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PREORDER
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01. Yoshiaki Ochi - Dawning
02. Yoshiaki Ochi - Balasong
03. Yoshiaki Ochi - Woods From The Sea
04. Yoshiaki Ochi - Madal Sonic
05. Yoshiaki Ochi - Anywhere
06. Yoshiaki Ochi - Beatsonic
07. Yoshiaki Ochi - Madal Sonic # 2
08. Yoshiaki Ochi - Ear Dreamin'
09. Yoshiaki Ochi - Urban Kogili
10. Yoshiaki Ochi - Beat The Water
ARTIST
TITLE
Natural Sonic
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 109LP WRWTFWW 109LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/28/2025

WRWTFWW Records presents the limited-edition vinyl reissue of Natural Sonic, the groundbreaking 1990 environmental percussion album by Japanese composer and performer Yoshiaki Ochi. Long a hidden gem of the kankyō ongaku movement, Natural Sonic finally returns in its full analog glory, housed in a heavyweight sleeve with obi and carefully remastered from the original archives of Wacoal Art Center/Spiral's visionary NEWSIC label. Originally released only in Japan at the dawn of the 1990s, Natural Sonic is a mesmerizing exploration of earthly sound and rhythm -- a sonic tapestry woven from wood, water, and stone, and skin. Ochi, who at the time was the in-house composer and performer for world-renowned designer Issey Miyake, created a series of elemental pieces that blur the line between avant-garde percussion, ritual music, and environmental sound art. The result is both deeply physical and profoundly meditative -- an album that breathes with nature itself. Echoing the organic minimalism of Midori Takada's Through the Looking Glass and the ecological grandeur of Geinoh Yamashirogumi's Ecophony Gaia, Ochi's compositions open portals into primal landscapes, evoking forests, rivers, and stones in flux. Part of NEWSIC's celebrated experimental catalog -- alongside Yoshio Ojima's Une Collection des Chaînons, Motohiko Hamase's #Notes of Forestry, and Satsuki Shibano's Rendez-Vous -- Natural Sonic now finds new life for contemporary listeners seeking sound that feels both timeless and vital. A singular album of resonance and restraint, Natural Sonic is a treasure from the golden age of Japanese environmental music, finally available again over three decades later.