Hiroshi Yoshimura
Green LP

‘Green’ was released in 1986, almost four years after ‘Music For Nine Post Cards’, and has been a cult classic since. Although it went largely unnoticed outside Japan for decades it has become one of the most sought after Japanese ambient albums in recent years, a clean original copy going for a neat six hundred euros on any given day.

Yoshimura, who died of cancer in 2003, was a true polymath; a composer, designer, historian and architect pushing the boundaries between  sound, construction and art while composing music for exhibitions, installations, fashion shows and subways. Music that was always as functional as is was beautiful. Not art for the sake of art, but art for the sake of beauty.

It’s a philosophy that’s best demonstrated by the breathtaking title track,. Based around a simple electro-acoustic melody. It has Yoshimura cracking the code for composing the perfect amalgam of synthetic and organic sound, caught in a deceptively effortless composition. 

While the title track alone should be enough to justify the purchase of this stunning album, the are no weak moments on this meticulously produced work of pure beauty. Could this be the best reissue of the year?

Produs Nou / Anul aparitiei: 1986 / Reissue 2020
 

Tracklist:

A1 Creek

A2 Feel

A3 Sheep

A4 Sleep

B1 Green

B2 Feet

B3 Street

B4 Teevee