{"product_id":"satoshi-ashikawa-still-way-wave-notation-2-lp","title":"Satoshi Ashikawa - Still Way (Wave Notation 2) LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eWRWTFWW Records announce the reissue of Satoshi Ashikawa's \u003cem\u003eStill Way (Wave Notation 2)\u003c\/em\u003e. Initially released in 1982 as part of the \u003cem\u003eWave Notation\u003c\/em\u003e series (which includes Hiroshi Yoshimura's \u003cem\u003eMusic For Nine Postcards\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eStill Way\u003c\/em\u003e is, without a doubt, a seminal Japanese environmental\/ambient\/minimalism album, often mentioned alongside Midori Takada's \u003cem\u003eThrough The Looking Glass\u003c\/em\u003e (1983) and Hiroshi Yoshimura's \u003cem\u003eGreen\u003c\/em\u003e (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 \u003cem\u003eFurniture Music\u003c\/em\u003e 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).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRWTFWW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068511633455,"sku":"lqp1793063837951","price":19.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/9710\/0591\/files\/satoshi-ashikawa---still-way-wave-notation-2-lp_1.jpg?v=1793063841","url":"https:\/\/hammocksleep.shop\/products\/satoshi-ashikawa-still-way-wave-notation-2-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}