Yuji Takahashi & Mamoru Fujieda

In 1991, Yuji Takahashi and Mamoru Fujieda collaborated in staging a sound installation at the Sezon Museum of Art in Tokyo, making extensive use of the new artistic possibilities provided by the advent of personal computers. In this installation, a culmination of their investigations into the aesthetic use of new technology, these two renowned leaders of Japanese experimental music used sensors and transducers on objects and in the space itself, via MIDI conversion, to trigger pianos, synthesizers and samplers. The four pieces here were recorded for a cassette-only release timed to coincide with the exhibition. This release continues the EM Records investigation of the “cyber-occult” movement in early-90s Japan, in which the new personal digital technologies allowed access to previously hidden worlds, opening new realms for exploration. In the words of Takahashi, quoted from the original leaflet for the “Ikebukuro Cyber Café” event: “In the flickering time of everyday life, the translucent coordinate axes of the dark cyber space appear and disappear like a shimmering shimmer.” This hints at the quirky yet evanescent beauty of a very intriguing historical document which also happens to sound great. It is finally available on vinyl LP with Japanese and English notes written by Koji Kawasaki, a leading researcher of Japanese electronic music.

+ Reproduction of the print pattern of the flyer for the ''Ikebukuro Cyber Café'' event held in 1991, on the outer sleeve.

+ A reproduction of the original cassette sleeve of ''Computer Café Music'' and an Integrated Circuit board for electronic devices (the real one) are pasted on the front of the outer sleeve.
+ The disc was mastered by D&M and cut at 45 rpm.
+ Center hole on the back of the outer sleeve.
+ Including an insert.
(Photographs are a mock-up sample)

• 1 Morning
• 2 Afternoon
• 3 Evening
• 4 Night