Ken-ichiro Isoda // Beach of the Pliocene 2xLP

※ 9/26リリースです

1990年から活動している日本のニューエイジ作家Ken-ichiro Isodaが、2025年9月にカナダ・トロントのオールジャンルレーベルWe Are Busy Bodiesからリリースする再発2枚組レコードです。（オリジナルは1990年にCDリリース）

穏やかな時間を演出するニューエイジ・アンビエント8曲を収録。

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RELEASE DATE: 26th September 2025

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12" black vinyl.
Includes OBI + English and Japanese liner notes.
Edition of 500 copies.

Reissue - originally recorded in 1990.

Tracklist:

A1                    Beach of the Pliocene
A2                    Giovanni's Sadness
B1                    Blue Magic Lantern
B2                    Gauche's Night
C1                    The Birth of a Star
C2                    Eve of the Visitarian Festival
D1                   Sparkle of Space Time
D2                   A Tender Hourglass

We Are Busy Bodies:

"We Are Busy Bodies announces a double LP compilation of Japanese ambient composer Ken-ichiro Isoda out on September 26. The double LP set is a compilation of 8 tracks from Isoda’s 6 CD albums released in 1990 and 1991, selected, edited, and reconstructed by himself.

Side A contains two songs from the album “Beach of the Pliocene”, Side B contains two songs from the album “Meditation of Clammbon”, Side C contains two songs from the album “Majel's Star”, and Side D contains two songs from the album "Sparkle of Space Time".

Isoda’s music has seen reissues on CD reissues in the past, this is the first time any of the tracks have been released on vinyl. Following” Oscillation Circuit” (2023) and “Majel's Slumber” (2024)."

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From the artist:

“In writing the liner notes, I re-read the old liner notes I wrote in 1990 and found that although I was a bit self-conscious due to my youth, I was able to fully describe the compositional process and my thinking at the time, even though they were short. I still believe that the basic content of the notes is as I wrote them.

The Design of Silence.

I have kept these pioneers in mind throughout this work. Of course, this work is not intended to be a “design for silence” in the strict sense of the word. For example, I was trying to create music that would serve as a “sonic air freshener for living spaces” or a “sonic remedy for tired ears”.

However, I had in my mind the sounds and ideas of my predecessors. Erik Satie, John Cage, Brian Eno, Satoshi Ashikawa. I was always thinking about them. Even though I rarely followed their techniques in the purely musical sense.

Plain, almost undeveloped motifs. Infinitely repeatable sound patterns. Sound colors that change very little in between.

These things are recorded here in a classical, live instrument-centered performance. I considered this to be the most important element of this work. The sounds of historical instruments have been refined and perfected into the most pleasing sounds through countless human ears. I aspired to record the subtle rhythmic swings and tonal changes that develop using these sounds in a live performance.

The repetitive sounds here can never be all equal quality. These truly microscopic, delicate changes are what I considered so important in this work.

Any time, any space. Reading, cooling down, waiting for sleep, recalling memories, or whatever. I would be honored and delighted if these sounds could bring even a little bit of color to the listener's life.”

Artist : Ken-ichiro Isoda

Label : We Are Busy Bodies