{"product_id":"satoshi-ashikawa-still-way-wave-notation-3","title":"Satoshi Ashikawa: Still Way (Wave Notation 2) - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eStill Way (Wave Notation 2)\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eSatoshi Ashikawa\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eWRWTFWW Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e4260544827037\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eElectronic\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2019-08-30\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         WRWTFWW Records announce the reissue of Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way (Wave Notation 2). Initially released in 1982 as part of the Wave Notation series (which includes Hiroshi Yoshimura's Music For Nine Postcards), Still Way is, without a doubt, a seminal Japanese environmental\/ambient\/minimalism album, often mentioned alongside Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass (1983) (WRWTFWW 018LP, WRWTFWW 019CD\/LP) and Hiroshi Yoshimura's Green (1986) as one of the genre's most important pieces. \"Like the moment of stillness, after the wind passes through the garden, when the rain stops for a brief second...\" Notably inspired by Erik Satie's Furniture Music and Brian Eno's ambient work, Satoshi Ashikawa aimed to compose music \"intended to be listened to in a casual manner, as a musical landscape or a sound object - not something that would stimulate listeners but music that should drift like smoke and become part of the environment.\" The result is simply phenomenal, subtle minimalism and emotional elegance exquisitely orchestrated by Satoshi Ishikawa and his team consisting of his wife Masami Ashikawa (on flute), Midori Takada (on vibraphone), Yuko Utsumi (on harp), Tomoko Sono (on piano), and Junko Arase (on vibraphone). In conjunction with Still Way, WRWTFWW Records is releasing Laistigh den Ghleo (WRWTFWW 039CD\/LP), a companion album by Irish ambient\/minimalist composer Gareth Quinn Redmond, inspired by Ashikawa's approach. Liner notes by Midori Takada, Satoshi Ashikawa, and Gareth Quinn Redmond. CD version includes a bonus track.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Satoshi Ashikawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32481290879047,"sku":"39306135","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3701971-2413807.jpg?v=1711031856","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/satoshi-ashikawa-still-way-wave-notation-3","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}