Temporal Drift
Hiroshi Yoshimura – Quiet Forest
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A final forest meditation from one of Japan’s great ambient composers, appearing on vinyl for the first time.
Originally issued on CD in 1996, Quiet Forest was Hiroshi Yoshimura’s last album-length work to be released before his death in 2003. Inspired largely by a journey through the vast forests of the Pacific Northwest, it reflects the strange, dreamlike beauty he encountered while walking through that otherworldly wilderness for the first time.
The basic tracks were recorded in autumn 1993. After repeated changes to the song titles and an abandoned plan to layer the music with nature recordings, Yoshimura shaped a late-period masterwork that feels like a spiritual successor to Green, one of his defining records from a decade earlier.
Produced with the full cooperation of Yoshimura’s estate and remastered from the original sources by John Baldwin, this first vinyl edition includes English translations of the original 1996 liner notes, reproductions of Yoshimura’s handwritten recording notes and a 5 × 7-inch postcard print. Pressed at Optimal.
For Fans Of: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Brian Eno, Midori Takada.
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Release Date: 4th December 2026
Barcode: 0850054840431
Catalogue No: DRFT251 / DRFT251C2LITA
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