{"product_id":"yoshiaki-ochi-natural-sonic","title":"Yoshiaki Ochi – Natural Sonic","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released only in Japan at the dawn of the 1990s, \u003cem\u003eNatural Sonic\u003c\/em\u003e is a mesmerizing exploration of earthly sound and rhythm — a sonic tapestry woven from wood, water, and stone, and skin. Ochi, who at the time was the in-house composer and performer for world-renowned designer Issey Miyake, created a series of elemental pieces that blur the line between avant-garde percussion, ritual music, and environmental sound art. The result is both deeply physical and profoundly meditative — an album that breathes with nature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEchoing the organic minimalism of Midori Takada’s Through the Looking Glass and the ecological grandeur of Geinoh Yamashirogumi’s Ecophony Gaia, Ochi’s compositions open portals into primal landscapes, evoking forests, rivers, and stones in flux. Part of NEWSIC’s celebrated experimental catalog — alongside Yoshio Ojima’s Une Collection des Chaînons, Motohiko Hamase’s #Notes of Forestry, and Satsuki Shibano’s Rendez-Vous — Natural Sonic now finds new life for contemporary listeners seeking sound that feels both timeless and vital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA singular album of resonance and restraint, \u003cem\u003eNatural Sonic\u003c\/em\u003e is a treasure from the golden age of Japanese environmental music, finally available again over three decades later. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wereleasewhateverthefuckwewantrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/natural-sonic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased on Wacoal Art Center’s NEWSIC label, Yoshiaki Ochi’s \u003cem\u003eNatural Sonic\u003c\/em\u003e shares some of the same magic heard in the music of fellow roster mates Yoshio Ojima, Motohiko Hamase, and Mich Live. This time the aural trick would be one of the most simple of them all. Largely composed, conceived, and performed on organic material — water, stone, found and created, etc. — Natural Sonic tries to draw out a ton of beauty and inventive experimentation from very earthly objects. It’s some of the beauty he would later provide to Miyako Koda’s wonderful Jupiter as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoshiaki Ochi’s work on \u003cem\u003eNatural Sonic\u003c\/em\u003e was largely derived from compositions he created as house performer and composer for the legendary Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake. With a bit of outside help from his brother Yoshihisa, Natural Sonic was the interesting middle ground between experimental tribal music and Japanese environmental music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor as many unplaceable wooden percussive exist on the album, sounds that mimic rain fall, bird song, and wordless vocal harmonizing take up equal sonic space. Whatever he didn’t have at hand, Yoshiaki would actually create, as art object and sound object, to go after a specific sound he wanted. Obviously, the lack of synthesizers is made up for a welcome exploration of the sonorities of these instruments. If you’re a huge fan of Geinoh Yamashirogumi’s Ecophony Gaia or Midori Takada’s Through The Looking Glass, \u003cem\u003eNatural Sonic\u003c\/em\u003e should sound of that lineage, albeit with a far more elemental stick. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fondsound.com\/yoshiaki-ochi-natural-sonic-1990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFond Sound\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5VRnb3N2f1wASaAnOJ1a89?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl Tracklist\u003cbr\u003eA1 Dawning\u003cbr\u003eA2 Balasong\u003cbr\u003eA3 Woods From The Sea\u003cbr\u003eA4 Madal Sonic\u003cbr\u003eA5 Anywhere\u003cbr\u003eB1 Beatsonic\u003cbr\u003eB2 Madal Sonic #2\u003cbr\u003eB3 Ear Dreamin'\u003cbr\u003eB4 Urban Kogili\u003cbr\u003eB5 Beat The Water\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: WRWTFWW Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2025 \/ Originally Released: 1990\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Tribal, Ambient\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/ Japanese Electronic\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRWTFWW Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46438965772446,"sku":"4251804186728","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a3664659685_10.jpg?v=1769240728","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/yoshiaki-ochi-natural-sonic","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}