#Notes of Forestry, by Motohiko Hamase

#Notes of Forestry

by Motohiko Hamase

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falpal A masterwork of hypnotism and mystery. The atmospheric arrangements frame the tracks with an endless horizon to which the virtuosic bass lines roam with an intelligence and passion hard to find elsewhere. Favorite track: Pascal.

TigerTorakio A fusion of ambient and chamber music that sketches unpeopled yet inviting, pleasant landscapes. Despite the ambiguous atmosphere, I feel so at home. Especially in "Pascal." It reminds me a bit of Yūji Nomi's soundtrack to the Sega CD game Mansion of Hidden Souls. Favorite track: Pascal.

I love this album. This whole movement from 1980s and 1990s in ambient sounds from Japan with the incorporation of nature into music is just awesome. Favorite track: Spiral for Multipul Instruments.

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Essential Japanese Ambient / Electronic / Minimalism from MOTOHIKO HAMASE
Co-produced by YOSHIO OJIMA / Featuring SATSUKI SHIBANO
Originally Released in 1988 via NEWSIC / WACOAL ART CENTER
Official Reissue Overseen by the Artist / With Liner Notes
Reissued in Conjunction with Hamase’s Anecdote and Technodrome albums
From the ESPLANADE_SERIES
An Archival Focus on Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano, and Motohiko Hamase

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

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Essential Japanese Ambient / Electronic / Minimalism from MOTOHIKO HAMASE
Co-produced by YOSHIO OJIMA / Featuring SATSUKI SHIBANO
Originally Released in 1988 via NEWSIC / WACOAL ART CENTER
Official Reissue Overseen by the Artist
With Liner Notes
Reissued in Conjunction with Hamase’s Anecdote and Technodrome albums
From the ESPLANADE_SERIES
An Archival Focus on Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano, and Motohiko Hamase

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Essential Japanese Ambient / Electronic / Minimalism from MOTOHIKO HAMASE
Co-produced by YOSHIO OJIMA / Featuring SATSUKI SHIBANO
Originally Released in 1988 via NEWSIC / WACOAL ART CENTER
Official Reissue Overseen by the Artist / With Liner Notes
Reissued in Conjunction with Hamase’s Anecdote and Technodrome albums
From the ESPLANADE_SERIES
An Archival Focus on Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano, and Motohiko Hamase

Includes unlimited streaming of #Notes of Forestry via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Essential Japanese Ambient / Electronic / Minimalism from MOTOHIKO HAMASE
Co-produced by YOSHIO OJIMA / Featuring SATSUKI SHIBANO
Originally Released in 1988 via NEWSIC / WACOAL ART CENTER
Official Reissue Overseen by the Artist / With Liner Notes
Reissued in Conjunction with Hamase’s Anecdote and Technodrome albums
From the ESPLANADE_SERIES
An Archival Focus on Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano, and Motohiko Hamase

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Co-produced by YOSHIO OJIMA / Featuring SATSUKI SHIBANO
Originally Released in 1988 via NEWSIC / WACOAL ART CENTER
Official Reissue Overseen by the Artist / With Liner Notes
Reissued in Conjunction with Hamase’s Anecdote and Technodrome albums
From the ESPLANADE_SERIES
An Archival Focus on Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano, and Motohiko Hamase

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1.	#Notes of Forestry 06:22	buy track
2.	Pascal 07:47	buy track
3.	Spiral for Multipul Instruments 08:05	buy track
4.	Nude 17:16	buy track

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Essential Japanese Ambient / Electronic / Minimalism from MOTOHIKO HAMASE
Co-produced by YOSHIO OJIMA / Featuring SATSUKI SHIBANO
Originally Released in 1988 via NEWSIC / WACOAL ART CENTER
Official Reissue Overseen by the Artist / With Liner Notes
Reissued in Conjunction with Hamase’s Anecdote and Technodrome albums
From the ESPLANADE_SERIES
An Archival Focus on Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano, and Motohiko Hamase

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.

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

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