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Artist:	INOUE, TETSU
Title:	World Receiver
Label:	INFRACTION
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	INFX 015CD

"Where to begin? World Receiver is quite possibly the one seminal disc that defines what ambient music is. It is the modern version (although recorded in 1996) of Brian Eno's On Land. In the middle of 1996, Inoue put together a recording combining atmospheric ambient and soundscapes evoking distant lands, faraway places. Nothing though particularly new to the followers of Inoue's work or in the field of ambient at that time. What separated World Receiver from Inoue's history and from the rest of the pack, was the seamless blending of environmental recordings literally from all over the world. The resulting collage was extremely detailed and precise without suffering from the weight of hundreds of hours of work and editing. It is a subtle texture from Inoue acting as a filter to what is intended to be receptions of signals from across the globe through one 'world receiver' radio. This is the audio document of the memory of paths travelled, sights observed, voices heard -- arbitrarily collected and purposefully assembled to a magnificent end. Originally issued by Instinct records in 1996, World Receiver has been out of print for many years. It is held in the highest regard by fans of ambient and Inoue worldwide. Often cited as his best work ever. This is an edition of 800 copies with a 6 panel full-color digipak."

Artist:	INOUE, TETSU
Title:	Object And Organic Code
Label:	INSTITUTE FOR ELECTRONIC ARTS
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	IEA 002CD

"Produced at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University and Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's 'E-Star' program, Object and Organic Code finds Tetsu Inoue once again in the thick of digital sound processing. This time however there is a slight twist. In an attempt to engage his body and computer in a more physical and 'organic' way, he sampled hours of sound (played from many objects and instruments in odd combinations) directly to the hard drive and processed those sounds as rapidly and improvisationally as possible. The late November snow storm keep Tetsu locked in the studio for days and the recordings reflect the intensity of his exploration and experiences. It's as if he turned sounds to ice, shattered them and reconfigured them in an attempt to communicate in an as of yet unknown language. The sounds of the objects shine threw crackled surface of broken codes. The disc itself is winter white and cut to a special shape. Graphic design by Andrew Deutsch who also supplied some of the source material. This CD shows nicely the next steps in Tetsu Inoue's ongoing evolution in experimental music." 25-minute shaped-disc release.

Artist:	INOUE, TETSU
Title:	Psycho-Acoustic
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7213

"Perhaps the most interesting electronic music since the classic period of Stockhausen and Xenakis. Tetsu Inoue is a composer and sound artist who has worked in a variety of musics -- ambient, sound installation, dance music, techno and is a frequent collaborator of Bill Laswell and Haruomi Hosono. This CD features some of the most intricate and fascinating computer generated compositions you have ever heard. Literally thousands of hours went into the creation of these miniature masterpieces charting a world of sound as yet unexplored. Also included is a powerful duet with brilliant electronic percussionist Ikue Mori."

Artist:	INOUE, TETSU
Title:	Fragments Dots
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7229

"Kyushu native Tetsu Inoue's recent works connect the vivid sound environments of classical ambient with the stark, conspicuous timbral explorations of academic computer music. Tetsu's second release for Tzadik delves deeper into the methods of sonic microscopy that marked his debut, constructing minute, peerless sound-surfaces that break apart and reconstitute in the shifting nth-dimensional space of the ear. while related, Tetsu's intentions differ sharply from those of post-digital composers mining the bitscape for evidence of technology's failure. In the ecstatic bustle of sound particles careening through acoustical space can be heard the distinct inflection of a new means of expression struggling to life."

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