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【Obscure Tape Music of Japan Vol. 11: Radiated Falling/Mamoru Fujieda-CD-[OPA 011CD]】
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日本の戦後世代を代表する作曲家のひとりである藤枝守は､知的でﾐﾆﾏﾙ的な作品で知られるが､意外にも電子音楽には縁が深くはなかった｡しかし80年代初頭に､そのﾐﾆﾏﾙ的作風のﾋﾟｱﾉ曲をﾍﾞｰｽに電子的変調とﾃｰﾌﾟ操作を加えた､奇妙な響きの小品が作られていた｡螺旋状の下降音階による｢ﾗｼﾞｴｰﾃｯﾄﾞ･ﾌｫｰﾘﾝｸﾞ｣､ﾊﾞｯﾊの名曲が解体されていく｢ﾌｰｶﾞの技法｣｡今ではあまり語られないこれら作品は､実はいくつものﾊﾞｰｼﾞｮﾝがあり､それぞれ異なるｴﾌｪｸﾄが施されている｡今回はそれらをすべて開陳した｡特に5-9ﾄﾗｯｸの｢ﾌｰｶﾞの技法｣では､進むに従って速度は遅くなり､音が崩れていくのが楽しめる｡極めて知的なｱﾌﾟﾛｰﾁなのに音はﾖｼﾞﾚまくっているという､思いつきでは作れない現代の埋もれたｱｳﾞｧﾝ名品なのである！
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Mamoru Fujieda is a Japanese post-minimalist composer, and Edition Omega Point releases some of his work from the early '80s. Both "Radiated Falling" (1980) and "The Art Of Fugue" (1981) are tape compositions in which sound materials of a prepared piano are electronically-processed and modulated in various ways. "Radiated Falling" is based on "Falling Scale No. 2" for piano (1975). The series of works entitled "Falling Scale" are composed almost entirely of descending scales as their structural elements. In these works, patterns are automatically produced by the difference in the number of scale tones or through the temporal discrepancy made when the tones descend. In "Falling Scale No. 2," a spiral line is successively transformed. The artist piled up the spiral line in several layers with the uneven timbres of the prepared piano producing sound materials for "Radiated Falling." The sound materials were then transformed to layered sonic textures through the ring modulator, the phase shifter, the harmonizer, and various delay processes. "The Art of Fugue" is based on a simple fugue in four voices from the first piece in The Art Of Fugue by J. S. Bach. The four voices were randomly cut into fragments, which were then reassembled to form four new voices. Each of the voices played by a differently prepared-piano was recorded on a multi-track recorder to produce sound materials for the piece. The sound materials for the prepared piano were then electronically-modulated and spatially processed. The randomly cut fragments of the fugue are interwoven at different tempos to make it "The Art Of Fugue" on the brink of collapse.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. Radiated Falling (1980) (Version I) 06:47
02. The Art Of Fugue (1981) (High Speed Version I) 02:51
03. The Art Of Fugue (High Speed Version II) 03:18
04. Radiated Falling (Version II) 07:39
05. The Art Of Fugue (Version I) 04:28
06. The Art Of Fugue (Version II) 04:59
07. The Art Of Fugue (Version III) 05:37
08. The Art Of Fugue (Version IV) 06:25
09. The Art Of Fugue (Version V) 06:22
- This is the 11th volume in Omega Point's Obscure Tape Music of Japan series, featuring some of the early '80s work by Japanese post-minimalist composer Mamoru Fujieda.
- Studied with Joji Yuasa, Morton Feldman, Gordon Mumma, etc., and is currently a professor at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan.
- Has previously released on Tzadik, and has worked with artists such as John Zorn, Yuji Takahashi, and Malcolm Goldstein.
- "Fujieda's blind processes resulted in something starkly beautiful, balanced, organic, and very close to the human heart." --Giraffe Kingdom
