今作はFripp & Enoの作曲原理に触発され、それをラファエルが独自のギターから導かれる信号経路を通じて発展させた作品とのこと。ギター一本による、オーケストラまたは氷河のような雄大な音像。
1987年にrecされ、1994年にポルトガルのレーベル AnAnAnAからリリース。01年からはジム・オルークのレーベルMOKAIからCD再紹介されそこで、初期に構想された楽曲"AE 1"が新たに録音され収録。2018年のDrag City盤LPには"Textura e Linhas Curvas"が加えられ、"AER 7 E"が再録音、さらに"AE 2"の素材が初めて録音された。ある意味、未完成で生き物のような、という面白いコンセプト。アンビエント初期の名作とも言えます。ジム・オルークからも ...Read more (Shhhhh)、彼によるレーベルMOIKAI ,同じく氏による再発レーベルDexter’s Cigarの両方からリリースというベタ惚れっぷり。今回の来日に繋がりますね。


“Sound Mind Sound Body”は、ギターで音を出しているとは思えないスローモーションの響きを持った音楽であり、音そのものの存在を探る旅。今回の再発は、その旅の最も純粋な地図のようなもの。（Rafael Toral）


25年の今の耳で聴くと、80`s初期アンビエント・クラッシックとも言えます。素晴らし！ (Shhhhh)

Veteran electronic music savant Jichael Mackson. "Shangri La" (Sample1) is leftfield abstract polyrhythm, its floating dubby drum machine guiding you toward unknown sensations, while "5onit" (Sample2), a dreamlike breakbeat cut with three-dimensional ambience, is equally inventive and superb. "Good Morning Sunshine" (Sample3), a chilled-out ambient ...Read more (Original Japanese text by hamon) breakbeat piece that tickles your introspective curiosity, is another mysterious listening experience. Experimental mad scientist Jichael Mackson delivers music that seeps slowly into body and mind — wonderful stuff. Recommended. (Original Japanese text by hamon)

Your body floats in midair, cut off from the space around you, as if you'd been warped into the fragments of sound A Large Sheet Of Muscle has assembled, drifting dreamlike through all kinds of eras. Experimental music, electronics and surrealism experienced to the fullest — an absolutely stunning record. Leading the way is "Entertaining The Clock ...Read more (Original Japanese text by hamon)Mirror" (Sample 1), packed with everything that makes DIY music great, followed by the wonderful "salvadorian sniper" (Sample 2), strange and folky yet exotic, with a primal human warmth somewhere inside it. "generalsekretär peter" (Sample 3) is downright goosebump-inducing. The artwork is superb too. 26 tracks. You can preview them all from the tracklist. (Original Japanese text by hamon)

Downtempo, breakbeat, techno, industrial, IDM — sacred modernity, psychedelia, meditative music that feels like an exploration of a whole new musical universe. Start by giving A1 "When Nothing Is Safe" (sample1) a careful listen and take in this new approach. The one that really clicked for us is "Transforming Well" (sample2), an alternative downte ...Read more (Original Japanese text by hamon)mpo low-track at BPM 100 that plays like Hardfloor reinterpreted through modern sound design and machine textures — highly recommended!! "Sphere Force" (sample3) at BPM 150, with its minimal atmosphere and hardcore-krautrock-like mood taken to a higher dimension, also sounds killer. DJs, make it your own however you read it! We agonized over which tracks to sample, but you can preview from the tracklist as well. "Divided Society" is another recommendation. The Zenker Brothers are doing something incredible here. (Original Japanese text by hamon)