@@MrShimazu i think he's alive, people close to him would have said something if he indeed had passed away. The fact that none of his close collaborators (ie: Uwe Schmidt) have made any mentions leads me to believe they want to respect his privacy, and he's just being a hermit. One day we'll know I'm sure
@@yolo_zen That definitely makes sense. I figure you know this already, but according to his Wikipedia page, he definitely went left the public eye following his album in 2007. I found a write-up on the now defunct ambientmusicguide website. As you said, one of his collaborators, Phonaut, who managed Inoue's website had been keeping quiet out of respect. It seems that Inoue would send him short emails, notes, holiday cards, and CD's, but that stopped. Not sure when, exactly, but if I'm reading the posts correctly, around 2012? I definitely am not one to be a pessimist. I try to be optimistic about things, but Pete Namlook suggested that Inoue may have passed away in the 2011 tsunami. Before Namlook passed away in 2012, he had been searching for Inoue so that he could pay Inoue shares from CD sales. Someone posted that they checked an incomplete list of those who were victims of the tsunami, but Tetsu Inoue's name was not there. Interestingly, a friend of Inoue and Ingrid Baier (Inoue's girlfriend at the time) from the US named Andy Thomas (Inoue listed under the special thanks in his "Sending Orbs" album) posted that Inoue returned to Japan due to an ailing father and wanting to live closer to his parents (that post was made around 2019/2020...). Thomas apparently moved to Japan a few years ago but hasn't had any luck with Inoue's whereabouts in terms of searching around and asking mutual friends. Someone replied that they've been living in Kyushu (where Inoue is from) for the past 30 years and hypothesized that it's an easy area to drop out of sight in. Andy Thomas did say that when they lived in California, Inoue "...was always seeking solitude..." and would often drive away, and stay in the catskills for a bit and spent a decent amount of time in nature. I hope I didn't get any of this stuff wrong, and it's the internet, so of course, people can say things, but I'd like to believe that this is the actual Andy Thomas. It definitely seems like the person is being authentic. Anyway, I believe I discovered his music late last year (I think...) I was listening to Stingray Music this morning and this song popped up. Stingray keeps putting Ambiant Otaku instead of just for the album, but I came to youtube since it's not available on Spotify. Magnicifcent work by Mr. Inoue! Prayerfully, all is well with him and his loved ones. I'm glad I found this video and your comment. I've procrastinated quite a bit typing this out, but I just had to dig into this and ended up going down the rabbit hole, hahaha. I know this was a bit to read, but as you said, we'll probably know for sure. I've included the links to the sites that I used below. I hope they work. I used the waybackmachine for one of them. web.archive.org/web/20220124135941/ambientmusicguide.com/a-z-essential-albums/tetsu-inoue/ web.archive.org/web/20220507163016/phonaut.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/where-is-tetsu-inoue/#comment-1172
+skywatcher - i just discovered tetsu and the "world receiver" yesterday - i´m a musician since the early 70s and a sound explorer/home recorder since the late 70s and worked a lot with tape loops and weird noises - believe it or not, a long time ago i recorded sounds from a world receiver and tried to make music like that - i failed, my skills were obviously not good enough - plus for long years i tried to make shifting music like this and wasn´t really successful - i came to do this because in my childhood during the 60s i spent hours in front of my dad´s tube radio listening to short wave, exploring the alien sounds on there, the ever shifting, twisting music that often faded into one another just like that, my musical adventure - i´m so happy to have found a musician who got it done so very well as tetsu - great work... this is the soft floating version, if you want to have it a bit more "brittle", try "jan jelinek - tierbeobachtungen" - also a master in his own way... i just caught myself thinking: man, did that take long, i am bloody 60 now! how cool ist that?!? happy....................................... :-) edit: i´m at about 35:00 now - it sounds quite similar to one of my early 80s loops, haha... (i didn´t have that spacy sound around though, just the "naked" loop, mind you, i had only one reel to reel tape recorder for my work)
I get the feeling, and even if my background is not as fitting as yours i consider 'World Receiver' to be a total masterpiece, an absolute joy to listen. Easily my favourite from Inoue along Shades of Orion 2. Ambiant Otaku is not far behind (another master piece) and was definitely an eye opener but i´ll stick with World Receiver as the most creative and evocative. Those samples...
@@skywatcher1972 Ambiant Otaku is such a classic and the best entry album from him imo, but World Receiver is a total masterpiece and possibly my favorite ambient album ever.
I live by the Atlantic ocean in Canada. This CD came to my attention one hot July day in 2005 and I put it on while sitting out in my hammock in the garden overlooking a glistening sea and whales breaching in the distance while seagulls and gannets circled overhead. You have to try this some day!
Be Aware Do you live in Newfoundland by any chance or visited and formed an opinion of it ? Later this year it’s possible I’ll be taking over the management of a small inn there and if it works out I will try to gain citizenship. I’ve seen beautiful pictures and read convincing government issues hype but I’d like to hear the impressions of a Canadian with no dog in this fight as the expression goes. If you’ve spent any time there your impressions would be very valuable to me and appreciated. I’m sure there’s got to be a more innovative and beautiful ambient album than this but I’ve yet to hear it. The completely weightless Essence/Universe by Laraaji has long been a favorite but this one is just amazing.
Definitely one of the best ambient albums ever made. Someone needs to find him and bring him back to music making. I just love living in the musical world he created in this album - even for just an hour at a time.
I have no idea how I even found Tetsu Inoue, it was probably 20 years ago now, maybe more I'm not sure really, that's a scary thought. I had no previous experience with ambient music and no real desire to listen to it, but ambient otaku drew me in ... I remember laying in the dark one night listening, sinking in to this other world of sound, colour and texture it was almost a psychedelic experience, before I even knew what that was in a time before real worries and commitments. This album and artist has stayed with me. I still wonder if he was a real person, I suppose it doesn't really matter, if he is I hope he is well and realises the impact of his creations. If not... well, thank you to all involved if you ever happen to read this.
he was/is real. There is an interview with him somewhere with photos etc. And he appears in the electronic film "Modulations", sampling the Microwave oven etc at his house
I gave the Great Tetsu Inoue #112 approval; he warrants ten fold this number. All of his themes challenge the mind as to what the underlying Psychologies may be. It's deep, tantalizingly deep, and yet something is there; a Vision? A History, or histories? Selected slices of Time in a book called "Ambient Otaku"! I salute you Inoue.
The mandala is a memory palace tool it represents the temple if you look at it from the air you go inside and remember budda teaching at each part of it. Each element of mandala represents a budda teatching part - you go thru it in your imagination and remember and collect the budda wisdom. When you go thru all of it your mood will change and your choices and perception of the world will be more like the Budda.
It is NOT mate ! See: in some ZEN stories many utterly lucky and happy folks vanished suddenly (SIC !) So there must be something precious behind this kinda "good bye" . . . .
It is possible. I have that LP and Riley is "innovative," but Tetsu is more contemplative, and diverse in expression, imo. Suzanne Ciani might be a better comparison, as she was so much on the cutting edge. As Rock faded away these artists gave us something to take us into the 21st Century.
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If Tetsu Inoue is alive somewhere, I hope he is doing well.
Even if he is roaming in the orbit he will still do well . . .
He died
@@Adam-yo3bt What? Where did you got that info?
@@MrShimazu i think he's alive, people close to him would have said something if he indeed had passed away. The fact that none of his close collaborators (ie: Uwe Schmidt) have made any mentions leads me to believe they want to respect his privacy, and he's just being a hermit. One day we'll know I'm sure
@@yolo_zen That definitely makes sense. I figure you know this already, but according to his Wikipedia page, he definitely went left the public eye following his album in 2007. I found a write-up on the now defunct ambientmusicguide website. As you said, one of his collaborators, Phonaut, who managed Inoue's website had been keeping quiet out of respect. It seems that Inoue would send him short emails, notes, holiday cards, and CD's, but that stopped. Not sure when, exactly, but if I'm reading the posts correctly, around 2012? I definitely am not one to be a pessimist. I try to be optimistic about things, but Pete Namlook suggested that Inoue may have passed away in the 2011 tsunami. Before Namlook passed away in 2012, he had been searching for Inoue so that he could pay Inoue shares from CD sales. Someone posted that they checked an incomplete list of those who were victims of the tsunami, but Tetsu Inoue's name was not there. Interestingly, a friend of Inoue and Ingrid Baier (Inoue's girlfriend at the time) from the US named Andy Thomas (Inoue listed under the special thanks in his "Sending Orbs" album) posted that Inoue returned to Japan due to an ailing father and wanting to live closer to his parents (that post was made around 2019/2020...). Thomas apparently moved to Japan a few years ago but hasn't had any luck with Inoue's whereabouts in terms of searching around and asking mutual friends. Someone replied that they've been living in Kyushu (where Inoue is from) for the past 30 years and hypothesized that it's an easy area to drop out of sight in. Andy Thomas did say that when they lived in California, Inoue "...was always seeking solitude..." and would often drive away, and stay in the catskills for a bit and spent a decent amount of time in nature. I hope I didn't get any of this stuff wrong, and it's the internet, so of course, people can say things, but I'd like to believe that this is the actual Andy Thomas. It definitely seems like the person is being authentic. Anyway, I believe I discovered his music late last year (I think...) I was listening to Stingray Music this morning and this song popped up. Stingray keeps putting Ambiant Otaku instead of just for the album, but I came to youtube since it's not available on Spotify. Magnicifcent work by Mr. Inoue! Prayerfully, all is well with him and his loved ones. I'm glad I found this video and your comment. I've procrastinated quite a bit typing this out, but I just had to dig into this and ended up going down the rabbit hole, hahaha. I know this was a bit to read, but as you said, we'll probably know for sure. I've included the links to the sites that I used below. I hope they work. I used the waybackmachine for one of them.
web.archive.org/web/20220124135941/ambientmusicguide.com/a-z-essential-albums/tetsu-inoue/
web.archive.org/web/20220507163016/phonaut.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/where-is-tetsu-inoue/#comment-1172
Nobody seems to know where Tetsu Inoue is these days but the people who love his music know he lives on in every note 🙂
The cover of this album is a high Vajrayana Buddhist mandala depicting the Five Dyani Buddhas of each direction. Glorious meditation!
This album is a very special one...♥
karmic light 0:00
low of vibration 17:05
ambiant otaku 28:15
holy dance 39:34
magnetic field 55:20
Magnetic Field is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. Otherworldly.
I agree, one of the best ambient song in the history of this genre, imo...
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No one is like this guy. His sound is constantly moving, yet it is stable ambient. It opens up awesome worlds!
Yes! He shifts from theme to theme, almost seamlessly. . . he does this in World Receiver, too.
+skywatcher - i just discovered tetsu and the "world receiver" yesterday - i´m a musician since the early 70s and a sound explorer/home recorder since the late 70s and worked a lot with tape loops and weird noises - believe it or not, a long time ago i recorded sounds from a world receiver and tried to make music like that - i failed, my skills were obviously not good enough - plus for long years i tried to make shifting music like this and wasn´t really successful - i came to do this because in my childhood during the 60s i spent hours in front of my dad´s tube radio listening to short wave, exploring the alien sounds on there, the ever shifting, twisting music that often faded into one another just like that, my musical adventure - i´m so happy to have found a musician who got it done so very well as tetsu - great work...
this is the soft floating version, if you want to have it a bit more "brittle", try "jan jelinek - tierbeobachtungen" - also a master in his own way...
i just caught myself thinking: man, did that take long, i am bloody 60 now! how cool ist that?!?
happy....................................... :-)
edit: i´m at about 35:00 now - it sounds quite similar to one of my early 80s loops, haha... (i didn´t have that spacy sound around though, just the "naked" loop, mind you, i had only one reel to reel tape recorder for my work)
I get the feeling, and even if my background is not as fitting as yours i consider 'World Receiver' to be a total masterpiece, an absolute joy to listen. Easily my favourite from Inoue along Shades of Orion 2. Ambiant Otaku is not far behind (another master piece) and was definitely an eye opener but i´ll stick with World Receiver as the most creative and evocative. Those samples...
A world in a stable environment opens only to absolute vacuum it seems to me ....;)
@@skywatcher1972 Ambiant Otaku is such a classic and the best entry album from him imo, but World Receiver is a total masterpiece and possibly my favorite ambient album ever.
THIS is just in its own league
exactly
In my top 10 in ambient music!
Tetsu Inoue is such a fantastic musician and artist!
I live by the Atlantic ocean in Canada. This CD came to my attention one hot July day in 2005 and I put it on while sitting out in my hammock in the garden overlooking a glistening sea and whales breaching in the distance while seagulls and gannets circled overhead.
You have to try this some day!
Be Aware Do you live in Newfoundland by any chance or visited and formed an opinion of it ? Later this year it’s possible I’ll be taking over the management of a small inn there and if it works out I will try to gain citizenship. I’ve seen beautiful pictures and read convincing government issues hype but I’d like to hear the impressions of a Canadian with no dog in this fight as the expression goes. If you’ve spent any time there your impressions would be very valuable to me and appreciated. I’m sure there’s got to be a more innovative and beautiful ambient album than this but I’ve yet to hear it. The completely weightless Essence/Universe by Laraaji has long been a favorite but this one is just amazing.
I live by the small artifical sea, but this works too.
that sounds rly cool but i can't afford a hammock m8, not in this wintry economic climate
@@ghostofkenny DIY Camping Hammock
ruclips.net/video/zEuedrVhJI0/видео.html
bullshit history
I haven't listened to this in years, I just found it again. It's god damn amazing.
Me too. Friend gave me the CD back in 2005 and lost it a few years later in a move. The memories!
Tetsu where are you? Someone needs to find him. Genius.
where o where did he go.. he worked with the best of the best and was one of them dancing for a spell... this is .. just ecstasy ...
It controls me
It makes me love
It helps me feel comfortable
It gets me feel better
It's iliusion
It's..
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It's my life...
deep and superb //
Nothing comes close to this album. The most ethereal piece of musical art.
I think Tetsu's Inland is pretty close.
Inland
Tetsu was or is (I hope so !) a genius... Who made a tresures with this has been up on the top...
possibly the greatest album ever conceived and executed
Definitely one of the best ambient albums ever made. Someone needs to find him and bring him back to music making. I just love living in the musical world he created in this album - even for just an hour at a time.
Absolutely amazing album. Sonic meditation for the ears and mind.
I have no idea how I even found Tetsu Inoue, it was probably 20 years ago now, maybe more I'm not sure really, that's a scary thought. I had no previous experience with ambient music and no real desire to listen to it, but ambient otaku drew me in ... I remember laying in the dark one night listening, sinking in to this other world of sound, colour and texture it was almost a psychedelic experience, before I even knew what that was in a time before real worries and commitments. This album and artist has stayed with me. I still wonder if he was a real person, I suppose it doesn't really matter, if he is I hope he is well and realises the impact of his creations. If not... well, thank you to all involved if you ever happen to read this.
he was/is real. There is an interview with him somewhere with photos etc. And he appears in the electronic film "Modulations", sampling the Microwave oven etc at his house
@@Chromexus « holy microwave »
@@yolo_zen right,.. it appeared , more or less unedited from the film, on DSP Holiday IIRC
@@Chromexus mmm wasn't it Ondas, the last Datacide album? All great records ofc
@@yolo_zen I think you are right yes.. Although there is special place in my heart for Flowerhead
I gave the Great Tetsu Inoue #112 approval; he warrants ten fold this number. All of his themes challenge the mind as to what the underlying Psychologies may be. It's deep, tantalizingly deep, and yet something is there; a Vision? A History, or histories? Selected slices of Time in a book called "Ambient Otaku"! I salute you Inoue.
Total genius and visionary through sound
696 approvals and counting. He might be gone, but his Wake remains in The Ambient Ocean, and let's ride that Wave!!
930 approvals as we "iso-late" beneath the Great covid tsunami. What next??
1.2+ k is ten fold, at last. Move on to the Next Level, master of ambience.
@@eugwx9956 Next is War in Ukraine. Who would guess it possible in the 21st Century?
One of my favs, I keep coming back to this album!
Hell yes, what a jewel in music, thanks to keyblade for the review ! And Thanks to Inoue of course!
Nirwana, Walhalla, Heaven, Satori, Zen... on CD
Magic man!!!
still love it!!
💯💖
Excellent!!!
The mandala is a memory palace tool it represents the temple if you look at it from the air you go inside and remember budda teaching at each part of it. Each element of mandala represents a budda teatching part - you go thru it in your imagination and remember and collect the budda wisdom. When you go thru all of it your mood will change and your choices and perception of the world will be more like the Budda.
This is time travel
nice !!! thanks
This is insane that no one knows what happened to him 😳
It is NOT mate ! See: in some ZEN stories many utterly lucky and happy folks vanished suddenly (SIC !) So there must be something precious behind this kinda "good bye" . . . .
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Here are the steps to fully enjoy Tetsu Inoue productions :
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this is so perfect
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍utterly COSMIC !!!
RUclips algorithm comes through again. This is really good..
Excellent in mute to taste good Japanese dishes in a comfortable and deliciously decorated restaurant! To listen in moderation of course ;)
Tetsu Inou didn’t disappear but simply chose to accept the human instrumentality project
Great to meditate to !!!! Awesome Album!!!
Is this track listing time accurate? "Holy Dance" starts @ 39:09 for me, at least. I think it is the best part!
Ambiant Otaku
Ambiant mania
アンビエント専門家
✨✨😌✨✨🎶💖
TRUE SPACE AMBIENT, ONE OF THE FINEST OF ALL TIME. :-)
so good
Tetsu is the best!
Fantastique!
Yes; maybe surreal!
Owes a lot to "A Rainbow in Curved Air".
It is possible. I have that LP and Riley is "innovative," but Tetsu is more contemplative, and diverse in expression, imo. Suzanne Ciani might be a better comparison, as she was so much on the cutting edge. As Rock faded away these artists gave us something to take us into the 21st Century.
tetsu is now a top executive at mitsubishi overseeing a multi billion dollar industry (i just made that up)
100bonus points + extra lifes , thanks !
yo the title is calling u a nerd
the sound of progressive sony playstation. stop play & start meditate
Domou Arigatou Gozaimasu
You know a song is bad when the comments are turned off
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