MUSIC FOR COMMERCIALS

2018 reissue (CD) Japanese edition
Rice Records PPR-5477

2017 reissue (CD, LP) Remastered
Crammed Discs MTM-12, MTM-12 LP

1987 original release (CD)
Crammed Discs MTM-12
  • 1
    Tachikawa
  • 2
    Seiko 1
  • 3
    Seiko 2
  • 4
    Sen-nen 1
  • 5
    Richo 1
  • 6
    Seiko 3
  • 7
    Boutique Joy
  • 8
    Seiko 4
  • 9
    Ricoh 2
  • 10
    Laox
  • 11
    Shiseido
  • 12
    Seiko 5
  • 13
    Sharp
  • 14
    Sen-nen 2
  • 15
    Honda
  • 16
    Suntory
  • 17
    Knorr
  • 18
    Bridgestone 1
  • 19
    Bridgestone 2
  • 20
    Bridgestone 3
  • 21
    Bridgestone 4
  • 22
    Bridgestone 5
  • 23
    Ka-cho-fu-getsu
  • 24
    Seibu

A collection of pieces originally composed as soundtracks for Japanese TV commercials. Hit-and-run sound collages, twittering computers, energetic ricocheting between myriad styles of music. Features twenty-three tracks clocking in at two minutes or less, plus one piece composed for a computer-animation short.

YS NOTES
  • TV commercials in the late 70s and 80s didn’t advertise the practical features of products, they were meant to build strategic corporate images. You might even say they took a musical approach in their visual expression, though perhaps that’s an overstatement.
    Being restricted to a short 15 or 30 second span made it ideal work for refining my intuitive powers. I made a conscious choice not to remix the tracks for this album: the final version of the original recordings appear here untouched, although I do remember working to link the individual tunes, and on the overall mood.

Composed, performed (except vocals) and produced by Yasuaki Shimizu

Recorded/mixed by Hideki Sasamori, Eihiko Ohno, Yasushi Yanagihara, Noriyuki Hamazaki, Masayoshi Okawa, Seigen Ono, Osamu Kawabe