instead focuses on traditional Japanese instruments, particularly koto, flute and drums. The truly striking aspect of this soundtrack is the layering of the instruments, which accumulate to the point of becoming unfamiliar: throngs of finger-beaten strings sound like a beehive of insects, waves of gentle hand percussion sound like the swell of inhalations and exhalations, the elaborate flute suggests the howl of the wind.