Music for Living Sound
by Yann Tomita
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 May 1998
- Label: Audio Science Laboratory
- Country: Japan
- Length: 2:22:25
- Community rating: 3.95/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A whimsical and deeply esoteric offering from the Japanese avant-garde pioneer, utilizing the studio itself as the primary instrument. The record is a sprawling, conceptual audio-science experiment, playfully weaving together rudimentary analog electronics, tape manipulation, and surreal spoken-word passages into a uniquely hypnotic collage.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, avant-garde, sampling, experimental, leftfield, electronic, ambient, lounge, diverse
Tracklist
- Sensory Sound Systems In A.S.L. (4:04)
- Solar And Planetary Influence Sound (5:04)
- Murmur Of Living Experience (4:35)
- The Living Sound (3:05)
- Refreshing Sound (2:30)
- Laughter Robot In Silicon Valley (6:40)
- Talk To Me, Talk To Me (For Biological & Robotical Research) (12:11)
- Take A Walk (6:12)
- Switched On/Off RCA Mark II Synthesizer (0:50)
- Vinyl Beat Of Two Turntables With Cybernetics And Bio-Feedback (10:49)
- Flash To The Bionic Beat And An Analysis Of His Brainwave By Doctor (5:41)
- Prepared Record #9 For Enevitable Chance (6:38)
- Introduction Of Aeolian Harp (1:00)
- Magic Music Of The Spheres (22:57)
- Summer Song (3:00)
- Airport By The Lab. (1:48)
- Air Vibes From The Airport (2:30)
- Animal/Human Preservation Encompasses Tours, Biological Research (13:15)
- Music Life (4:29)
- Introduction Of Bionic Music (1:08)
- My Brain, My Muscle And My Heart For Bionic Music (14:31)
- In & Out/Yin & Yang (5:11)
- Living By The Airport (4:17)
Credits
- Manabu Yukino - directed by
- Vagabond Suzuki - bass, bass [wood bass]
- Caroline Novac - chorus
- Jackie Hiyama - chorus
- Kiyoshi Hiyama - chorus
- Suzi Kim - chorus
- Hajime Ishimatsu - drums
- Genichi Tamura - guitar, guitar, steel guitar [pedal]