Label: Art into Life - AIL012

1985年、岩田裕成のソロプロジェクトとして始動した透過性分子。同年、別名義の灰人者としても活動を開始しMerzbowやAgencementと積極的に交流、自主レーベルAngakokも立ち上げ数個のカセットアルバムや、H.N.A.S.、Asmus Tichens、P16.D4、DDAAなど、同時期の先鋭的な音楽家を集めたコンピレーションなども監修。その後1988年に突如として活動を休止。それから21年後の2009年に本邦PSF recordsより最初期作[Meta-Inorganicmatter Meta-Newlon]の復刻/編集版を発表し再び注目を浴びる。本作[Stratosphere Sound]は氏の自身の音楽に対する”悲愴”と”深い情熱"に裏打ちされた新たなる成層圏の音響。

特殊な透明フィルムに、氏の写真家名義"Aqua"のフォト作品をプリント、クリアーヴァイナルを使い作品全体が透き通るイメージにて制作。限定200部。




Hironari Iwata began his solo project Toukaseibunshi (Transparent Molecules) in 1985. In the same year he formed a second unit called Haiginsha, and began collaborating with Merzbow and Agencement. Iwata also ran the independent label Angakok, releasing several albums on cassette and curating a compilation that featured some the most radical musicians of the period including H.N.A.S., Asmus Tietchens, P16.D4, DDAA, etc. But in 1988 he suddenly ceased all musical activities. He returned to public attention twenty-one years later in 2009, when PSF Records released an edited reissue of his early album, “Meta-Inorganicmatter Meta-Newlon”. “Stratosphere Sound” is Iwata’s latest work, underpinned by his feelings of poignancy and deep passion towards his own music.

The release is designed to emphasize the concept of transparency: it is pressed on clear vinyl and comes with a photographic print by Aqua (Iwata’s photography alias) on special transparent film. Limited edition of 200.


SIDE A
1. Alive To The Sky
2. Dawn

SIDE B
1. Water Erotic Machine
2. Star Dust

Mastered by Lily Vice at Sacred Lust Studio