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‘Sound Storing Machines’ Boldly Assembles Some of the Earliest Japanese Recordings
A veritable rainstorm of temporal noise pours down between sounds of early 20th century Japan and the audience on Sublime Frequencies’ Sound Storing Machine.
Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903-1912
Various Artists
16 April 2021
A veritable rainstorm of temporal noise pours down between sounds of early 20th century Japan and the audience’s listening ears on the new Sublime Frequencies release
Sound Storing Machines is remarkable in that its recordings are so old, the music all but fades into the background, almost overwhelmed on most tracks by the physical degradation of the media in question.