In this episode you'll learn

• What Kankyō Ongaku actually means
• How architecture influenced Japanese music in the 1980s
• Why environmental music disappeared and returned

#KankyoOngaku
#JapaneseAmbient
#EnvironmentalMusic

https://youtu.be/YFibfB2tl4U

One hour of rain.

Piano comes in at minute 5. Koto at minute 28. By the time the kalimba appears you'll have forgotten what you were worried about.

All 11 tracks survived a public vote. The ones the 3am crowd rejected are gone.

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#lofi #ambient #koto #piano #rain #studymusic #japaneseambient

A lone shakuhachi flute carries you through 5 hours of Edo Japan — dawn mist, cherry blossoms, glowing lanterns, moonlit rivers. Each note a breath. Each frame a painted scroll. Journey through a full day in an ancient village, seamlessly looping into the next.

Let the flute guide you inward.

#Shakuhachi #MeditationMusic #JapaneseAmbient

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_N-rYqO2w

Talking of Japan, I’m a big fan of Japanese ambient music (Spotify playlist). And I noticed whilst looking at Haruka Nakamura’s albums that some of them are official soundtracks for manga comics.

I didn’t realise that was a thing. And I’m still not 100% sure how it works. Are you meant to read the manga whilst listening to the music? If so, I love it. What a beautiful idea.

I was listening to the soundtrack for “Look Back“. It’s a lovely little album (Spotify link). Especially the last song ,‘Light song’, which is beautiful.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3fPBJ0HC62DBciQuUYoXAz?si=XgEDw5BNSc6nDUDbKlPesg

https://elliot.my/469

#AmbientMusic #Japan #JapaneseAmbient #Manga #Music

On 1986’s Surround, Hiroshi Yoshimura wanted to create music that could be part of the listener’s daily life rather than something taking attention away from it.

#ambient #environmentalmusic #environnemental #hiroshiyoshimura #kankyoongaku #eriksatie #japanese #japan #japaneseambient

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/hiroshi-yoshimura-surround-feature