Release Date 4th December
Limited Edition Moss Green LP Available Initially
- First-ever release on vinyl and cassette. Black and ‘vibrant moss’ colour vinyl variants.
- First time reissued on CD. All formats are NON-RETURNABLE.
- Produced in full cooperation with Hiroshi Yoshimura's estate.
- Remastered from original sources by John Baldwin.
- English translations of original 1996 release liner notes.
- Reproductions of Yoshimura's handwritten recording notes.
- Vinyl includes 5 x 7 postcard print.
- Vinyl pressed at Optimal.
Originally issued on compact disc in 1996, Quiet Forest was Hiroshi Yoshimura’s last album-length work to be released before his passing in 2003. Largely inspired by his trip to the vast forests of the North American Pacific Northwest, the album is an aural reflection of the fantastical, surreal beauty he experienced as he walked through the otherworldly wilderness for the first time.
The basic tracks were recorded in the fall of 1993. After numerous revisions to the song titles and a scrapped idea to overlay the tracks with nature field recordings, Hiroshi ultimately produced a latter-day masterwork that feels like the spiritual follow-up to Green, one of his defining works from a decade earlier.
Tracks:
Quiet Forest; Whispering; After Rain; Hoh River; Sunrise; Deep Echoes; Melting Wind; Dancing Creek; Rain Forest; Lullaby of Leaves
