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hyper wr player - without records hi-fi version

OTOMO Yoshihide

  • 2008
  • Installation
  • Commissioned by YCAM
  • World Premiere
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Genuine turntable sounds exposed in high-resolution playback environments

Departing from the basic concept behind "without records", this work harnesses the latest technologies in order to explore the own inherent sounds of record players.

Turntables used by DJs among others were rebuilt and fitted with four arms each. With the help of computers that control in minute detail the rotation and vibration of each player/arm, multiple layers of sounds are generated from the turntables themselves instead of records they are supposed to play. Playing these sounds via a high-resolution PA system enhances the visitor's highly realistic sensation as if standing on top of a giant record spinning on a turntable.

Licence

Direction / Sound Composition: Otomo Yoshihide

[YCAM InterLab]

Device Design and Engineering: Soichiro Mihara
System Design / Sound Design and Programming: Takayuki Ito
Sound Engineering: Etsuko Nishimura
Lighting Design: Fumie Takahara

Profiles

OTOMO Yoshihide

Musician

Born 1959 in Yokohama. Has been attracting a lot of attention around the globe with his endeavors across genres and styles, from experimental music to jazz and pop, while also being renowned for his musical contributions in the realms of cinema, TV and theater. In recent years, his focus has been on musical works and sound installations, as well as collaborations with various artists and regular citizens under the name “Ensembles,” presented in a rather unique concert style. At the same time, he continues to engage in a range of participatory projects. After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, he launched a project in the Fukushima area, where he spent his teens, and in 2012, received a Ministry of Education's Award for Fine Arts for his work on the “Project FUKUSHIMA!” His numerous other awards include a Japan Record Award for the score for the TV program “Amachan” in 2013. Since 2014, Otomo has been devoting himself to Ensembles Asia, launched as a vehicle for establishing a network across Asia through music. He was the artistic director of the Sapporo International Art Festival 2017, and in 2019, director of the reorganized Waraji Matsuri, a popular local festival in Fukushima.

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Exhibition

OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

Finished

* Information in Japanese only

Tour 2

January 8, 2010 — 31

shin-bi

January 29, 2011 — February 5, 2011

Horyuan-ten 2011

Horyuan

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Installation

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OTOMO Yoshihide's works

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Works of 2008

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