{"product_id":"hiroshi-yoshimura-surround-new-vinyl-blue-vinyl-1","title":"Hiroshi Yoshimura - Surround (New Vinyl) (Blue Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product__selling-points fw-demi\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst-ever official reissue of the pioneering 1986 ambient work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduced in full cooperation with Hiroshi Yoshimura’s estate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew liner notes by original album producer Hiroyoshi Shiokawa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes Yoshimura’s original notes in Japanese \u0026amp; English\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemastering and lacquer cutting by John Baldwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVinyl pressed at Gotta Groove Record\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tVjhWBpPbnI?si=QZamNbunXIZxFfba\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If \u003cem\u003eSurround\u003c\/em\u003e can be listened to as music that’s as close to air itself, allowing us to enter each listener’s sound scenery, or as something that exists within a new perspective, expanding the middle ground between sound and music, and transforming it into a comfortable space, it would be much appreciated.” — Hiroshi Yoshimura\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTemporal Drift proudly presents the long-awaited, first-ever reissue of \u003cem\u003eSurround\u003c\/em\u003e, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s sought-after ambient classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released as an album in January 1986, \u003cem\u003eSurround\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded by Yoshimura as a commission from home builder Misawa Homes, intended to function as an “amenity” designed to enhance the company’s newly built living spaces. A pioneer in the field of environmental music, Yoshimura’s previous works included \u003cem\u003eMusic For Nine Post Cards\u003c\/em\u003e (1982), originally produced to be played back inside a museum space, and designing sound environments for public spaces and subway systems. \u003cem\u003eSurround\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded almost concurrently with the acclaimed and popular \u003cem\u003eGREEN\u003c\/em\u003e (1986); the two albums are described by Hiroyoshi Shiokawa in his liner notes as being Yoshimura’s yin and yang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his original notes for the album, Yoshimura recommends that \u003cem\u003eSurround\u003c\/em\u003e be placed in the same family of sounds “as the vibration of footsteps, the hum of an air conditioner, or the clanging of a spoon inside a coffee cup.” And, as he suggests, “with the addition of city noise from outside the window,” you may hear \u003cem\u003eSurround\u003c\/em\u003e in a completely new way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"acordion_description\" id=\"Release-Detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"d-flex flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product__info-description product__info-description--full product__info-description--open\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"section_title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"section_title\"\u003eA1 Time After Time 10:56\u003cbr\u003eA2 Surround 3:33\u003cbr\u003eA3 Something Blue 5:36\u003cbr\u003eB1 Time Forest 10:36\u003cbr\u003eB2 Water Planet 2:12\u003cbr\u003eB3 Green Shower 6:06\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"flowrecords","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461180723234,"sku":null,"price":52.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/2446\/2370\/files\/surround1.jpg?v=1705001903","url":"https:\/\/flowrecordstore.com\/products\/hiroshi-yoshimura-surround-new-vinyl-blue-vinyl-1","provider":"flowrecords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}