{"product_id":"hiroshi-yoshimura-green","title":"Hiroshi Yoshimura – Green","description":"\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 153.563px;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); height: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left; padding: 10px 12px; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 24px;\"\u003e📀 Product Details\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); font-weight: bold; width: 30%; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eYear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e1986\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eCountry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAIR Records Inc. – AIR-001\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eMedia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eEX\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eSleeve\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eEX- (w\/Insert+Post card, Light wear)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eObi\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 12px; height: 21.5938px;\"\u003eEX- (\u003cspan\u003eThe obi shows some age-related fading and light discoloration.\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 6px; background: #efefef; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc; font-weight: bold; margin: 6px 0 10px;\"\u003eComments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJapan Original Pressing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf ambient music has a summit, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e belongs there — a near-perfect world of light, air, water and silence, created from electronics yet somehow feeling more natural than nature itself.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of those rare records that seems to redefine what ambient music can be. Recorded in Hiroshi Yoshimura’s home studio during the winter of 1985–86, it transforms the crisp tones of Yamaha FM synthesizers into something impossibly soft, warm and alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“CREEK” flows in slow, crystalline patterns; “FEEL” seems to suspend time; “SLEEP” reduces melody to something almost weightless, while the title track “GREEN” feels less like a composition than an atmosphere gradually forming around you. Nothing demands attention, yet every tiny shift in tone changes the space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat is what makes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e so extraordinary. It does not imitate nature. There are no forests or rivers required to tell you what to imagine. Instead, Yoshimura creates the sensation of nature through pure sound — repetition, resonance, silence and the smallest movements of melody. Ambient music often disappears into the background; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e quietly changes the way you hear the background itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd this original 1986 AIR Records pressing is especially significant. It contains Yoshimura’s preferred original mix, before environmental sound effects were added for the later U.S. CD version. Here, nothing stands between the listener and the extraordinary purity of the music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than a landmark of Japanese environmental music, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the purest expressions of ambient music ever recorded — timeless, weightless and almost impossibly beautiful. 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