Motohiko Hamase / #Notes of Forestry (WRWTFWW盤LP)
高田みどり、ムクワジュ・アンサンブル、清水靖晃、深町純、芦川聡、廣瀬豊、川井憲次などの再発を手掛けるスイスのWRWTFWW Records（We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records）から、日本のジャズ・ベーシスト濱瀬元彦が1988年にワコール・アート・センター傘下の複合文化施設スパイラルのレーベルNEWSICからリリースしたリリカル・ニューエイジ／アンビエント作「#Notes of Forestry（樹木の音階）」が再発!!! 先鋭的であったであろう当時のクリアーな空気感が眩しいです！ WRWTFWW Records is excited to announce the official reissue of Motohiko Hamase's remarkable ambient/environmental/minimalism project #Notes of Forestry, available for the first time since 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, Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way, and Yutaka Hirose's Nova. （WRWTFWW Records） Side A 1. #Notes Of Forestry (6:13) 2. Pascal (7:44) Side B 1. Spiral For Multipul Instruments (8:04) 2. Nude (17:14) Produced by Motohiko Hamase Co-Produced by Yoshio Ojima for Wacoal Art Center All Compositions by Motohiko Hamase Acoustic piano by Satsuki Shibano Percussions by Yasunori Yamaguchi Electric bass solo by M. Hamase Mixed by Juli Kawai Assisted by Lyuta Mazda, Naoto Shibuya Synthesizer manipulated by Akila Takahashi and Motohiko Hamase Sequence programmed by Motohiko Hamase Recorded at Studio farm, Tokyo, March 1988 Format：LP Label：WRWTFWW (CHE)
