Chihei Hatakeyama - Hachirōgata Lake Artist_Mick Gordon Wooden Shjips

Wooden Shjips

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and Korean traditional music

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Chihei Hatakeyama - Hachirōgata Lake Artist_Mick Gordon Wooden ShjipsMatching expansive ambience with environmental sound, Chihei Hatakeyamas new album continues Field Records exploration of Japan and the Netherlands' shared approach to water management. As with SUGAI KENs 2020 album Tone River, a specific project becomes Hatakeyamas area of focus in this case the Hachirgata Lake in Akita Prefecture. Previously the second largest body of water in Japan, the government ordered extensive drainage work of Hachirgata Lake