Name: Nova + 4
Brand: Yutaka Hirose

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

WRWTFWW028LTD

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Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Deluxe Double Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Liner Notes.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-07-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

4251648412267

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Yutaka Hirose

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records

We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records is a Swiss label founded and curated by [artist name] of [label name] and Stéphane Armleder aka [artist name] of [label name].

With an unapologetic approach to music, this label fearlessly pushes boundaries and challenges conventions. They have gained a reputation for releasing unique and unconventional sounds that defy categorization.

Founded on the belief that music should be free from restrictions, We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records has become a platform for artists who refuse to conform. Their diverse roster showcases experimental, avant-garde, and genre-defying music that captivates listeners with its raw authenticity.

Initially released in 1986 as part of the Soundscape series commissioned by Misawa Home Corporation for use in their prefabricated houses, Yutaka Hirose’s Nova has grown to become a mythical piece of theJapanese minimalist / ambient / environmental scene of the eighties. Initiated around the enchanting landscapes of the two first tracks recorded for the project, Nova and Epilogue, Yutaka Hirose’s magnumopus serenely blends vintage synth with nature sounds, exploring soothing palettes and organic backdrops. For Slow Sky, Hirose explains he "went for a pointillism-like sound, and tried to express a scenery of awakening, where the portal of a heart is opening up", while on Humming The Sea, he "tried to compose a kind of music that expresses the daily, lazy life of child-like innocence in a summer vacation in some small town."

The bonus LP gathers four long unreleased pieces created around the same period of time for installations, described by Yutaka Hirose as "not music per se but rather sound sculptures", and including the haunting Shadow Of A Water Droplet which was recorded for an Ikebana exhibition.

All in all, Nova + 4 is a transcendent experience of nature in the urban context, an oeuvre which, much like Midori Takada’s Through The Looking Glass or Satoshi Ashikawa’s Still Way, holds the power to appeasethe soul in turbulent times. The Soundscape series also includes Hiroshi Yoshimura's Surround album.

Nova + 4

Music GB