- 2LP (BLACK)
- 2LP(Glacial Blue)
- 2LP(Coke Bottle Clear) (予約)
Lou Reed
Hudson River Wind Meditations
Light In The Attic
- Cat No: LITA 190
- 2024-04-18
〈Light In The Attic〉とLaurie Anderson、LOU REED ARCHIVEが組んだ発掘ワーク。グラミー賞にノミネートされた『Words & Music, May 1965』に続く、シリーズの第2弾。Lou Reedが、プライベート的に制作、リリースした2007年の最後のソロ・アルバム。意識に作用するような素晴らしい音楽。波長。ブラック・バイナル・エディション。
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“I first composed this music for myself as an adjunct to meditation, Tai Chi, and bodywork, and as music to play in the background of life, to replace the everyday cacophony with new and ordered sounds of an unpredictable nature. New sounds freed from preconception. …over time, friends who heard the music asked if I could make them copies. I then wrote two more pieces with the same intent: to relax the body, mind, and spirit and facilitate meditation.” - Lou Reed
Lou Reed’s final solo album, Hudson River Wind Meditations, is one of his most personal musical works, combining Reed's love of creating drone music with his passion for Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation. The album's ambient soundscapes have been described as a counterpoint to his intense Metal Machine Music album—but they are similar outliers in Reed's 40+ year exploration of drone music and feedback harmonics. It's for a certain time and place of mind.
The album has been remastered by the GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin with vinyl pressed at Record Technology Inc. (RTI). The Double LP and CD releases are designed by GRAMMY®-winning artist, Masaki Koike and feature new liner notes by renowned Yoga instructor and author, Eddie Stern, who guided Reed’s practice for years. Also included in the physical editions is a fascinating conversation between author/journalist Jonathan Cott (Rolling Stone, The New Yorker) and Reed’s wife, artist Laurie Anderson, who discusses the album, as well as her husband’s devotion to Tai Chi – one of the album’s primary inspirations.
Hudson River Wind Meditations marks the latest release in LITA’s Lou Reed Archival Series. Launched in 2022 in tandem with the late artist’s 80th birthday, the ongoing series has celebrated one of America’s most influential songwriters through such acclaimed collections as Words & Music, May 1965 featuring many of Reed’s earliest (and previously-unreleased) recordings, including the earliest-known versions of “I’m Waiting for the Man” and “Pale Blue Eyes.”
Lou Reed’s final solo album, Hudson River Wind Meditations, is one of his most personal musical works, combining Reed's love of creating drone music with his passion for Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation. The album's ambient soundscapes have been described as a counterpoint to his intense Metal Machine Music album—but they are similar outliers in Reed's 40+ year exploration of drone music and feedback harmonics. It's for a certain time and place of mind.
The album has been remastered by the GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin with vinyl pressed at Record Technology Inc. (RTI). The Double LP and CD releases are designed by GRAMMY®-winning artist, Masaki Koike and feature new liner notes by renowned Yoga instructor and author, Eddie Stern, who guided Reed’s practice for years. Also included in the physical editions is a fascinating conversation between author/journalist Jonathan Cott (Rolling Stone, The New Yorker) and Reed’s wife, artist Laurie Anderson, who discusses the album, as well as her husband’s devotion to Tai Chi – one of the album’s primary inspirations.
Hudson River Wind Meditations marks the latest release in LITA’s Lou Reed Archival Series. Launched in 2022 in tandem with the late artist’s 80th birthday, the ongoing series has celebrated one of America’s most influential songwriters through such acclaimed collections as Words & Music, May 1965 featuring many of Reed’s earliest (and previously-unreleased) recordings, including the earliest-known versions of “I’m Waiting for the Man” and “Pale Blue Eyes.”
デビュー前の素晴らしい音源の発掘に続くLou Reed Archiveは、ぐっと時代を戻し、晩年の作品。Sounds Trueといういわゆるニューエイジ/メディテーショナルな音楽の専門レーベルからリリースした当時傾倒していた太極拳やメディテーションのための音楽「Hudson River Wind Meditations」。
「瞑想、太極拳、ボディーワークの補助として、また生活のバックグラウンドで流す音楽として、日常の不協和音を予測不可能な新しい秩序ある音に置き換えるために。先入観から解き放たれた新しい音。...そのうちに、この音楽を聴いた友人たちが、コピーを作ってくれないかと頼んできた。その後、私は同じ意図でさらに2つの作品を書いた：身体、心、精神をリラックスさせ、瞑想を促進するために。"という本人談が残っいます。長年のパートナーシップのプロデューサーHal Willnerとの制作、電子音楽、持続音の振幅、波長の干渉の変化の作用を探索した音で、ニューエイジ、ドローン、実験音楽好きにも好評を得ている作品。音質に配慮した2LP、見開きスリーヴ、スリーヴの写真同様に、ルーリードによる未公開のフォト、パートナー、ローリー・アンダーソンへのQ&Aなどインタビューやエッセイなどで構成された20pのブックレット。バイナルのカラーは、3種。お値段はりますがLight In The Attic渾身の仕事。ストックしています。 (サイトウ)