“Kankyō ongaku” is Japanese for “environmental music,” but also refers to a genre of electronic ambient music that developed in Japan in the 1980s. Field recordings were typically blended with minimalist melodies performed with synthesizers of the time. The music has its roots in the ambient music of Brian Eno, and the furniture music of Erik Satie, but has its own distinctive Japanese sensibility and aesthetic. This sound mosaic was produced as a tribute to this form of music, and was composed using similar approaches, blending field recordings collected in Japan with generative sequences performed on 1980s synthesizers, which were subjected to a number of randomisation procedures. With thanks to Spencer Doran, who has helped spread the word about this form of music, and how it is produced.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
