Wa No Wa / Wa No Wa
KOKO-105 / On Sale 18th Mar 2022
Available on NXS Shop and bandcamp

Wa No Wa

日本の一部の音楽好事家で長年話題になっていたカルト作品が初の正式音源化
衝撃的かつ幽玄な神秘のサウンド

奈良県山添村の障がい者支援施設『大和高原 太陽の家』の利用者12名による、単音打楽器<クワイヤーチャイム>の演奏。
一音一音、無作為に奏でられた瑞々しく透明な音色は、連なりながらやがて美しい音楽に姿をなす。
これほどまでに純真無垢な音楽がほかにあっただろうか。
この作品は、聴く者の潜在意識へ奥深く浸透する、究極の即興アンビエントである。

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A cult work that has been talked about by some music lovers in Japan for many years is now officially available for the first time. Shocking, ethereal and mysterious sounds

A performance of single-note percussion instruments, “Choir Chime" by twelve users of the Yamato Kogen Taiyo-no-ie, a support facility for the disabled in Yamazoe Village, Nara Prefecture.
The fresh and clear tones played randomly, note by note, eventually transformed into beautiful music as they were strung together.
I wonder if there is any other music that is so pure and innocent.
This work is the ultimate improvised ambient that penetrates deep into the listener's subconscious.

Chee Shimizu


TRACK LIST

01. JYOUKA (19:15)
02. TAIDOU (16:45)
03. MEISOU (12:26)
04. SEIMEI NO KI (14:50)

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Musicians :
C Andou. Y Ootsuki. I Okuda.T Okumura. H Okumura. M Kitanoi.
Y Tokugi. K Nakatani.Y Hayashi. Y Hisada. F Yabuno.K Fujita.

Producer : Youhei Yamaura
Recording.Mixing.Mastering : MIROKU
Re:Mastering : Sinkichi Kadoya

Artwork : Hideo Furutani
Design : QOTAROO

Executive Produce : Takashige "JAKAM” Miyawaki

Investment Cooperator : Yamatokougen Taiyo No Ie
http://taiyouselp.blue.coocan.jp/taiyou

Cooperation : Able Art Company
Wa No Wa
C Andou, Y Ootsuki, I Okuda,
T Okumura, H Okumura,
M Kitanoi, Y Tokugi, K Nakatani,
Y Hayashi, Y Hisada, F Yabuno,
K Fujita & Youhei Yamaura
Youhei Yamaura
Art director of the House of the Sun / Percussionist / Mbira player / Session navigator

Born in 1977 in Fukuoka, Japan and currently lives in Mie, Japan.
In 2001, he started "Wanowa", a sound work using percussion and other instruments, at Ohorien, a support service for the disabled in Fukuoka. She has participated in various music events beyond welfare. She has performed with many top musicians and has received favorable reviews in many places.

In 2005, she moved to Nara to take over the activities of Wanowa from her friend in Fukuoka, and in 2011, she restarted Wanowa at Taiyo-no-ie, a support facility for people with disabilities in Yamazoe Village, Nara Prefecture. In 2011, she re-launched "Wanowa" at Taiyo-no-ie, a support facility for the disabled in Yamazoe Village, Nara Prefecture. Currently, she works regularly at Taiyo-no-ie, expanding the harmony of sound borderlessly in various places so that everyone can experience the world as it is through sound sessions.

As a percussionist and mbira player (a ritual instrument handed down by the Shona tribe of Zimbabwe), he is active in his own unit "MANANA" and the mbira unit "Saungweme Kurova", as well as collaborating with various musicians, dancers, and artists, and participating in recordings.
Hideo Furutani
Born in 1941. Lives and works in Nara Prefecture.
Member of "Yamato Kogen Taiyo no Ie" since 1997.
From the age of 16, lived in Brazil for 33 years as a pioneer immigrant and returned to Japan. At Yamato Kogen Taiyo-no-Ie, where she was admitted, she began painting on the recommendation of the staff. He is a registered artist with Able Art Company.
MIROKU
A nature musician who creates ambient sounds with folk instruments and synths. He has released a trilogy of albums on the theme of nature, earth, and space. His range of music is wide, from natural music to dance music. He is also in charge of mixing and mastering for various artists.
SINKICHI
(budryukyu label/Matsunomi To senso label/Churashima Navigator/Isatooment/Co-Prosperity Sphere)

DJ / Procucer / Remixer
Mastering, Recording and Mixing engineer

He began his musical career in the mid 80's, working with drums, synthesizers, tape loops and programming. From the late 90's to the early 00's, he was a core member of "SOFT" and "AOA", two groups that led the Japanese dance music scene, and released many albums. At the same time, he started to work as a DJ in earnest, playing at many clubs and parties.
In the latter half of the 00's, he moved to Okinawa and was shocked by Okinawan folk music, and started the label "budryukyu" and the band "CHURASHIMA NAVIGATOR" to fuse native Okinawan music and dance music. He has been DJing and performing all over Asia and has built up a solid fan base in many countries.
Currently, in addition to "CHURASHIMA NAVIGATOR", he is also involved in the unit "ISATOOMENT" with "HARIKUYAMAKU" and "JUZU In addition to "CHURASHIMA NAVIGATOR", he has been actively releasing works with "ISATOOMENT", a unit with "HARIKUYAMAKU", and "CPS (Co-Prosperity Sphere)", a unit with "JUZU a.k.a. MOOCHY". He has also been involved in many vinyl reissues as a mastering engineer.

Sinkichi - mixcloud
Sinkichi-soundcloud
budryukyu - soundcloud
budryukyu - youtube
Churashima navigator - bandcamp
Churashima Navigator - Facebook
QOTAROO
Graphic Artsit / Graphic Designer

He started his career as a house music DJ when he was in high school, and after working as a booking manager at a nightclub in his twenties and experiencing BruningMan, he began to study graphic expression on his own. Since then, he has continued to be active in club and music culture, and has been involved in a vast amount of music-related artwork, graphic design, and art direction, including album covers for various musicians and DJs and flyers for underground parties around Japan.
QOTAROO is a graphic artist/designer and one of the leaders of the party scene in the Kansai area in the '90s. He has organized many parties as a booking manager at CLUB ZING, and has incorporated his imagination into his designs. As a booking manager at CLUB ZING, he has organized many parties, and has incorporated his imagination into his designs, bringing the dance floor and graphic design into circulation. As he says, "When I make flyers and jackets, I replace color with melody and shape with groove, thinking of it as a translation from hearing to sight. See the sound. Hear the light. This feeling is the real appeal of QOTAROO's design.

https://qotaroo.com
J.A.K.A.M. (JUZU a.k.a. MOOCHY / NXS /CROSSPOINT)
Born in Tokyo, he started playing in bands and DJing at the same time when he was 15. As a DJ, he took the world by storm with his innovative and original style, and his activities quickly expanded from huge domestic and international festivals to underground parties. In 2003, he went on a recording tour with local musicians in Cuba. In 2003, he went on a recording tour with local musicians in Cuba, and since then he has been recording all over the world, and started his own label, Crosspoint, as a new guideline for world music. In addition to music production, he has also produced video works, picture books and art books, and organized the outdoor festival "Jomon and Rebirth" in 2012. In 2017, he released HIGHTIME Inc. with DJ Tasaka, and in 2018, he released PART2STYLE with MACKA- CHIN of NitroMicrophoneUnderground. CHIN and MaL of PART2STYLE. In the same year, his music under the name of J.A.K.A.M. was released in analog form on the French label HardFist, which led to a live performance at the huge 30,000-person Nuits Sonores Festival, followed by a DJ tour of Europe and Israel. In 2019, the production of MYSTICS, a unit with Marcus Henriksson and Kuniyuki of Minilogue/Son Kite, which has worldwide support, will begin, and this year, 2021, the long-awaited album will be released, and the second album of ZEN RYDAZ will also be released. In 2021, his long-awaited album will be released, and the second album of ZEN RYDAZ will also be released. His energetic activities have never stopped, and his original vision is spreading all over the world across all genres.

https://www.nxs.jp
https://linktr.ee/JAKAM
Chee Shimizu (17853 Records)
Since the early 90's, he has been active as a DJ both in Japan and overseas for a long time.
He is also a music selector, writer, producer, record store owner of Organic Music and record label owner of 17853 Records.
He is also a music selector, writer, producer, and owner of the record shop Organic Music and the record label 17853 Records.

【 17853 Records】

Riccardo Sinigaglia / Works 1976-1981 : Scorrevole (RFLP001/2015/LP)
Joint release with ADN, a long-established label in Milan, Italy.
Press: TOYO KASEI

Synth Sisters / Aube (RFLP002/2016/LP)
Analog version of the CD album produced independently in 2014 by another unit of the Osaka duo CROSSBRED.
Remastered by KABAMIX.
Press: Pallas Schallplatten / DMM / 500 copies sold out

甲田益也子 / in the shadow of jupiter (RFMLP003/2016/Mini-LP)
Rework/remix of dip in the pool's Masuyako Koda's 1998 solo album.
Co-released with Tatsuji Kimura's Grandisc label. Mastered by Seigen Ono.
Press: Pallas Schallplatten / DMM / 1,000 copies sold out

吉村弘 / Pier & Loft (RFLP004/2017/LP)
Originally released on cassette tape in 1983, this is the first analog version of the album, remastered by Sinkichi Kadoya.
Press: Pallas Schallplatten / DMM / 2,000 copies sold out

【主なアナログ製作プロデュース作品】

Various - More Better Days: Avant-Wave (Nippon Colombia/HMJY-108/2016/LP)
Various - More Better Days: Funky & Mellow (Nippon Colombia/HMJY-109/2016/LP)
Press : TOYO KASEI

Aragon - Aragon (HMV Record Shop/HRLP-029/2016/LP)
Press : GZ Media

Yasuaki Shimizu - (Re)Subliminal (HMV Record Shop/HRLP098/2017/LP)
Remastering :Sinkichi Kadoya (Koza BC Street Studio)
Press:Optimal Media

Yasuaki Shimizu - Dementos (HMV Record Shop/HRLP-143/2018/LP)
Remastering:Eitetsu Takamiya(Flower Records)
Press :Optimal Media

Litto Nebbia - Canciones Favoritas (World's Trees Records/WSTS2002/LP)
Remastering :Saideara Mastering
Press:Pallas Schallplatten

Many others.
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