電脳的反抗と絶頂: エッセンシャル・ヘンリー川原 Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm: The Essential Henry Kawahara, by ヘンリー川原 (Henry Kawahara)

電脳的反抗と絶頂: エッセンシャル・ヘンリー川原 Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm: The Essential Henry Kawahara

by ヘンリー川原 (Henry Kawahara)

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RF The mindblowing production drags the listener deeper into the depths of the intoxicating spiritual madness Kawahara is so adept at creating. I recommend listening as tracks rather than as an album, however-selections here are from a variety of past/unreleased releases, so tone shifts between tracks may jar the listener from the trance the audio has eased them into. I suggest experimenting with each track on repeat and seeing how deep inside yourself each of Kawahara's spells can transport you. Favorite track: Primitive Love (Genshi no ai) (Delayed Version).

Tony Poland EM MUSIC DOES IT AGAIN WOW Favorite track: Sound LSD #.SS05/7.83HZ (Radio Mix).

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CD version has two extra discs featuring sound from two art installations in the 90s entitled "Dysteleology - α" (Disc-2) and "Dysteleolog - β" (Disc-3) from the early-mid 1990s. Disc-1 has the same 15 tracks as the vinyl version. Multi CD case (25mm spine), obi, 40-page booklet, extensive English / Japanese liner notes.

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1.	In My Relationship with You, I Think about Myself on the Bed (Panpot Version) 02:13	buy track
2.	Primitive Love (Genshi no ai) (Delayed Version) 06:15	buy track
3.	旅立ち (Start on a Journey) 02:24	buy track
4.	Sound LSD #.SS05/7.83HZ (Radio Mix) 05:37	buy track
5.	ECO-Loocation 03:22	buy track
6.	アンクルンの唄 (Sing an Anklungs) 00:51	buy track
7.	ライラックの弦 (Lilac Strings) 04:48	buy track
8.	[java] dance #2. “RELAXED” 04:09	buy track
9.	Nanpū (South Wind) (First 1992 version) 03:08	buy track
10.	博物館の子供達 (Children in the Museum) (Original Nov. 1991 Mix) 04:08	buy track
11.	ニケの小舟 (Nicea ’N Bark) 11:38	buy track
12.	YEBISU/Yellow #2. 07:54	buy track
13.	Yorokobi-No-Koe 01:22	buy track
14.	エンドルフィンのゆく先 (Destination of Endorphins) (Original Edit) 05:17	buy track
15.	電子ニューロン回路の舞踏 (Dance of Electronic Neuron Circuits) (Third Mix) 09:24	buy track

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Here is a portal to a vast and relatively unknown world, the Japanese cyber-occult underground media scene of the early 1990s; our guide is the late Henry Kawahara, a media artist and electronic music producer whose expansive and visionary conception of digital technology merged with a desire to break free of the constraints of mere rationality. This collection, the first-ever archival release of his work, is drawn from recordings released during the period 1991-1996, an exceptionally fertile time for Kawahara. Originally released on CD by a few Japanese independent labels including Hachiman Publishing, a cyber-occult/new-age book specialist, the releases were available mainly in book stores, so this sumptuous and prescient music has remained relatively unknown. The original titles and tag lines of the CDs give clues about Kawahara’s interests and the music itself: Digital Mushroom, Subtropical Illusion, Never-ending Asia, and so on. This 15-track gateway compilation is available on double 12” vinyl and DL; the CD version has two extra discs featuring sound from two art installations entitled "Dysteleology - α" and "Dysteleolog - β" from the 1990s. All formats feature extensive English liner notes.

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Henry Kawahara has been called “the Jon Hassell of Japan”, but upon closer inspection one finds that his work operates on very different terms. Like Hosono's forays into computerized Ryukyu folk “sightseeing music” or Tsutomu Ōhashi's Ecophony trilogy, Kawahara's world projected ancient musical traditions and notions of cultural identity onto the modern digital plane through a fusion of cybernetic thinking and pan-asian cultural introspection that makes Western attempts to do the same seem quaint in comparison. Kawahara's omnidirectional sound “illusions” were constructed not as albums but psychological experiences, billowing with a then-nascent notion of early 90s cybernetic spirituality that was proliferating on both sides of the Pacific as the hyperlinked state of global connectivity we know today was just beginning to crystalize. Through digital representations of folk instruments, shifting MIDI sequencing and custom binaural recording technology he aimed for psychoacoustic effect as much as artistic, all via a countercultural form of distribution untethered from the commercial expectations of post-bubble modes of artistic production. This EM collection draws out the best of his fruitful early-mid 90s period into a revelatory sequence, generously opening Kawahara's world to all. —Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks)

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Henry Kawahara's deal is Intimate, Intuitive, Adventurous, and Acidy! Spice is added to all, whether its ethereal guitar, nature effects, gamelan club trance, or LSD experimentations. In the vibe of Coil's “Love Secret Domain” and out there clubgamelan. The creative force of the jungle is mutated and interchanged with further sound palettes, and his effex palette has the schwing of a 90s grunge guitarist. His musical tendencies are natural and his scope and variety are dangerous. —Spencer Clark (The Star Searchers / Pacific City Discs)

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released June 25, 2021

90年代の本邦サイバー・オカルトとメディアアートの地下水脈で暗躍した音楽家、ヘンリー川原の異形な作品群を追った世界初アーカイブ・リリース。企画から10余年の封印を解き、今ここにヘンリー川原を問う。

90年代前半におびただしい数の作品を発表した後、表舞台から姿を消したこのアウトサイダー作家を、メディアアートで活動を共にした沖啓介の寄稿と、その作品を果敢に送り出した八幡書店の社主かつ本邦オカルト界のフィクサー、武田崇元のインタビューを交えて検証する（作品解説は江村幸紀）。今のアート文脈から無きものとして存在を抹消されるのなら、われわれがその記録を残すのみだ。

生前、ヘンリー川原が選んでいた収録曲は、挑発的で実験色強いものから、東南アジア音楽を用いたもの、サイバー感が充満したアンビエント、スピリチュアルで荘厳なピアノ曲など多岐にわたるが、そこには精神世界とテクノロジーが怪しく交錯するカウンターとしてのオカルト精神が見え隠れする。本コンピレーション収録ほぼ全曲が既発版とヴァージョンが仔細に異なる作家のフェイバリット版および未発表曲で、VINYL版はLP2枚組、CD版はCDのみボーナスディスク2枚を付けた3枚組となる。これまで知る由もなかった、本邦サイバー・オカルトと初期デジタル・メディアアートをミクストしたヘンリー川原の真相（深層）に迫る。

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