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Label:WRWTFWW
Cat-No:wrwtfww028cd
Release-Date:28.06.2019
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Yutaka Hirose - 01. Nova
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Yutaka Hirose - 02. Slow Sky
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Yutaka Hirose - 03. In The Afternoon
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Yutaka Hirose - 04. Taiko
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Yutaka Hirose - 05. Humming The Sea
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Yutaka Hirose - 06. Through The Windows
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Yutaka Hirose - 07. Epilogue
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Yutaka Hirose - 01. Old Dream Spell
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Yutaka Hirose - 02. Light Which Shakes Quietly
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Yutaka Hirose - 03. One Day In Summer
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Yutaka Hirose - 04. Shadow Of A Water Droplet
- Official double album reissue of Yukata Hirose's acclaimed and mysterious full length NOVA, originally released in 1986 as part of the Soundscape series commissioned by Misawa Home Corporation for use in their prefabricated houses.
- 2 CD Edition incl. Expensive 2 Special Colours Process,
- Yutaka Hirose's NOVA has grown to become a mythical piece of the Japanese minimalist/ambient/environmental scene of the eighties
- Genre: Ambient, Environmental, Electronic, Minimal, Avant-Garde, Synth, Experimental

CD1
01. Nova
02. Slow Sky
03. In The Afternoon
04. Taiko
05. Humming The Sea
06. Through The Windows
07. Epilogue

CD2
01. Old Dream Spell
02. Light Which Shakes Quietly
03. One Day In Summer
04. Shadow Of A Water Droplet


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WRWTFWW Records is blissful to announce the expanded reissue of one of the most fascinating Japanese ambient/environmental albums ever made, NOVA + 4 by Yutaka Hirose. The double LP includes the album known as Soundscape 2: Nova, sourced from its original masters, as well as 50 minutes of never-released-before recordings. It comes in a beautiful gatefold sleeve, packed with liner notes from the artist in English and Japanese. NOVA + 4 is also available on double digipack CD.

Initially released in 1986 as part of the Soundscape series* commissioned by Misawa Home Corporation for use in their prefabricated houses, Yutaka Hirose's NOVA has grown to become a mythical piece of the Japanese minimalist/ambient/environmental scene of the eighties. Initiated around the enchanting landscapes of the two first tracks recorded for the project, "Nova" and "Epilogue", Yutaka Hirose's magnum opus serenely blends vintage synth with nature sounds, exploring soothing palettes and organic backdrops. For "Slow Sky", Hirose explains he "went for a pointillism-like sound, and tried to express a scenery of awakening, where the portal of a heart is opening up", while on "Humming The Sea", he "tried to compose a kind of music that expresses the daily, lazy life of child-like innocence in a summer vacation in some small town."

The bonus LP gathers four long unreleased pieces created around the same period of time for installations, described by Yutaka Hirose as "not music per se but rather sound sculptures", and including the haunting "Shadow Of A Water Droplet" which was recorded for an Ikebana exhibition.

All in all, NOVA + 4 is a transcendent experience of nature in the urban context, an oeuvre which, much like Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass or Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way, holds the power to appease the soul in turbulent times. As one inspired YouTube commenter once said when describing Yutaka Hirose's masterstroke: "I can't tell if the birds are singing inside or outside! Thank you!"

*The Soundscape series also includes Hiroshi Yoshimura's Surround album.
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