SATOSHI ASHIKAWA Still Way LP/1982 Japan/Wave Notation 2/Ambient/Midori Takada

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SATOSHI ASHIKAWA 'Still Way' LP (Switzerland, /We Release Whatever The F*** We Want Records, Catalogue #WRWTFWW030) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2019 We Release Whatever The F*** We Want Records label LP edition of RARE and highly sought-after 1982 Japanese enviro-ambient/minimalist masterpiece album 'Still Way' by composer Satoshi Ashikawa (performances featuring Midori Takada, Yuko Utsumi, Tomoko Sono, Junko Arase and Masami Ashikawa.) Originally released in 1982 in Japan on the Sound Process label.

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

WRWTFWW Records announce the reissue of Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way (Wave Notation 2). Initially released in 1982 as part of the Wave Notation series (which includes Hiroshi Yoshimura's Music For Nine Postcards), Still Way is, without a doubt, a seminal Japanese environmental/ambient/minimalism album, often mentioned alongside Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass (1983) and Hiroshi Yoshimura's Green (1986) as one of the genre's most important pieces. "Like the moment of stillness, after the wind passes through the garden, when the rain stops for a brief second..." Notably inspired by Erik Satie's Furniture Music and Brian Eno's ambient work, Satoshi Ashikawa aimed to compose music "intended to be listened to in a casual manner, as a musical landscape or a sound object -- not something that would stimulate listeners but music that should drift like smoke and become part of the environment." The result is simply phenomenal, subtle minimalism and emotional elegance exquisitely orchestrated by Satoshi Ashikawa and his team consisting of his wife Masami Ashikawa (on flute), Midori Takada (on vibraphone), Yuko Utsumi (on harp), Tomoko Sono (on piano), and Junko Arase (on vibraphone). In conjunction with Still Way, WRWTFWW Records is releasing Laistigh den Ghleo, a companion album by Irish ambient/minimalist composer Gareth Quinn Redmond, inspired by Ashikawa's approach. Liner notes by Midori Takada, Satoshi Ashikawa, and Gareth Quinn Redmond.

- WRWTFWW Records announce the reissue of Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way (Wave Notation 2).
- Initially released in 1982 as part of the Wave Notation series (which includes Hiroshi Yoshimura's Music For Nine Postcards), Still Way is, without a doubt, a seminal Japanese environmental/ambient/minimalism album.
- Features Masami Ashikawa (on flute), Midori Takada (on vibraphone), Yuko Utsumi (on harp), Tomoko Sono (on piano), and Junko Arase (on vibraphone).
- Liner notes by Midori Takada, Satoshi Ashikawa, and Gareth Quinn Redmond.
- Available on vinyl for the first time since 1982; LP version comes in 350gsm sleeve with selected UV high gloss varnish.  

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

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