日本産、環境音楽の名盤。YUTAKA HIROSE(広瀬豊)がミサワホームのために製作した1986年の「Soundscape 2: Nova」に未発表の音源を加えた2LP。〈WE RELEASE WHATEVER THE FUCK WE WANT RECORDS〉から。

83年の「Pier & Loft」や、82年の「Music For Nine Post Cards」がアナログ再発されてきた吉村弘が製作した第1弾に続いて、ミワサホームのために広瀬豊が製作した「Soundscape」シリーズの第2弾。86年の作品をシンセサイザーと、住宅展示場でのBGMとしての使用目的だったそうで、自然音、雑踏などのフィールドレコーディングも交えながら、深いサウンドスケープ。未発表の4曲を加え、本人への日本語でのインタビューと当時の写真のインサートシート、内側に英語訳をのせた見開きスリーヴの2LP。 (サイトウ)

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WRWTFWW Records is blissful to announce the expanded reissue of one of the most fascinating Japanese ambient/environmental albums ever made, NOVA + 4 by Yutaka Hirose. The double LP includes the album known as Soundscape 2: Nova, sourced from its original masters, as well as 50 minutes of never-released-before recordings. It comes in a beautiful gatefold sleeve, packed with liner notes from the artist in English and Japanese. NOVA + 4 is also available on double digipack CD. Initially released in 1986 as part of the Soundscape series* commissioned by Misawa Home Corporation for use in their prefabricated houses, Yutaka Hirose’s NOVA has grown to become a mythical piece of the Japanese minimalist/ambient/environmental scene of the eighties. Initiated around the enchanting landscapes of the two first tracks recorded for the project, “Nova” and “Epilogue", Yutaka Hirose’s magnum opus serenely blends vintage synth with nature sounds, exploring soothing palettes and organic backdrops. For “Slow Sky", Hirose explains he “went for a pointillism-like sound, and tried