Wada, Yoshi - Lament for the Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile
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05-EM1074
Totally cool & weird album (one of only two albums I know about) by this Japanese composer/instrument maker who was part of FLUXUS, moved to NYC for a while and made these weird, unique, bagpipe/reed-like instruments that were force-fed air by a compressor! LONG tones, obviously. Never before on CD, this was released on the jazz-oriented India Navigation label and has been unavailable for a couple of decades. Conditionally highly recommended if you dig the BIG drone! Contains full liner notes and photos of the instruments.
"If you have heard the music of Yoshi Wada, you have no doubt been impressed by his amazing sound-worlds. Born in Kyoto, he moved to New York in the late 1960s. He is well-known as a Fluxus artist with links to La Monte Young, and has been involved in many performances and sound installations. However, he has released only 2 recordings (as his solo albums) , both hard to find. Finally, a CD reissue of his most important and rarest LP, "Lament For Rise And Fall Of The Elephantine Crocodile" (Recorded in 1981, Issued on India Navigation in 1982). This CD contains 2 pieces: track 1 - solo overtone voice (he studied with legendary Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath) recorded at performance space 'Dry Pool', with a deep underground echo feeling; track 2 - dense psychedelic drones using bagpipe-like self-made instrument. These wondrous sounds will take you to another, better world!!"