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01. Motohiko Hamase - #Notes of Forestry
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ARTIST
HAMASE, MOTOHIKO
TITLE
#Notes of Forestry
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WRWTFWW RECORDS
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 034LP
WRWTFWW 034LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
6/19/2020
2023 restock; LP version. WRWTFWW Records present the official reissue of
Motohiko Hamase
's remarkable ambient/environmental/minimalism project
#Notes of Forestry
, available for the first time since its original release in 1988. The album is sourced from original masters and available on vinyl and CD with liner notes from the artist. This marks the third release from the Esplanade Series which focuses on the works of
Yoshio Ojima
, Motohiko Hamase, and
Satsuki Shibano
. One of the most fascinating and peculiar works from the golden era of Japanese ambient,
#Notes of Forestry
was initially released in 1988 by Newsic, the cult label started by Tokyo's Wacoal Art Center (also known as Spiral), home, notably, of Yoshio Ojima who co-produced the album. Conceived by jazz bassist turned experimentalist Motohiko Hamase, the magnum opus offers an enchanting mix of free-form pastoral electronics, otherworldly percussions by
Yasunori Yamaguchi
, and delightfully allusive piano played by none other than
Satsuki Shibano
(Sound Process' Wave Notation 3). Vibrant, sometimes eerie, and absolutely captivating,
#Forestry
captures Hamase's quest for musical freedom, he explains: "Inside the body of a musician, music is always transcendentally resonating. More than language, music reigns. When creating music overlaps with the moment my body performs, I strive to be as close as possible to the feeling of musical freedom. I feel that this notion lies at the foundation of this album." Musical freedom, here, provides an essential escape, extending the path uncovered by pivotal releases such as
Midori Takada
's
Through The Looking Glass
(WRWTFWW 018LP, 019CD/LP),
Satoshi Ashikawa
's
Still Way
(WRWTFWW 030CD/LP), and
Yutaka Hirose
's
Nova
(WRWTFWW 028CD/LTD).
#Notes of Forestry
is reissued in conjunction with Motohiko Hamase's
Technodrome
(WRWTFWW 035CD/LP) and
Anecdote
(WRWTFWW 036CD/LP) albums.
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