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Despite his status as a key figure in the history of Japanese ambient music, Hiroshi Yoshimura remains tragically under-known outside of his home country. Empire of Signs a new imprint co-helmed by Maxwell August Croy, Spencer Doran and distributed by Light In The Attic is proud to reissue Yoshimuras debut Music for Nine Post Cards for the first time outside Japan in collaboration with Hiroshis widow Yoko Yoshimura, with more reissues of Hiroshis works to follow in the future.
Working initially as a conceptual artist, the musical side of Yoshimuras artistic practice came to prominence in the post-Fluxus scene of late 1970s Tokyo alongside Akio Suzuki and Takehisa Kosugi, taking many subsequent turns within Japans bubble economy afterward. His sound works took on many forms commissioned fashion runway scores, soundtracking perfume, soundscapes for pre-fab houses, train station sound design all existing not as side work but as logical extensions of his philosophy of sound. His work strived for serenity as an ideal, and this approach can be felt strongly on Music for Nine Post Cards.
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