The Pocket Of Fever
A rare as hens-teeth 1987 private press tape from Japan's Masahiro Sugaya, re-mastered and pressed to vinyl for the first time by Ambient Sans - gently drifting between wind-scattered midi keys, exquisite minimalism and fruity Brazilian-inspired whims.
After a few of its charms snuck out on the 2019 compilation ‘Horizon, Vol.1’, put together by Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks), ‘The Pocket of Fever’ now appears in its entirety, graduating from an obscure cassette edition to this LP reissue primed to be filed on shelves between your Hiroshi Yoshimura, Midori Takada, and Brian Eno diamonds. A lesser known but no less loved part of the ‘80s Japanese ambient milieu which has evidently snagged the popular alternative imagination, Masahiro’s debut album feels looser and less self-seriously mannered than a lot of bits we’ve encountered thru the sound’s upswell, via YouTube and rucks of reissue labels, over the past decade.
The album’s economical application of elements futureproofs it with freshness that appeals to our sensibilities, at least. Two vignettes of midi-fluidity in the opening trickle of keys to ‘水ー ① Water-1’, and the jaunty pipes of ‘水ー ② Water-2’ characterise a lightness of spirit that sways in the beautifully oneiric architecture of ‘未来の緑 Future's Green’, and sibling part ‘ホライゾン Horizon’, whereas his title track charmingly toys with Brazilian tropes that come out in the cheekiest way on the perfectly irregular groover ‘都会の屋根の上 Above the City's Rooftops’, and again contrast the soothing strokes of ‘風の会話 Conversation of the Wind.’
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A rare as hens-teeth 1987 private press tape from Japan's Masahiro Sugaya, re-mastered and pressed to vinyl for the first time by Ambient Sans - gently drifting between wind-scattered midi keys, exquisite minimalism and fruity Brazilian-inspired whims.
After a few of its charms snuck out on the 2019 compilation ‘Horizon, Vol.1’, put together by Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks), ‘The Pocket of Fever’ now appears in its entirety, graduating from an obscure cassette edition to this LP reissue primed to be filed on shelves between your Hiroshi Yoshimura, Midori Takada, and Brian Eno diamonds. A lesser known but no less loved part of the ‘80s Japanese ambient milieu which has evidently snagged the popular alternative imagination, Masahiro’s debut album feels looser and less self-seriously mannered than a lot of bits we’ve encountered thru the sound’s upswell, via YouTube and rucks of reissue labels, over the past decade.
The album’s economical application of elements futureproofs it with freshness that appeals to our sensibilities, at least. Two vignettes of midi-fluidity in the opening trickle of keys to ‘水ー ① Water-1’, and the jaunty pipes of ‘水ー ② Water-2’ characterise a lightness of spirit that sways in the beautifully oneiric architecture of ‘未来の緑 Future's Green’, and sibling part ‘ホライゾン Horizon’, whereas his title track charmingly toys with Brazilian tropes that come out in the cheekiest way on the perfectly irregular groover ‘都会の屋根の上 Above the City's Rooftops’, and again contrast the soothing strokes of ‘風の会話 Conversation of the Wind.’