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Midori Takada – Through the Looking Glass
Midori Takada
Through the Looking Glass
Style: Ambient
Label: Palto Flats
Catalog Number: PFLP 006
Released: 1983, 80's
One of the great success stories of the reissue age, Japanese composer Midori Takada now tours the world sharing her singular take on ambient and minimal percussion music. Little more than decade prior, only a small group of record heads and music blogs were aware of her surrealistic 1983 masterpiece, Through the Looking Glass. Thanks in part to tastemakers like Visible Cloaks’ Spencer Doran and viral YouTube uploads, the album sparked a worldwide obsession with ’80s Japanese minimal music and even became the #2 best selling album on Discogs in 2017. Takada’s music is deeply imaginative, conjuring dream worlds with her vast array of percussion instruments including marimba, gong, cowbell, wood bells, tam-tam, and bongo. If you get the chance, do not miss her live show!
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Experimental / Kankyo Ongaku / Minimal / Percussion
Tracklist:
A1 Mr. Henri Rousseau’s Dream
A2 Crossing
B1 Trompe-l’œil
B2 Catastrophe Σ
Credits:
Composed By, Performer, Producer – Midori Takada
Cowbell, Marimba, Harmonium [Reed Organ] – Midori Takada (tracks: A2)
Design [Cover Design] – Mikio Kawasaki
Directed By – Masahiko Arao
Engineer [Assistant] – Akio Tanabe
Engineer [Mastering Engineer, JVC] – Kazuie Sugimoto
Engineer, Mixed By – Masaki Ohno
Executive-Producer – Masamitsu Kurokawa
Illustration – Yohko Ochida*
Marimba, Gong, Cowbell, Recorder, Bells [Wood Bell], Ocarina, Tam-tam – Midori Takada (tracks: A1)
Other [Cola Bottle], Harmonium [Reed Organ], Bells [Clay Bell] – Midori Takada (tracks: B1)
Photography By – Riki Watanabe
Tom Tom, Bongos, Cowbell, Cymbal [Cymbale Antique], Vibraphone, Harmonium [Reed Organ], Piano – Midori Takada (tracks: B2)
