{"title":"Hiroshi Yoshimura","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"surround","title":"Surround","description":"\"If Surround can be listened to as music that’s as close to air itself, allowing us to enter each listener’s sound scenery, or as something that exists within a new perspective, expanding the middle ground between sound and music, and transforming it into a comfortable space, it would be much appreciated.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Hiroshi Yoshimura\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTemporal Drift proudly presents the long-awaited, first-ever reissue of Surround, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s sought-after ambient classic. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally released as an album in January 1986, Surround was recorded by Yoshimura as a commission from home builder Misawa Homes, intended to function as an “amenity” designed to enhance the company’s newly built living spaces. A pioneer in the field of environmental music, Yoshimura’s previous works included Music For Nine Post Cards (1982), originally produced to be played back inside a museum space, and designing sound environments for public spaces and subway systems. Surround was recorded almost concurrently with the acclaimed and popular GREEN (1986); the two albums are described by Hiroyoshi Shiokawa in his liner notes as being Yoshimura’s yin and yang. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn his original notes for the album, Yoshimura recommends that Surround be placed in the same family of sounds “as the vibration of footsteps, the hum of an air conditioner, or the clanging of a spoon inside a coffee cup.” And, as he suggests, “with the addition of city noise from outside the window,” you may hear Surround in a completely new way.\"\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. Time after time (10’56”) \u003cbr\u003eA2. Surround (3’33”) \u003cbr\u003eA3. Something blue (5’36”) \u003cbr\u003eB1. Time forest (10’36”)\u003cbr\u003e B2. Water planet (2’12”) \u003cbr\u003eB3. Green shower (6’06”)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SRD","offers":[{"title":"Limited LP (Blue Vinyl) [Released: 02\/02\/24]","offer_id":46732309332285,"sku":"DRFT09-C1","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":46732309856573,"sku":"DRFT09-CD","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0096\/1884\/9839\/files\/DRFT09CD.jpg?v=1694598035"},{"product_id":"quiet-forest","title":"Quiet Forest","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOriginally issued on compact disc in 1996, Quiet Forest was Hiroshi Yoshimura’s last album-length work to be released before his passing in 2003. Largely inspired by his trip to the vast forests of the North American Pacific Northwest, the album is an aural reflection of the fantastical, surreal beauty he experienced as he walked through the otherworldly wilderness for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe basic tracks were recorded in the fall of 1993. After numerous revisions to the song titles and a scrapped idea to overlay the tracks with nature field recordings, Hiroshi ultimately produced a latter-day masterwork that feels like the spiritual follow-up to Green, one of his defining works from a decade earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet Forest  \u003cbr\u003eWhispering  \u003cbr\u003eAfter Rain  \u003cbr\u003eHoh River  \u003cbr\u003eSunrise  \u003cbr\u003eDeep Echoes  \u003cbr\u003eMelting Wind  \u003cbr\u003eDancing Creek  \u003cbr\u003eRain Forest  \u003cbr\u003eLullaby of Leaves  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SRD","offers":[{"title":"Limited LP (Vibrant Moss Coloured Vinyl)","offer_id":67612775547197,"sku":"DRFT251C2LITA","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":67612775579965,"sku":"DRFT252","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0096\/1884\/9839\/files\/DRFT252.jpg?v=1790840287"}],"url":"https:\/\/sisterray.co.uk\/collections\/hiroshi-yoshimura.oembed","provider":"Sister Ray","version":"1.0","type":"link"}