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Hiroshi Yoshimura

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Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘, 22 October 1940 – 23 October 2003) was a Japanese musician and composer. He is considered a pioneer of ambient music in Japan. Hiroshi Yoshimura was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa in 1940. He graduated from Waseda School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II in 1964. He started the computer music group "Anonyme" in 1972. In 1978, he was commissioned by the NHK to compose the piece "Alma's Cloud". In addition to solo performances and improvisational music, he performed production performance and sound objects, environmental music containing graphic design and sound design, visual poetry, and worked on sound design business in collaboration with TOA. In addition to solo performance and improvisational music, he made music for galleries, museums, building spaces and train stations. He was at the forefront of environmental music. He worked as a part-time lecturer in the Industrial Design Department at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Chiba and at the Music Design Department of Kunitachi College of Music. He held workshops on citizen participation in museums. In 2017, Yoshimura, as well as other ambient Japanese musicians, received a resurgence due to the YouTube algorithm. In 2019, his song "Blink" off his debut album was selected for compilation album Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990 In 2020, Light in the Attic Records released Green on Spotify alongside CDs, vinyls and cassettes. His music has received mu

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albums

Music For Nine Post Cards

Music For Nine Post Cards

Green

Green

Surround

Surround

Green (SFX Version)

Green (SFX Version)

Flora

Flora

Soundscape 1: Surround

Soundscape 1: Surround

Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990

Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990

Wet Land

Wet Land

Over the Clover

Over the Clover

Pier & Loft

Pier & Loft

Something blue

Something blue

Flora 1987

Flora 1987

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