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toru yamanaka & teiji furuhashi / Dumb Type Theater
庭園の黄昏 - Every Dog Has His Day
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- Cat No: conatala-007
- updated:2024-12-09
1984年に結成され、現在も京都を拠点に第一線で活動するマルチメディア・パフォーマンス・アート・グループ、ダムタイプ (DUMB TYPE)。最初期ダムタイプシアター時代の公演のために、音楽家・山中透とグループの中心人物であった故・古橋悌二が製作したカセットブック作品「庭園の黄昏 - Every Dog Has His Day（1985年録音）」と「睡眠の計画 - Plan For Sleep (1986年録音)」の2タイトルが、初めてレコードとして同時リリースされます。
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DUMB TYPE is a multimedia performance art group based in Kyoto that was formed in 1984 and continues to be active at the forefront of the art scene. We are excited to announce the simultaneous release of two cassette book works produced by musician Toru Yamanaka and the late Teiji Furuhashi, a central figure of the group, for works from the early DUMB TYPE Theatre era: "Every Dog Has His Day (recorded in 1985)" and "Plan For Sleep (recorded in 1986)," now available for the first time on vinyl.
Since the founding of DUMB TYPE, Yamanaka has primarily been responsible for music production, while the late Furuhashi played a crucial role in translating Yamanaka’s compositions into stage direction. Their collaboration began with previous groups ORG and R-STILL, and was influenced by the NEW WAVE and progressive rock trends they were pursuing at the time, as well as by artists like Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, and Robert Wilson, who fused minimal music and avant-garde performance. Moreover, their bold incorporation of cutting-edge sampling and house music during that era laid the foundation for DUMB TYPE's sound, marking an important intersection in the history of minimalism, ambient music and performance art in Japan.
The work “Every Dog Has His Day (1985)" represents a defining moment for the sound identity of DUMB TYPE, created through the collaboration of Yamanaka and Furuhashi. The minimalist tracks feature repetitive and striking phrases on piano and synthesizer, a radical approach that transforms various concrete sound samples into beats together with a pleasant ambiance that envelops everything with meticulously applied effects. Additionally, rhythms such as waltzes and shuffles reflect a fusion of respect for past music and modernism, beautifully establishing the iconic sound of early DUMB TYPE. The diverse expressions of the tracks trigger signals that dance around, including driving noise, electronic sounds, and telephone busy signals, evoking scenes that rise and fall, transforming before our eyes.
Since the founding of DUMB TYPE, Yamanaka has primarily been responsible for music production, while the late Furuhashi played a crucial role in translating Yamanaka’s compositions into stage direction. Their collaboration began with previous groups ORG and R-STILL, and was influenced by the NEW WAVE and progressive rock trends they were pursuing at the time, as well as by artists like Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, and Robert Wilson, who fused minimal music and avant-garde performance. Moreover, their bold incorporation of cutting-edge sampling and house music during that era laid the foundation for DUMB TYPE's sound, marking an important intersection in the history of minimalism, ambient music and performance art in Japan.
The work “Every Dog Has His Day (1985)" represents a defining moment for the sound identity of DUMB TYPE, created through the collaboration of Yamanaka and Furuhashi. The minimalist tracks feature repetitive and striking phrases on piano and synthesizer, a radical approach that transforms various concrete sound samples into beats together with a pleasant ambiance that envelops everything with meticulously applied effects. Additionally, rhythms such as waltzes and shuffles reflect a fusion of respect for past music and modernism, beautifully establishing the iconic sound of early DUMB TYPE. The diverse expressions of the tracks trigger signals that dance around, including driving noise, electronic sounds, and telephone busy signals, evoking scenes that rise and fall, transforming before our eyes.
ダムタイプ創立当初、山中は主に音楽制作を担当し、古橋はその楽曲を舞台演出に落とし込む役割を果たしていました。2人の共同制作は、ダムタイプ以前に組んでいたORGやR-STILLに始まり、その時期に志向していたNEW WAVEやプログレッシヴ・ロックに加えて、ミニマル・ミュージックや前衛パフォーマンスを融合させたローリー・アンダーソン、メレディス・モンク、ロバート・ウィルソンらからの影響を受けています。さらに、当時の先鋭的なサンプリング・ミュージックやハウス・ミュージックを大胆に取り入れた独創的なアプローチは、ダムタイプのサウンドの礎となり、日本のミニマル〜アンビエント・ミュージックとパフォーマンス・アートの重要な接点として歴史に刻まれるべきものです。
本作「庭園の黄昏(1985年)」は、山中と古橋の共同制作によるダムタイプのサウンド・アイデンティティを決定づけた音楽作品となります。ピアノやシンセサイザーの反復される印象的なフレーズが重なり合うミニマルな楽曲や、さまざまな具体音のサンプリングをビートに変換した急進的なアプローチ、緻密に施されたエフェクトによって全体を霧のように覆う心地よいアンビエンス、さらにワルツやシャッフルのリズムなど、過去の音楽への敬愛とテクノロジーが融合した初期ダムタイプの象徴的なサウンドが、ここで見事に確立されています。多彩な表情を持つ楽曲たちは、駆動するノイズ、電子音、電話の話中音などの四方に飛び交うシグナルをトリガーに、浮かんでは消え、また立ち昇り、移り変わる景色を描き出しています。