{"product_id":"kotaro-maruyama-vapor-curve-lp","title":"Kotaro Maruyama - Vapor Curve (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe spirit of legendary film score composer Toru Takemitsu looms large over Kotaro Maruyama’s economical yet lush studies, ranging from sublime echoes of Japanese environmental ambient to beatific pulse poems edging on weightless Heinrich Mueller works.\n\n\"Composing primarily with the piano, Kotaro Maruyama creates music for a variety of visual media, including commercials and short films. Influenced by the composer Toru Takemitsu, he places importance on the “silence” and \"ambience\" of sound, aiming to create works where the music quietly depicts a scene.\n\nKotaro Maruyama's first solo album, \"Vapor Curve,\" is constructed entirely from the sound source of the OP-Z digital synthesizer. Notably, he avoids the concept of harmony for a single tone, instead pursuing a unique \"woven harmony\" created by intricately layering multiple independent melodies. Using only the OP-Z, and recording everything in a single take without using a computer, Kotaro Maruyama's \"Vapor Curve\" is distinguished by its uncompromising production style. The minimalist melodies that are layered to create an ambient soundscape, along with the incidental noise that gives an organic texture to the inorganic electronic sound, showcase the raw appeal of sound that is imperfect.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=87501232\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https:\/\/personalaffairbk.bandcamp.com\/album\/vapor-curve\u0026quot;\u0026gt;Vapor Curve Kotaro Maruyama\u0026lt;\/a\u0026gt;\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Personal Affair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49583072772355,"sku":"PALP-008","price":5498.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/1694\/1956\/files\/a0726851202_10.jpg?v=1788668624","url":"https:\/\/meditations.jp\/en\/products\/kotaro-maruyama-vapor-curve-lp","provider":"Meditations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}