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Re: [microsound] tamaru

At 05:01 PM 8/2/00 -0400, gg wrote: 
ears in agreement re: Tamaru - though it took me some time to warm to _fuyu
ni katarite_. now, if only that _intercity_ disc on 1040 (a favorite cause
of yours, if memory serves me right...) would make a Stateside reappearance,
along with his elusive 3rd Zero Gravity opus...

The third Tamaru CD on Zero Gravity is "Yume no Tochu" and while remaining within the current in which the first two were encountered nevertheless seems more spacious, more texturally rich, and more enveloping than its beautiful but slightly clinical predecessor. Anomalous has it in the catalog from time to time, and at one of those times I ordered a copy; at the moment it seems to be in the catalog at Rioux's. The "Intercity" compilation is indeed a thing of great beauty - and my introduction to Tagu Sugimoto - but its focus is on acoustic and electric instruments and their hazy processing, with Tamaru himself playing bass. There is also the first Tamaru album "Meiousei" on 1040, surprising me with the minimalist rhythms and stark emptiness of the early Sakho releases, yet with the beginnings of an indefinable Tamaru atmosphere already apparent. I found it in a clothing shop in Kichijoji, the disk wrapped up simply in grey laser paper, along with an early Tagomago CD I am still sad not to have brought back with me.

has any intrepid microsound otaku managed to track down the Organization
compilation?
early Kazunao Nagata solo(?) project, i believe. the sample on "Silver
World" leaves one craving more.

And in which clothing shop can I find this one? Is there a label or other information? Also recommended in this vein are the "Silver Minutes" compilation on 360, Osamu Anzai, and Neina, the last being very unfairly branded in reviews as a Japanese Oval but resembling Hosono Haruomi and Ojima Yoshio far more than Herr Popp to my audio processing apparatus.

joshua maremont / thermal - mailto:thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
boxman studies label - http://www.boxmanstudies.com/