. . . .:: ::::: \ _ ____ ____ _____ ____ ::::::: _/»» \_ // _ \___/ _/__\ _\_____ __/ \ _________::::: _______________\__ /__\\ / \ / \ / \ / \ /_/ /::::: TR.TechnoRulez / \ \ _____/_\___/ \___/ / \\____/_ / /:::::: »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»//___/ \____\ _ /_____/ /____/_____/ /______/::::::: /_______\ ____ _______ _____ \_ \::::::: _\ \ _____ / /___\__ \_ / /____::: ./ \ \/ / / / / // | _/::: | / / _ / \_______/_______// /| \:::: | \_____/______/ \_____\__ _______\::: l____\ ::::::::: ::::::::: ... because it's about music ::::::::: ::::::::: . ::::::::: . ::::::::: : ::::::::: ::::::::::::::........: RELEASE .NFO ::::...... ::::::::: : ____ ____:::: ::::::::: ___ _____ / / ______/ /: . ::::::::: __\ \/ /___\ \______ _\ _/ / /:: ,: ::::::::: \ \ \ / _\ \ /____\__ \______/::: .:. .::. ::::::::: /__/ /_____/ // / ___ / _\ :::..╖?' '╖ ╖' ╖ ::::::::: \___/ \________/____\ /\___\ ╖ : ╖ ::::::::: /_____/ .: '╖ ::::::::: : '::::::::: artist...: Akira Ito ::::::::: title....: Marine Flowers (Science Fantasy) ::::::::: label....: Glossy Mistakes ::::::::: cat.nr...: GLOSSY007 ::::::::: style....: Electronic ::::::::: quality...: 320kbps@44,kHz ::::::::: chan-mode.: Joint Stereo ::::::::: rls.size.: 93,77 MB source....: WEB-FLAC ::::::::: rls.date.: Dec-17-2021 encoder...: LAME 3.100 -b 320 ::::::::: ::::::::: url/nfo..: https://www.deezer.com/de/album/272827832 ::::::::: ::::::::: ::::::::: ____________ _______ /»»» »//_________ ::::::::: ____/ / /____/ _ / \ \::::::\____/ /»»»»»/:: ::::::::..: NOTES :../ / / / / /_ /__/___\ \::::::: ___/_____/::: ____________________/____\ /____ / /______/ \ \ ::::::::: \___\ / _/ / // \_ ::::::::: \____/ \__________/ ::::::::: ::::::::: Originally released on 1986, 35th anniversary Marine ::::::::: FlowersÆ first remastered, reissue. Genuinely composed as a ::::::::: documentary for Marine wildlife filmed in Palau and ::::::::: commissioned by Pionner's Laser Disc campaign. ::::::::: ::::::::: Some artists have gained huge recognition, some records ::::::::: have been idealized to the point of becoming cult albumsà ::::::::: and thatÆs exactly the case of Marine Flowers, by Japanese ::::::::: multiartist Akira Ito. An album that is unique, delicate, ::::::::: exploratoryà ::::::::: ::::::::: A true one of a kind sonic adventure that 35 years after ::::::::: its first release comes back in the form of a reissue via ::::::::: Glossy Mistakes. ::::::::: ::::::::: Looking back, Akira ItoÆs artistic career began not in ::::::::: music but in acting. Born in Japan in 1945, he developed a ::::::::: prodigious ability to perform and a childhood acting career ::::::::: blossomed. However, as acting gigs dried up, actor/director ::::::::: Shintaro Katsu encouraged him to follow his steps into the ::::::::: music industry. With the rise of Western rock and soul ::::::::: music lighting up Japanese radio, Akira Ito stood to ::::::::: capitalize in the localized mid-60s ôGroup Soundsö craze by ::::::::: becoming a performing musician, joining touring bands ::::::::: across Japan fusing western and Showa-era pop styles. ::::::::: Unlikely as it seems, Akira would segue a string of stints ::::::::: playing in American cover bands into backing up a slew of ::::::::: varied American artists that would come tour Japanese ::::::::: military bases. Aretha, The Jacksons, Stevie Wonder or ::::::::: James Brown. Those were a few of the big names Akira would ::::::::: play alongside. ::::::::: ::::::::: But AkiraÆs musical interests changed throught his life ::::::::: experiences and travels, up to the point when he knew ::::::::: exactly what he wanted to do (without knowing how to do ::::::::: it): healing music. ::::::::: ::::::::: Akira understood that once he set up shop at Hitokuchizaka ::::::::: Studios in Tokyo the work of translating these ideas began ::::::::: in earnest. First he started his own record label, dubbing ::::::::: it ôGreen & WaterÆÆ to promote a series of releases that ::::::::: would strike a more organic tone, envisioning a series of ::::::::: Japanese Environmental Music records. Marine Flowers would ::::::::: be one of four self-penned albums on the label dedicated to ::::::::: esoteric symbolism like ôHopi Propheciesö, ôPrayersö, and ::::::::: the ôFour Corners Of Waterö. ::::::::: ::::::::: Fladked by more than a phalanx of analog and digital ::::::::: synthesizers from Roland, Korg, and Moog, Akira would ::::::::: dedicate this release to those waters of Palau. Here he ::::::::: would largely improvise on scratch ideas he had in mind, ::::::::: creating a musical base for tracks like ôW╖A╖T╖E╖Rö, ::::::::: ôDancing SpiritsÆÆ, and ôLife Goes Onö that heÆd let ::::::::: invited friends and gifted musicians, like violinist ::::::::: Takashi Toyoda, the late Japanese drum giant Shuichi ::::::::: ôPontaö Murakami, and others contribute their own ideas ::::::::: afterward. ::::::::: ::::::::: Hearing the music now, itÆs not hard to understand just ::::::::: what Akira stumbled into. Marine Flowers (Science Fantasy) ::::::::: is of a new lineage of ôambientö artists like Hiroshi ::::::::: Yoshimura, Satoshi Sumitani, and others who took academia ::::::::: out of all these therapeutic ideas married to scientific ::::::::: theories, making them into something a bit more universal, ::::::::: malleable, and palpable. This Music For Inochi or ômusic ::::::::: for lifeö, treated us to gorgeous, floating music like ::::::::: album opener ôPrologue, Into the Beautyö where AkiraÆs ::::::::: droning, aquatic-sounding electronics open up to the ebb ::::::::: and flow of percolating electroacoustic sonics that flow ::::::::: into the aforementioned ôW╖A╖T╖E╖Rö. Rich and organic, a ::::::::: violin melody from Takashi Toyoda feels like an aural lily ::::::::: pad bobbing along to all these gentle sonorities. ::::::::: ::::::::: Gentle piano melodies cycle in and out of songs like ::::::::: ôDancing Spiritsö evoking classic ambient discreet music ::::::::: from the likes of Brian Eno. Others like ôEssence Of ::::::::: Beautyö have gossamer parallels in the works of Harmonia. ::::::::: Nevertheless, according to Akira Ito, every idea was just ::::::::: different to the others, creating pieces that although they ::::::::: did not lack coherence o cohesion, were independent and ::::::::: self-contained. ::::::::: Originally released in 1986 and on its 35th anniversary, ::::::::: Marine Flowers deserves this fresh reissue, making this ::::::::: masterpiece available for everyone. ::::::::: ::::::::: Liner notes are written by Diego Olivas, author of the blog ::::::::: Fond/Sond, from an interview with the artist coordinated by ::::::::: Ken Hidaka. ::::::::: :::___::: :___ ____ _ ___::/ /_::_ _____ ___ ___ | | / _/// / //__//_/// _/ /__\ \______\ \_____ | |/ /_____\_ \::::::╖: .....:: TRACKLIST :\ / \ \ _ / _/___| / /\ / / \\»»»:' :╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖/ _/ / /___ \ / \ \ \_____/ \\ \»»»╖ no : track title ____//___|\ \ \____\___/_____\__| ti:me\________/:::: ╖╖╖╖╖╖:╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖\______\╖╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖╖ ╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖ ╖╖..╖╖::::::: ::::::: 01 : Prologue, Into The Beauty 07:46 ::::::: 02 : W╖A╖T╖E╖R 05:03 ::::::: 03 : Dancing Spirits 02:56 ::::::: 04 : Essence Of Beauty 04:58 ::::::: 05 : Where Spirits Play 04:33 ::::::: 06 : Prayer 08:45 ::::::: 07 : Life Goes On 03:31 ::::::: 08 : Epilogue, Out Of Endless Blue 03:23 ::::::: ::::::: total length: 40:55 ::::::: . ____ ________ ____ ______::::::: . ____ _\ \ / /_\ \ _____ ________/ ::::::: :: __/ _/__ / \ \ / / / / /_\ \______ \ _/ / /::::::: :::.\ \_ / / /________/ / / _/ \ /____\__ \______/ ::::::: ::::/_____/ \__|\ \ \ \______/ \\_____// / / _\ ::::::: :::::::::/_____/╖╖\_______\....:::: \____\ /____\ /\___\ ::::::: :::: \_____\ :::::: :::: GROUP NFO :::....................::::::. :::::.. 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