Akira Ito Praying For Mother, Earth Part 1

Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental New Age Music 19801990 3xLP, 2xCD, Digital out now: Light In The Attics Japan Archival Series continues with Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental New Age Music 19801990, an unprecedented overview of the countrys vital minimal, ambient, avantgarde, and New Age music what can collectively be described as kankyō ongaku, or environmental music. The collection features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, as well as other pioneers like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yoshio Ojima and Satoshi Ashikawa, who deserve a place alongside the undisputable giants of these genres. In the 1970s, the concepts of Brian Enos ambient and Erik Saties furniture music began to take hold in the minds of artists and musicians around Tokyo. Emerging fields like soundscape design and architectural acoustics opened up new ways in which sound and music could