Motohiko Hamase

𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮-𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙆𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙭 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙮’𝙨 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨.𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙨’ 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯-𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟯, 𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙁𝙈 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨 - 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙍𝙄𝙔𝙇 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙪𝙤𝙢𝙞 𝙃𝙤𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙤, 𝙅𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙤, 𝟬𝙋𝙉, 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙠𝙨.

“Official reissue of Motohiko Hamase’s extremely rare live album Anecdote (recorded in 1987). The album is sourced from original masters and available on vinyl (double LP) for the first time ever as well as on CD. This marks the sixth release from the ESPLANADE SERIES which focuses on the works of Yoshio Ojima, Motohiko Hamase and Satsuki Shibano.

Anecdote was recorded live June 12th 1987 at Spiral Garden (Wacoal Art Center) in Aoyama (Tokyo) as part of the Eat Newsic Concert No.3. Motohiko Hamase on electric fretless bass, synthesizers and computer programming, is accompanied by frequent collaborators Toshio Kaji on acoustic piano and synthesizers, and Yasunori Yamaguchi (of #Notes of Forestry fame) on acoustic percussions. The three-man band improvises around Hamase’s unique repertoire of ambient and electronic music, reinterpreting pieces from his albums Reminiscence, Intaglio, and #Notes of Forestry.

It’s environmental and minimalist experiments with a jazz soul, three brilliant musicians flowing to blissful heights, and a beautiful testament to the 80s Japanese ambient scene that gave birth to seminal releases by Midori Takada, Satoshi Ashikawa, Yutaka Hirose and many more. Essential.