Record

Automatism / Object

At a glance

Artist
Group Ongaku
Released
1960

In the issue

Japanoise: The Extreme Edge of Sound
Start here · 1960-2000 · Members

The first Japanese noise recordings, planting the template for turning any object into a sound source.

Recorded on a single day, May 8, 1960, Automatism and Object stand as the first Japanese noise recordings, made with a vacuum cleaner, an oil drum, a radio, a doll, dishes, and manipulated tape.

The rest is in Japanoise: The Extreme Edge of Sound, a members' issue.

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