Go Hirano

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平野剛. Hirano’s work emerges from a more intimate kind of intensity; he creates a sparsely contemplative and alternately playful music that at times evokes Erik Satie or even Hiroshi Yoshimura. A multi-instrumentalist and composer, Hirano’s main tools are piano, melodica, percussion and the spaces in between the repetitions. He utilizes slight variations of gently mapped out introspection while embracing a more organic sense of openness and feeling. Speaking of his approach when he first starting out Hirano states “It seemed like a lot of musicians were aiming for perfection, but the more they applied themselves to that pursuit, the less interesting the music became. The most important thing for me was that initial, unadorned expression, regardless of whether or not the playing was technically impressive or not.” From an early age Hirano immersed himself in a Japanese musical underground that seemed to embrace the entirety of radical and new musics emerging around the world during the 1970’s and 80’s. From new wave to noise, ambient industrial and the avant garde and his eventual discovery of P.S.F.’s record store Modern Music, Hirano began to develop an intensely perceptive ear. In one of his earliest musical forays, Hirano created music for an experimental butoh dance troupe that toured in Japan and overseas in Canada and the U.S. during the late 80’s/ early 90’s. Later he would collaborate with White Heaven, one of Japan’s most legendary psychedelic rock groups. His first a

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Corridor Of Daylights

Reflection of Dreams

Tokyo Flashback-Psychedelic Speed Freaks

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Distance

Corridor of Daylight

Tokyo Flashback P.S.F. - Psychedelic Speed Freaks

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Distance: Early Works & '94 Sessions (LP)

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Minna Miteru (A Compilation Of Japanese Indie Music)

The Habit

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Alchemy & P.S.F. 20th Anniversary Campaign

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A Compilation Of Japanese Indie Music (Pres. By Minna Miteru)

Minna Miteru

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