Geinoh Yamashirogumi Symphonic Suite AKIRA US Pressing (1994)

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Geinoh Yamashirogumi Performing Symphonic Suite AKIRA vs Movie AKIRA (2019)

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no. 02: Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite (1988/2020)

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This big boy is a gatefold 2LP and SO wonderful to look at and handle. I feel bad hiding the beautiful sleeve art away on my shelf for months at a time. It is printed cleanly and vibrantly and the thing itself is so sturdy... good job to Milan Records!!! The smoke effect in the vinyl is also a lovely touch. When I sent my mom into the record store to buy this for my birthday I made sure she knew GET THE RED ONE!! And then she wouldn't even let me look at it in the shrinkwrap until I opened it on my actual birthday.

What new thing can I say about Akira? The film is a triumph in animation, storytelling, sound, and aesthetic. This record is the same. The iconic imagery of this film needs the music to exist. The liner notes included here are a bit dated but the history of this soundtrack fascinates me. It really is art like this that makes me happy to be alive to experience it.

Favourite tracks: "Kaneda" "Battle Against Clown" "Tetsuo" "Dolls' Polyphany"

The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary) [Remastered]

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Dolby Atmosで縦横無尽に飛びまくるサウンドまさに狂気の立体音響

この流れでATMOS化されて聞いてみたいのは Symphonic Suite AKIRA : 芸能山城組 惑星 : 冨田勲　当時も4chか5.1chまではあったような気がするんだけど本当に立体音響向きな音源だし

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Akira Symphonic Suite — Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Normally don't get video of both records in a double LP but the marbling was notably different between A/B and C/D. Picked this up from my local record and coffee shop, before they had the chance to list it or even stick a price on the jacket. They'll ship to you as well.

Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira | Milan Records | 2017 | Clear with Red Splatter | /1000

Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Ecophony Gaia - the Invitation label has produced a 2LP vinyl reissue of this 1990 work

Deep, deep, earth music from Tsutomu Ōhashi and the Geinoh Yamashirogumi crew - a macrosymphony composed for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan, 1990.

"Ecophony Gaia, was supposed to be the stunning, aural centerpiece for a light and water performance system echoing the sentiment of the venue: “Harmonious Coexistence of Nature and Mankind.”  Ecophony Gaia was in its truest essence the final part of a trilogy that began with 1986’s Ecophony Rinne, continued, in 1988, with their most-known work the soundtrack to Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian, cyber-punk film Akira (released as Symphonic Suite Akira), and this release mere months later. Looking back one can break up these releases into a holy musical trinity: Ecophony Rinne = spirit, Symphonic Suite Akira = body, and Ecophony Gaia = Gaia/earth.  

Ecophony Gaia, Geinoh Yamashirogumi most hopeful release. Rebirth, the hardest thing to capture in music, is something Ecophony Gaia expounds upon through sonics and feeling. You hear this in light echoes from Symphonic Suite AKIRA coursing through Ecophony Gaia, acting as symbols saying: “not everything from the past needs to be discarded, that certain things, when rethought of, hold a heavier power.” The Japanese Noh music you heard trapezing through Akira’s“Illusion” walks positively untethered in Ecophony Gaia’s “Euphony”, Indonesian gong chimes that hit darkly in Akira’s “Tetsuo” transform Ecophony Gaia’s “Catastrophe” into the light sublime, serene music that it is. What’s left over are the songs that point to new directions. Those that derive their influence from things that aren’t easily quantifiable. The introduction of field recordings to a warmer palette of sound makes Ecophony Gaia Geinoh Yamashirogumi’s first roots album. Of course, these roots belong to worldlier kind of music.

Maybe it's time we get a dedicated Japanese section? 😏 .... until then, you can always find a varied selection of re-issues and new releases from Japanese artists spread across the Jazz, Soul/Funk, Folk, Ambient and New Wave sections. Some direct imports from Japan, others via great U.S. and EU labels such as @wewantsounds, @lightintheatticrecords, @wrwtfww etc. Here's what we have in-stock now! Akiko Yano - Japanese Girl $55 Casiopea - s/t $90 Mariah - Utakata No Hibi (2xLP) $65 Colored Music - s/t $45 Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green (Colour) $60 Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Postcards $55 Satoshi Ashikawa - Still Way $50 Motohiko Hamase - Notes Of Forrestry $50 Takehisa Kosugi - Catch - Wave $55 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Hidari Udo No Yume (Deluxe 2xLP) $65 Logic System - Venus $55 Hiroshi Sato - Orient $55 The Mystery Kindaichi Band - The Adventures Of... $50 George Otsuka Quintet - Loving You George $50 Ryo Fukui - Mellow Dream $48 Ryo Fukui - In New York $60 Ichiko Aoba - Kamisori Otome $75 Ichiko Aoba - Origami $75 Ichiko Aoba - Utabiko $75 Ichiko Aoba - 0 (2xLP) $100 Ichiko Aoba & Mahito The People - Nuuamm $85 Sachiko Kanenobu - Misora $55 Takeshi Terauchi - Nippon Guitars $38 Uyama Hiroto - A Son Of The Sun (2xLP) $100 Nujabes - Metaphorical Music (2xLP) $100 Nujabes - Modal Soul (2xLP) $100 (OST) Kenji Kawai - Ghost In The Shell OST $40 (OST) Hikaru Utada - One Last Kiss OST $48 (OST) Ryuichi Sakamoto - Black Mirror: Smithereens $40 V/A - Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat & Rock'N'Roll 1966-70 $50 V/A - Tokyo Dreaming (2xLP) $65 V/A - Kankyō Ongaku (Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980 - 1990) (3xLP) $110 *We're also expecting re-stocks in the coming weeks of these titles (and probably more...) Ryo Fukui - Scenery Yukihiro Takahashi - Saravah! Hiroshi Suzuki - Cat Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite OST V/A - Evangelion Finally OST V/A - Wamono A To Z (Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980) (at Beatdisc Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS_QdunhwLz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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AKIRA Symphonic Suite Vinyl

「電影都市」 閃き繋がる街の夜🌃✨ 脳内BGM は「AKIRA」Symphonic Suite AKIRA(芸能山城組)より。 まだ小学生ころ、夢中になった大友克洋氏の原作「AKIRA」が映画化された当時、私はLP盤で発売されたサウンドトラックを購入し、何度も何度も繰り返し聴いていました。 あの猥雑で退廃的な空気感!! 近未来なのに何故か懐かしさを感じる「AKIRA 」の独特の絵柄と世界観に、更に臨場感と奥行きを与えてくれる音楽の効果に、当時の私はすっかり心酔していました。 そして私のこの近未来への恋慕は、ずっと後に「甲殻機動隊」へと繋がっていくのでした😅 #抽象画 #抽象画っぽい #抽象画アート #アクリル画 #アクリルアート #アート #アートワーク #絵画 #芸術 #都市 #街 #近未来 #abstract #abstractpainting #abstractlandscape #fineart #acrylic #acrylicpainting #art #artwork #city #town #landscape https://www.instagram.com/p/B7249Z7H-0Y/?igshid=1lnbka49yld2p