Tadashi Goino Group
7 Jigen Yori No Shisha
Philips (Japan) 1979
S-7502 (LP) w/insert.
sleeve : VG+(SPSE/TOC: tear and tape on top, some wear on edge and corner, light dirts.)
media : EX-/EX-(some light noise. A1 has some slightly wear that does not affect to sounds.)
Featured in the guidebook OBSCURE SOUND REVISED EDITION. An absolutely unhinged and fiercely brilliant 1979 release by the Masashi Goino Group, in which Dr. Tadashi Goino—an “cult scientist” who reportedly made waves in the Japanese media during the 1970s—personally transformed his own book Messenger from the Seventh Dimension into sound. Blending a full band setup with an extensive arsenal of analog synthesizers, and even converting signals captured from outer space via radio telescopes (with support from the Whippy Integrated Research Institute) into audio, the sound design is so audacious it would have stunned the late Isao Tomita himself. What truly overwhelms, however, is the deeply cosmic psychedelia and strikingly organic sensibility that permeate the entire album. The sheer musical quality is off the charts. A fully cult artifact, no doubt—but standing shoulder to shoulder with Haruomi Hosono and Tadanori Yokoo’s landmark Cochin Moon, this is unquestionably a dazzling masterpiece in the history of Japanese electronic music.
A1: 地球の危機
A3: ヒマラヤの祈り
B2: 朝日の詩
B5: 宇宙からのメッセージ II
7 Jigen Yori No Shisha
Philips (Japan) 1979
S-7502 (LP) w/insert.
sleeve : VG+(SPSE/TOC: tear and tape on top, some wear on edge and corner, light dirts.)
media : EX-/EX-(some light noise. A1 has some slightly wear that does not affect to sounds.)
Featured in the guidebook OBSCURE SOUND REVISED EDITION. An absolutely unhinged and fiercely brilliant 1979 release by the Masashi Goino Group, in which Dr. Tadashi Goino—an “cult scientist” who reportedly made waves in the Japanese media during the 1970s—personally transformed his own book Messenger from the Seventh Dimension into sound. Blending a full band setup with an extensive arsenal of analog synthesizers, and even converting signals captured from outer space via radio telescopes (with support from the Whippy Integrated Research Institute) into audio, the sound design is so audacious it would have stunned the late Isao Tomita himself. What truly overwhelms, however, is the deeply cosmic psychedelia and strikingly organic sensibility that permeate the entire album. The sheer musical quality is off the charts. A fully cult artifact, no doubt—but standing shoulder to shoulder with Haruomi Hosono and Tadanori Yokoo’s landmark Cochin Moon, this is unquestionably a dazzling masterpiece in the history of Japanese electronic music.
A1: 地球の危機
A3: ヒマラヤの祈り
B2: 朝日の詩
B5: 宇宙からのメッセージ II