Senri Miyazato // Songs and Prayers from the Izaiho Ritual, Kudaka Island CD

Hideki Umezawa, a sound artist from Chiba, released an album in January 2022 from his own label with a limited edition of 1 copies. Comes with a 150-page booklet (photos and essay).Below is a commentary by the author himself.A collection of works by Hideki Umezawa and Koichi Sato, artists who have presented installations using video and sound.Under the theme of the new relationship between nature and human population, works produced through underwater recordings in Tokyo Bay, wetlands registered under the Ramsar Convention, research at the National Museum of Nature and Science, etc., and Seiha Kurosawa's exhibition at the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art. Three works produced between 34 and 2018, including a work created on the theme of industrial activities and environmental changes in the Chichibu area of ​​Saitama Prefecture, historical strata and beliefs, and a performance work performed with Koichi Sato at the Aomori Contemporary Art Center Aomori ACAC. A set of CD and Book that re-edited the sound work and added images from the video.It also includes articles by Minoru Hatanaka, chief curator of the ICC, and Seiha Kurosawa, curator of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. " -------------------------------------- Book - edition of 3.handmade binding21 pages /. ..

A record released in 2020 by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki, an ambient artist from Kobe.Contains 6 dreamy ambient drone songs by guitar. Comes with DL code. ------------------------------------------- Includes DL code. Artist : Hirotaka Shirotsubaki Label: Self-released

A cassette released in October 2022 by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki, an ambient artist from Kobe.Contains 10 dreamy ambient drone songs by guitar. Comes with DL code. ------------------------------------------------- Includes DL code. Artist : Hirotaka Shirotsubaki Label : Self-released

A collaborative cassette by Japanese experimental musicians Yusaku Arai + Hideki Umezawa. Comes with DL code.Below is an explanation by the label. "Echos from Clouds, an installation work that has been presented at exhibitions in Japan and overseas, including the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum and the Thailand Biennale, is the OST of artist Hideki Umezawa, and Arai, who is known for his unit with butaji. A split sound source by Yusaku.This work, which was produced with the theme of considering the commons surrounding water and the relationship between society and nature, was created in a dialogue with Yuko Hasegawa, the curator of the exhibition. In response to the suggestion that it is necessary to have a structure in which the signifier and signifiant in music are cleverly displaced," he created a poetic sound by comparing the way a person operates a PC in the video to playing a prepared piano. Attempts are made to break away from the monotonous counterpoint between image and sound, such as the bursting sound of air bubbles rising from the depths of an ingrown forest, and field recordings at water sources contrasting with the sounds of life in the city. The indistinct sustained sounds evoke the feeling of being lost in a forest at night, as well as the fog spreading over an artificial lake. I feel that the way they are going represents part of the new sensibility that we need." ------------------------- ------------------- Includes DL code....