Hey Alan, Good catching up here. Very nice. Always on the listen-out for this sorta thing. New to me. Especially like the closing piece. Thanks for sharing and hope all's well your way. -Carm
Hi Carm, thanks for dropping by. I think you would like this album. Most of it has a very ambient, New Age quality and is definitely worth your investigation.
I enjoyed this quite a lot, will check out the rest of the record and probably seek it out. I was already aware of another of the projects this guy was involved in - 'Plastics' who were almost like a Japanese version of Devo.
I woke up this morning with Please Ring My Phone by The Starlettes playing in my head and as good as that music you played was it didn't knock The Starlettes out of there. Those girls have staying power!
It's a little bit different and works well across the whole album. And yes, there are - it is intriguing to hear artists using the new technologies of the time.
@@statictravellerDon't start euphorically rubbing your testicles but you are wittier than most in the Venereal Commodity. I've not been to or lived in Japan but from a distance the entire population there looks batshit crazy. I blame it on Sushi, I'd rather eat my own shit than that muck.
Alan, quite enjoyable soundscapes. I sense a ''French'' influence, a little Debussy, a little Satie and a little Jean Michel Jarre. I would call this ''environmental music'' rather than ambient. The raindrop sounds on the second side do evoke a Japanese aesthetic.
It's difficult to do a 55 minute album justice in a few minutes as most of the pieces really do have an expansive quality, and people's attention spans are short... However, 'environmental' is a good description: Tokyo by way of Paris.
I want to believe “Lisa” is named after the Apple Lisa, which was released ’83 and Masahide Sakuma’s Lisa was released somewhat around the same time (Discogs says '84). There is no name “Lisa” in Japanese, so it could have simply been a visual/typographical selection.
That is probably a very astute assumption. Judging by the equipment used on the album, Sakuma was very up to the minute with the technology of the day, so must have been aware of it.
Actually, I do not own Curiosum Paul. And I don't own any Cluster on vinyl. I did briefly own my favourite of theirs on record: Zuckerzeit, as a slightly later reissue, but sent it back due to excess dirt in the grooves... so it's CDs for me.
@@statictraveller Yeah, Zuckerzeit is superb as is Sowiesoso. Most of those early avant-garde electronic albums are usually quiet sounding but I persevere with the vinyl. CD's? what are they - the devil's medium loved by the mofi brigade.
Please stop/don't stop making me search for difficult things to find . I thought everyone wore gloves like that to avoid unwanted static on their records . Try The Uncertainty Principle by Ian Boddy. I think that you would appreciate it.
I love listening to your beat poetry over the top of those jazz tunes 👍
Uh oh, Ben's been on the wine gums again...
Hey Alan, Good catching up here. Very nice. Always on the listen-out for this sorta thing. New to me. Especially like the closing piece. Thanks for sharing and hope all's well your way. -Carm
Hi Carm, thanks for dropping by. I think you would like this album. Most of it has a very ambient, New Age quality and is definitely worth your investigation.
Carm, I thought you might own this tape, it was probably sold in bookstores rather than record stores.
I enjoyed this quite a lot, will check out the rest of the record and probably seek it out. I was already aware of another of the projects this guy was involved in - 'Plastics' who were almost like a Japanese version of Devo.
Hi Dan. That's great. You are in the minority of viewers who knows anything about Sakuma. Kudos. I hope all is well.
I woke up this morning with Please Ring My Phone by The Starlettes playing in my head and as good as that music you played was it didn't knock The Starlettes out of there. Those girls have staying power!
I checked that out, Ed. Once that quality doowop gets in, not much will shift it.
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I bought the 45 recently and I can't stop playing it.
LISA sounds like it would fit on a RESIDENTS album
Everyone knows the band are famous for their anonymity, but there are a few people in the VC who are obviously residents.
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Sounds very interesting. Not afraid of the first track. I found a seller on Discogs saying there is a 2022 reissue on vinyl.
It seems nothing escapes reissue these days. It is a 55 minute album, though, so it would have to be pressed well...
Really good #StuntyApproved ❤
#damnedwithfaintpraise... 😉😂
Very nice Alan, some interesting melodies and feel..definitely wasn't familiar with this.
There was some great electronic stuff from the early 80s.
It's a little bit different and works well across the whole album. And yes, there are - it is intriguing to hear artists using the new technologies of the time.
Yes beautiful music 🎶 Alan...I feel it dancing/vibrating in my musical soul...hoping all is well Alan- Lis 🙏🏻😎🎶☮️
Ooh, your musical soul vibrations are giving me excitations, Lis. I am not tooooo bad, thank you.
Interesting! 👏👌
Hopefully, more to come...
I got to this point ..👍
Your tenacity in the face of adversity never ceases to amaze me.
A curio. If I was to write a one man play about a clown having a mental breakdown this music might be the ideal background soundscape.
An autobiographical work, obviously.
@@statictravellerDon't start euphorically rubbing your testicles but you are wittier than most in the Venereal Commodity. I've not been to or lived in Japan but from a distance the entire population there looks batshit crazy. I blame it on Sushi, I'd rather eat my own shit than that muck.
Alan, quite enjoyable soundscapes. I sense a ''French'' influence, a little Debussy, a little Satie and a little Jean Michel Jarre. I would call this ''environmental music'' rather than ambient. The raindrop sounds on the second side do evoke a Japanese aesthetic.
It's difficult to do a 55 minute album justice in a few minutes as most of the pieces really do have an expansive quality, and people's attention spans are short... However, 'environmental' is a good description: Tokyo by way of Paris.
I want to believe “Lisa” is named after the Apple Lisa, which was released ’83 and Masahide Sakuma’s Lisa was released somewhat around the same time (Discogs says '84). There is no name “Lisa” in Japanese, so it could have simply been a visual/typographical selection.
That is probably a very astute assumption. Judging by the equipment used on the album, Sakuma was very up to the minute with the technology of the day, so must have been aware of it.
Hi Alan, the mellow track is a bit like Cluster's Grosses Wasser from 1979 or Curiosum from 1981. Bet you have those two albums.
Cheers, Paul
Actually, I do not own Curiosum Paul. And I don't own any Cluster on vinyl. I did briefly own my favourite of theirs on record: Zuckerzeit, as a slightly later reissue, but sent it back due to excess dirt in the grooves... so it's CDs for me.
@@statictraveller Yeah, Zuckerzeit is superb as is Sowiesoso. Most of those early avant-garde electronic albums are usually quiet sounding but I persevere with the vinyl. CD's? what are they - the devil's medium loved by the mofi brigade.
Hi Alan, is that a pair of fingerless gloves?
I was waiting for someone to mention them.....
Please stop/don't stop making me search for difficult things to find . I thought everyone wore gloves like that to avoid unwanted static on their records .
Try The Uncertainty Principle by Ian Boddy. I think that you would appreciate it.
Hi Colin. I certainly may/uncertainly will, check out the Boddy record: gloved/ungloved.
@@statictraveller I think that we are both as daft as each other!
84 innit? Sounds cool either way...
Oops. Corrected, thanks.