Credits:

Kazuo Uehara

Description:

A comprehensive collection of analog electronic music works by Kazuo Uehara, one of the pioneers of computer music in Japan!Although the vast majority of Ueharas works date from the computer era and beyond, there is no doubt that the sensibilities and techniques he cultivated during the analog era were ahead of their time compared to many contemporary composers. Seoul 1982, which blends field recordings from Seoul, South Korea, under military rule with electronic sounds, is a prime example of this. Other works include highly minimalist pieces for avant-garde dance, music for the video hall at the Science Expo, andmost importantlyworks created using UPIC (a device developed by Xenakis that digitizes drawings and converts them into music), which marked a major milestone in electronic music. Composers such as Yuji Takahashi, Yoriaki Matsudaira, and Joji Yuasa also created works for this system. Un