Yuko Matsuzaki " Mother-Of-Pearl Box " CD

★World's first CD release

A miraculous reissue of a Japanese 80s New Age/Ambient masterpiece, now available on CD for the first time in the world! A spiritual and fantastical utopia sound woven together with an original arrangement that combines synthesizers with live sounds such as flute, oboe, guitar, and percussion!

After a classical career as a flute player, Matsuzaki Yuko became a composer and arranger in 1982, and from 1985 to 1987 she worked mainly in London as a flute, synthesizer and keyboard player in studios and as a tour support member. She gained a high reputation abroad without going through the Japanese music scene. The super rare album "Raden no Hako" that she produced in 1985, before moving to the UK, was limited to 100 copies and was released on LP only. It is now being reissued (on CD for the first time)! The spiritual and fantastical sound, which has a Japanese taste everywhere, led to Simon Jeffs of Penguin Cafe Orchestra hearing this album and leading to his participation in "Pink, Blue and Amber" by German electronic musician and pianist Roedelius, who is also known for his work with Cluster and Harmonia. This is a world-class masterpiece born here in Japan during the rise of ambient music in the late 1980s, when house and techno were on the rise and ambient music was spreading worldwide!

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