Credits:

Norio Sato

Description:

A complete reissue of the 1977 debut album by guitarist Norio Sato, winner of the 1971 Tokyo International Guitar Competition and later leader of Ensemble Nomad. Yuji Takahashi and Yuzuru Kondofour pieces by these two composers who pioneered the avant-garde of their era, recorded by the very musicians who premiered each work at the time.*Metathesis No. 2*: a pure world of sound in which constituent elements are transformed using methods from permutation group theory, probability theory, and statistics. *John Dowland Returns*, a unique work that brings the melodies of traditional folk songs back to the present through a guitar with alternative tuning and spoken word. *Yubore*, the ethereal resonance of Linear Music embodied by two guitars shifted by microtones, a cowbell, and an electric piano. *Visual Rhythm Method*, an experimental masterpiece representing a musical form situated between stillne