ARTIST...: Sympathy Nervous
TITLE....: Sympathy Nervous (Remastered)
YEAR.....: 2018
LABEL....: Minimal Wave
CAT.NO...: MW067
GENRE....: Electronic
TIME.....: 41:36
SIZE.....: 95.39 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2019/09/08
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/?id=Btrpf3rx2p2qda4zdrz6ad4lgji
TRACKLIST
01) (05:22) A Worm
02) (05:33) Go On And Off
03) (06:14) Temperament
04) (03:16) Deaf Picture
05) (04:48) Automatic Type
06) (03:12) Quick Starttype
07) (03:23) Inverted Type
08) (09:48) Sympathetic Nerves
Minimal Wave is honored to present a reissue of Sympathy NervousÆ pioneering debut
album originally released in 1980 on Vanity Records out of Japan. Sympathy Nervous
was Yosihumi NiinumaÆs lifelong project which he started in his Tokyo living room in
1979. Through Sympathy Nervous, Niinuma was able to channel his energy into what he
loved û building his own synthesizers and speakers from scratch. Niinuma was inspired
by German Krautrock and through his music created intense proto-techno soundscapes.
Now finally available for the first time ever, remastered from the original tapes
used for the 1980 release, is the timeless masterpiece in its entirety. This is a
momentous occasion and we are happy that Niinuma and his family have entrusted us
with this gem of an album. The Sympathy Nervous LP will be pressed on 180 gram vinyl
featuring updated artwork themed from the original release, along with an insert
sleeve with an unpublished photograph of Niinuma at work in his studio. The release
is limited to 600 copies, the first 300 are pressed on clear and the remaining 300 on
black.
About his set up, Niimuma says: ôThe reason it takes over five hours to set up is
because all of our synthesizersÆ modules are separate. I take and control each part
with a UCG, æUniversal Character Generator.Æ I actually gave it that name myself.
There are a lot of people using this technique elsewhere, but it hasnÆt been
systemized as a popular method here in Japan so I just call it that. In the end, IÆm
taking everything that used to be done by human hands û like giving it a vibrato or
adding sounds û and automating it with a clock. Our system is going to continue
growing like plants! I can take my computer and do some lengthy programming, and even
clean my echoes. But with the system we have right now, we have to spend time
connecting each line. Since it takes four or five wires for each module, it would
take up to 70 to 100 wires to do all songs. ThatÆs why the set up takes so long,
although of course itÆs mostly simply about getting used to it.ö
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