MASAAKI, TAKANO — しずくたち / Shizukutachi

From the 1950s, Masaaki Takano (1927-2007) worked as a freelance "sound planner," mainly creating sound effects for stage productions. In the mid-1980s he began performances called "Sound Play" where he would perform on his own self-created sound instruments and his collection of ethnic instruments. Growing out of his work with sound effects, he became obsessed with the recording of natural sounds from the 1970s onwards, and this album "Shizukutachi" is a record of a high-quality recording of water droplets that he created in the studio using his own self-created suikinchiku system. This reissue recreates the original LP, using special paper to create beautiful packaging and duplicating the original, ultra-transparent vinyl. The reissue includes newly penned, detailed liner notes by Tomotaro Kaneko (owner of the Japanese Art Sound Archive).

50年代前半よりフリーの音響プランナーとして主に舞台音響を担当、80年代中頃からは自作音具と収集した民族楽器による"音あそび”と題したパフォーマンスを開始、主宰の「音あそびの会」では参加者と共に活動に取り組んだ高野昌昭氏(1927-2007)。音響効果の専門家としての傍ら70年代以降は自然音の録音に熱中、その再現の一つとして自作音具"水琴竹”のシステムをスタジオに組み、上質な水滴の音のみを捉えた78年の録音《しずくたち》。オリジナルLPの仕様である、特殊紙をあしらった美しい装丁のジャケット、透明度の高いクリアヴァイナルを再現、新たに金子智太郎氏(日本美術サウンドアーカイヴ主宰)による詳細な解説ブックレットを付属させた復刻版。

Remastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.

The LP jacket is made from two layers of chipboard cardboard and washi-like "shindanshi" paper that reproduces the feel of the original. The LP also comes with two postcards and a 20-page A4 booklet (Text in Japanese and English),a download code.

https://art-into-life.bandcamp.com/album/shizukutachi