EISUKE YANAGISAWA : Voices of Memu

'Voices of Memu is a collection of recordings by field recordist Eisuke Yanagisawa made at numerous locations in and around Taiki, Hokkaido, during his five-week stay at memu earth lab in the spring of 2021 and winter of 2022.
Venturing into the wilds with his audio equipment, at different times of the day and night, Eisuke sought out new sounds in an unfamiliar place. As well as the voices of the land, Eisuke also turned his attention to the words and activities of local residents in the town of Taiki, and at the farms that are scattered across the area.
The result is a captivating series of sound environments that portray the essence of the area with a deep sense of place, in the way that only pictures painted by sound can realize.'

Research Retreat by Eisuke Yanagisawa (Field Recordist, Anthropologist)
April 20th – May 8th, 2021, March 2nd – 14th, 2022

Eisuke Yanagisawa

Title/ Voices of Memu
Label/ MSCTY_EDN (MSCTY_EDN_004)
Release Year/ 2024
Format/ 2CD + Booklet

北海道の東部、十勝の南部に位置するメム（大樹町）を拠点とするmemu earth labに2021年と2022年の冬から春にかけて計5週間ほど滞在し、周辺の様々な場所の響きを収録した。メムで出会った環境音、人々の声、それらを区別することなく、この土地の声として捉えてみる。土地の声に耳を澄まし、それらを録音し、録音された音に耳を傾けるという行為を通してどのような世界が立ち上がってくるだろうか。　　

CD1
1 Dawn Forest　 8:23
2 Cowhouse 9:11
3 Living with Cows 9:36
4 Memu River 4:43
5 Stream near Banseisha 11:04
6 Life in the Past 8:42
7 kim-un-to 6:36

CD2
8 Listening through the Tochka 7:21
9 Horse Meals 6:35
10 Living with Horses 7:17
11 kamui-kotan 　　　　　　　　5:50
12 Rain, Harp and the Tochka 　 8:08
13 Walking on Melted Snow 　　 1:42
14 Frozen Memu River　　　　 7:44
15 Asahihama Fishing Port 　　 10:29
16 Midnight Forest 　　　　　　5:23

recorded, edited and mastered by Eisuke Yanagisawa
design by Takamitsu Ohta
photography by Takehito Goto
additional photography by Eisuke Yanagisawa
produced by Rereading Company
published by MSCTY + memu earth lab