ASHIKAWA, Satoshi - Still Way: Wave Notation 2 - Vinyl (LP + insert)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Satoshi ASHIKAWA Still Way: Wave Notation 2(LP + insert) WRWTFWW Switzerland
Cat: WRWTFWW 030. Rel: 26 Aug 19
Ambient/Drone
Side 1 - Track 1. Prelude Side 1 - Track 2. Landscape Of Wheels Side 1 - Track 3. Still Park Side 2 - Track 1. Still Park (Piano Solo) Side 2 - Track 2. Still Sky Side 2 - Track 3. Image Under The Tree
For their latest must-check full length, Swiss ambient and jazz enthusiasts WRWTFWW have offered up a timely reissue of Satoshi Ashikawa's previously Japan-only 1982 album "Still Way". In some quarters it's considered a triumph of Japanese minimalism - an ambient set that was equally as inspired by Erik Satie as Brian Eno. The sounds are sparse, atmospheric and alluring, with simple harp, vibraphone, piano and flute motifs taking it in turns to rise and fall across the soundspace. It's intricate, soft-focus and hugely poignant, evoking memories of similarly lauded sets by Ashikawa's countrymen Hiroshi Yoshimura and Midori Takada. In other words, it's sublime.
