TENJO SAJIKI/TERAYAMA SHUJI/J.A.SEAZER-DENEN NI SHIZU
NEW CD IN GATEFOLD MINI LP REPLICA
TILIQUA RECORDS
Last copies, so order fast! Japanese import. Wow, over the top reissue of this hyper rare Tenjosajiki/Terayama Shuji record. Originals are hideously rare and oh so psyched out. Originally released in 1974, "Denen Ni Shizu" was the soundtrack to Terayama's self-directed movie, a fictional biography of some sorts. As usual, the music to this epic fractured narrative celluloid dream was undertaken by Seazer. This is what our brother in arms Alan Cummings once wrote about the recordings: "The deployment of disparate elements in an all-consuming flow, which works even independently of the images, is masterly. The familiar psych guitar, organ and choral chanting are heavy enough in places to approach Sabbath levels of dense pounding, and there's also a frighteningly visceral vocal turn from folk singer Mikami Kan. But the score also sees Seazer expanding his instrumental palette, scoring some tracks for sideshow brass band or gently plucked guitar, weeping violin and chant. The weird intervals of his sparse, medieval-influenced melodies linger in the memory with the force of nostalgia for a past not directly experienced. It's an amazing performance: from street hippy who'd never picked up an instrument to film soundtrack composer in five years. Seazer's soundtrack for "Denen ni Shizu" lost out by a single vote to Toru Takemitsu's for the best soundtrack of 1974".
This description nailed it perfectly and by now you must already be salivating heavily. Fabulously presented reissue, housed in gatefold mini-LP styled jacket, obi, stunning artwork, four paged insert, wicked stuff. What more can you possibly ask for?
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