{"title":"Artist: Inoyama Land","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"commissions-1977-2000-inoyama-land-2lp","title":"Commissions: 1977-2000","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst time on vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemastered from original tapes in cooperation with the artist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterview with Makoto Inoue and Yasushi Yamashita and liner notes by Spencer Doran \/ Maxwell August Croy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes mycological photos courtesy of the Tokyo National Museum of Nature and Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLacquers cut by John Golden and vinyl plated \u0026amp; pressed at RTI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLimited Editions: 2xLP pressed on C\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003elear Blue Swirl Vinyl \u0026amp; Indie Exclusive Clear Vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMakoto Inoue and Yasushi Yamashita's Inoyama Land project spans nearly four decades, still active to this day. A portmanteau of their family names, the “Land” of Inoyama hovers between imagined mythical space and concrete reality, extending beyond physical releases into installations, site-specific sound design, and theatre scores. After their famed Haruomi Hosono-produced 1983 release Danzindan-Pojidon, the duo became involved in the budding environmental music business that was taking shape in Tokyo during the development boom of the asset bubble - working directly with figures like Hiroshi Yoshimura (with whom they developed sound design for the International Stadium in Yokohama) and Takashi Sekiguchi (Bamboo from Asia). This collection expands upon their sound heard on _Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental \u0026amp; New Age Music 1980-1990_ (LITA 167) to illuminate material that is even lesser known outside of Japan - some of it presented publicly for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking initially with Munetaka Tanaka's Sound Process Design (an acoustic consulting company formed by Tanaka with Satoshi Ashikawa, before Ashikawa's tragic death in 1983), their commissioned work mirrors the sound world first fleshed out on Danzindan: chiming synthesizers, pastoral hues, childhood memory – all pulsing with a distant, emotional resonance. This material – culled from limited CD issues of the material on Tanaka's Crescent label, Kazunao Nagata's Transonic Records, and self-released CDRs – presents a window into this process, illustrating how Inoue and Yamashita's idiosyncratic musical identity gelled perfectly with all of the disparate environments of their commissions. Included is music written for the Kankaku (Sense) Museum in Miyagi, an exhibit on slime molds at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno park, the 1977 stage performance Collecting Net (which also included music that would later become Danzindan-Pojidon), and their score for a Tokyo re-staging of New York avant-theatre pioneer Richard Foreman's post-modern stage piece Egyptology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHair Air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoushiyou To Shiteiru\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarasudama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAa Egypto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkyfish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBananatron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMorn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKodama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOugon No Sara\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCandy Floss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatashikara Ubawanaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnatano Yushoku No Tameni\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCandy (alt.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSekai No Owari\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAvailable on Desktop \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"352\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7cJG9ELM7LsyAD5kQOmoMq?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Inoyama Land","offers":[{"title":"2LP \/ Clear","offer_id":42497127448767,"sku":"EOS03-CL","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2LP \/ Clear Blue Swirl","offer_id":42497127481535,"sku":"EOS03-BK-SWL","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/6947\/3471\/files\/EOS03-InoyamaLand-Commissions1977-2000.jpg?v=1703384164"}],"url":"https:\/\/helixsounds.com\/collections\/artist-inoyama-land.oembed","provider":"Helix Sounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}