Nova + - Yutaka Hirose Stack Records

Double LP and Double CD have nature sounds 50 minutes of unreleased music. Cassette (available only here) has the rare version of the album without the nature sounds one exclusive track not on any other version.WRWTFWW Records is blissful to announce the expanded reissue of one of the most fascinating Japanese ambient/environmental albums ever made, NOVA 4 by Yutaka Hirose. The double LP includes the album known as Soundscape 2: Nova, sourced from its original masters, as well as 50 minutes of never-released-before recordings. It comes in a beautiful gatefold sleeve, packed with liner notes from the artist in English and Japanese. NOVA 4 is also available on double digipack CD, cassette (different tracklisting, no nature sounds, one exclusive track), and digital.Initially released in 1986 as part of the Soundscape series commissioned by Misawa Home Corporation for use in their prefabricated houses, Yutaka Hirose’s NOVA has grown to become a mythical piece of the Japanese minimalist/a...