遭遇一番 -ピアノと尺八- / プロジェクション・エセムプラスティク / ピアノのための仮象 – Maki Ishii, Joji Yuasa, Shukou Mizuno – LP – Pre Owned Vinyl (Arrives in 14days)

This arresting collection brings together three titans of Japanese avant-garde composition—Maki Ishii, Joji Yuasa, and Shukou Mizuno—for an instrumental experience that dissolves boundaries between East and West, tradition and innovation. Piano and shakuhachi (the Japanese bamboo flute) are rarely paired so fearlessly: Ishii’s ‘遭遇一番’ is a study in tension and release, where each instrument tests the other’s limits. Yuasa’s ‘プロジェクション・エセムプラスティク’ is a textural labyrinth, inviting listeners to lose themselves in its shifting sonic architecture, while Mizuno’s ‘ピアノのための仮象’ explores timbre and silence in ways that feel both cerebral and visceral.

More than a mere curiosity, this album is a document of postwar Japanese music’s restless search for identity, fusing avant-garde Western approaches with deeply-rooted Japanese sensibilities. The result is a sound world that feels startlingly contemporary even decades after its creation. For listeners drawn to the outer edges of instrumental music—where experimentation is both discipline and liberation—this album is a rare gem, offering a listening experience that is intellectually demanding, sonically adventurous, and endlessly rewarding.

Track List:
A1 – 遭遇一番 SO-GU I fur shakuhachi and klavier –
B1 – プロジェクション・エセムプラスティク Projection Esemplastic for piano –
B2 – ピアノのための仮象 Provisional Color For Piano –