タージ・マハル旅行団での「旅」を終え、宇宙の森に暮らす長谷川時夫が辿り着いた前人未到のコスモロジー・ミュージック。

1970年代に小杉武久らと共に国内外で前衛的な演奏活動を行った伝説的グループ、タージ・マハル旅行団。その一員であり、活動後は新潟・十日町の山奥に佇み、美しい月と雪深い大自然と呼応しながら感性を研ぎ澄ましてきた音楽家、長谷川時夫による初のソロ・アルバム。ルバーブの弾き語りと和太鼓、笛、鍵盤、バイオリン、非楽器、電子音、そして舞踏含むあらゆる行為とが共鳴し合いながら一大絵巻を描き、彼の重要な作品／表現のひとつである「石のパフォーマンス」が執り行われたインド・台湾・新潟の3公演の記録を音盤化。盟友でありタージ・マハル旅行団を共にした永井清治との45年振りの歴史的演奏となった最新音源もここに完全収録。

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[INTRODUCTION]
Unprecedented cosmology music arrived by Tokio Hasegawa, who lives in the forest of space after completing the "journey" with the Taj Mahal Travelers.

The Taj Mahal Travelers, a legendary group that performed avant-garde improvisations across the world with Takehisa Kosugi and others in the 1970s. The first solo album by Tokio Hasegawa, a musician who has been a member of the group and has lived in the mountains of Tokamachi, Niigata after group activities, and has sharpened his sensibility in response to the beautiful moon and the snowy nature. All acts including Japanese drums, flutes, keyboards, violins, non-instruments, electronic sounds, and butoh that resonate with his singing and playing a rubab. A record of three performances in India, Taiwan, and Niigata, where one of his important works / expressions, "Stone Performance," was performed, drawing a big soundscape like a universe. The latest record, which was the first historical performance in 45 years with Seiji Nagai, who was an ally and Taj Mahal Travelers, is also completely recorded here.
クレジット
2021年10月15日リリース

Liner Notes by Koji Kawasaki | 川崎弘二
Cover Photo by Yukihiro Yoshihara | 吉原悠博
Sound Treatment by Satoshi Fukushima | 福島諭
English Translation by Naoko Yamada | 山田直子
Art Direction & Design by Masato Hoshino | 星野真人