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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: Haruomi Hosono
Title......: N.D.E
Rip Date...: Dec-12-2023 Cat.No.....: RH-Store JPN 10
Style......: Electronic Label......: Rush Hour
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 104,8 MB Source.....: Vinyl
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
First ever vinyl pressing of Haruomi Hosono's full album N.D.E.
Featuring Goh Hotoda, Yasuhiko Terada, Yasuaki Shimizu, Bill
Laswell & Franτois Kevorkian. Big TIP!
Ever since his days as a pioneer of Japanese electronic music in
the 1970s, Haruomi Hosono has constantly pushed forwards
musically. The 1990s was a particularly fertile decade for the
Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder. Following two decades spent
creating and releasing innovative electronic pop, imaginary sound
worlds and inspirational ambient music, Hosono established the
Daisyworld label to showcase cutting-edge ambient, techno and
electronica, while also embarking on a wide range of often
overlooked collaborative projects.
N.D.E. - , one of the headiest, psychedelic, evocative and gently
mind-altering albums in HosonoÆs vast discography, is one such
project. It formed part of a run of albums that saw the Japanese
producer embrace contemporaneous influences û think Spacetime
Continuum style ambient techno, DJ Spooky-esque illbient, weighty
ambient dub and the æambient houseÆ antics of The Orb û in his own
inimitable, far-sighted style.
He was ably assisted on N.D.E. by an undeniably impressive roll
call of collaborators, most notably no-wave hero turned ambient
explorer Bill Laswell (who Hosono subsequently worked with on
joint album Interpieces Organisation), NYC DJ/producer Francois
Kevorkian, and fellow Japanese ambient pioneer Yasuaki Shimizu.
With such a stellar cast-list, itÆs perhaps unsurprising that
N.D.E. has achieved cult status over the years, despite being near
impossible to find outside of HosonoÆs native Japan. Remarkably,
it never received a full vinyl release, with only five of the
setÆs cuts appearing on an ultra-limited sampler. Now Rush Hour is
putting the record straight, delivering a DJ-friendly, remastered
version that spreads that albumÆs seven tracks across two slabs of
vinyl, cut at 45rpm.
N.D.E. remains an impressive, unearthly and otherworldly album.
Its unique and distinctive sound makes use of multiple nods to
Eastern musical culture û think Tabla rhythms, heady violin
courtesy of guest musician Arun Bagal, and transcendental synth
sounds û but also throbbing techno grooves, Pete Namlook style
ambient electronics, spaced-out dub rhythms, bubbly melodies
reminiscent of Warp Records Artificial Intelligence-era IDM
output, trippy tribal drums, and immersive electronic dream-scapes
that recall the greatest exponents of Japanese new-age ambient
music.
Highlights are plentiful, from the Test Department-at-dawn
brilliance of Bill Laswell co-production æEdge of the EndÆ and the
sunrise-ready, dew-fresh dreaminess of æAeroÆ, to the surging
ambient techno hedonism of æStrange AttractorÆ û a near cult cut
that remains a timeless slab of hallucinatory dancefloor
excellence û and the slow-motion space-dub of Francois Kevorkian
collaboration æTeaching of SphinxÆ, whose oddly processed sounds
and low-slung bass subtly reference the OrbÆs earlier remix of
YMOÆs æTong PooÆ.
ThereÆs also the impeccable, pleasingly experimental æSpinning
SpiritsÆ û all addictive Indian rhythms, punishingly distorted
bass, raw electronics and paranoid aural textures û and the
sparkling bliss of æHeliotherapyÆ, a woozy chunk of sun-bright
electronic hypnotism that encapsulates everything good about
HosonoÆs mid-90s productions.
www.discogs.com/release/27389940
p l a y l i s t
01 Spinning Spirits 06:05
02 Navigations 09:29
03 Teaching Of Sphinx 06:29
04 Strange Attractor 09:50
05 Heliotherapy 04:22
06 Higher Flyer 06:04
07 Edge Of The End 08:42
08 Aero 06:21
57:22 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl