"While being in the midst of transition, it is almost impossible to recognize that transition itself"

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition

I would like to start this year with this album.

I have been making music alone for almost 20 years now. I would like to thank everyone who has ever purchased or listened to my music, my subscribers, my collaborators, everyone who has criticized as well as praised me, the equipment and electricity I have used to make music, my room, my time, my friends, my family, everything. Thank you so much.

As a token of my appreciation, I would like to release this album for free. Please enjoy it.

I have only one request. For once, for about 40 minutes listening to this album, please do nothing and think about nothing and just be in a daze. We are too busy. We need time to intentionally give our heads and hearts a rest. Once you get into that habit, you will inevitably feel yourself becoming energized again.

I wish you all a very happy new year.

1. Hogaraka (朗らか) - Cheerful
2. Ajiwai (味わい) - Flavor
3. Utakata (泡沫) - Ephemeral
4. Mizumaki (水撒き) - Watering
5. Neiro (音色) - Tone Color
6. Mederu (愛でる) - Celebrate
7. Otsukimi (お月見) - Moon Viewing
8. Oboroge (朧げ) - Faint

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

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Richness of the Heart

Before the left brain logically determined and categorized things, everything was one.

Pure experience, it is a state where the subject and the object are undivided and there are no boundaries.

1. Ameagari (雨上がり) - After the rain
2. Rakusui (落水) - Waterfall
3. Usuakari (薄明かり) - Dim light
4. Yudaneru (委ねる) - Entrust
5. Syouyou (逍遥) - Saunter
6. Haiiro (灰色) - Gray
7. Shibuki (飛沫) - Splash

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

Pure Experience

The experience of beauty is in our daily lives, and within us.

Shinbigan (審美眼) - Appreciation, Eye for beauty

1. Hirusagari (昼下がり) - Early in the afternoon
2. Chouryou (跳梁) - Jumping about
3. Senkoji (千光寺) - A temple in Onomichi, Hiroshima
4. Youtou (揺蕩) - Swaying
5. Boukyaku (忘却) - Oblivion
6. Harusame (春雨) - Spring rain
7. Kanjyaku (閑寂) - Quietness
8. Syugyoku (珠玉) - Gem
9. Amagiri (雨霧) - Misty rain

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

Shinbigan

Fumeiryou - 不明瞭, Obscureness

1. 有耶無耶、2. 茫乎、3. 縹渺、 4. 漠然、5. 模糊、6. 曖昧、7. あやふや、8. 朦朧、9. ぼんやり

The titles of all the tracks are Japanese words that are close to the meaning of obscurity.

When we do not define the attributes of an object and see it as it is, there is something that comes into view for the first time.

全ての曲のタイトルは、不明瞭という意味に近い日本語である。

対象の属性を定義せず、それをあるがままに見ると、そこに初めて見えてくる何かがある。

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover art by Hidekazu Imashige

Fumeiryou

Ambient Mix Series from Gallery Six.

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqBxzOT8FRw&list=PLk3xL2Ki0qUfRuS6AD35OUzYbEEGB5eDJ&index=1

YouTube

Gallery Six - Ambient Mix Series vol.1

This track is quoted from the album 'youth'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/youth

written, mixed, mastered by Hidekazu Imashige 
cover photo, design by Hidekazu Imashige

Green Flash

1. LOW - HIGH

"While being in the midst of transition, it is almost impossible to recognize that transition itself"

First of all, please listen to the entire piece. It's 35 minutes of unremarkable sound that goes on and on. You will probably find some repose there, or perhaps you will subconsciously listen to this sound as you do your housework or desk job. But many of you probably didn't notice a certain change in the sound that took place during those 35 minutes.

After listening to the beginning for a bit, I want you to skip ahead and listen to the last five minutes or so. You will realize for the first time that the sound you have just listened to has actually changed over time without you knowing it.

What I wanted to emphasize here is that "Only by setting a certain starting point and an ending point can we clearly recognize the transition of time itself". Although concepts of time and seasons such as "Morning" and "Winter" exist, they are merely concepts that humans have assigned to themselves for the convenience of their lives, and they are endpoints from the perspective of counter-conceptual starting point such as "Night" and "Autumn". For example, when we look at images taken 30 years ago, we can clearly recognize that time has definitely passed. It is precisely because there is a starting point of "30 years ago" and an ending point of "Today" that we can recognize the passage of time itself. And there should not be many opportunities to recognize this clearly.

In these 35 minutes, you will realize once again "We are actually living under various conditions that are constantly and gradually changing". At the same time, I would like to present the importance of questioning various things that are now taken for granted.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 1

2. LIGHT - DARK

In my past productions, I have focused on how to mix natural and artificial sounds. I have been experimenting with methods and proportions of mixing the two because I have always believed that only when the two are perfectly blended in an exquisite way can a beautiful work of art be created.

One day, I came across a passage in a book by the Japanese artist Taro Okamoto in which he referred to the beauty of Japanese gardens, and I was very strongly attracted to it.

He wrote, "The artificial garden, which is the unreal, and the landscape outside the garden, which is the real, are distinguished and recognized more clearly by the stone wall or fence that separates the two."

In other words, by placing not only the two but also a third party between them, a dialectical resolution is achieved, and the whole becomes more beautiful.

I began to feel strongly about applying this to my sound production and put it into practice. To incorporate something else between the melody produced by the synth, which is the unreal (artificial), and the field recording, which is the real (natural). In fact, you can see the struggle in some of my past works. I will not go into it here, but anyway, I pursued the third party, the so-called "Boundary line," and became strongly interested in the "Boundary line" itself.

It is something that lies between two things and separates them. In my daily pursuit of this, there was a moment when I suddenly looked at the sky at dusk. The sky was a beautiful gradation of bright yellows and reds left behind by the sun, and blues and blacks as the evening sun began to set. At that moment, I wondered, "Is there a border between each color of the sky?" I began to wonder if it would be possible to answer this question with sound.

As in the previous work, the theme of this piece is that "While being in the midst of transition, it is almost impossible to recognize that transition itself", and this time, I imitated the changing colors of the sky at sunset and dawn. Just as I cannot clearly distinguish the color of the sky I saw from yellow up to this point and blue from there, you will spend these 20 minutes without being able to clearly perceive the changes in the sound itself.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 2

無常 - 過去の時間, Impermanence Past Time

Taking over three years to come to fruition, this collaboration between Japanese artist Gallery Six and New Zealand ambient duo Saltmarsh has finally come to light.

We had planned for a physical release for a long time, with the idea sparked as early as mid-2019, but the state of the world (no further explanation required, we're sure) seriously hindered our ability to make this dream come to life. Finally, with the help of the seriously talented Dave Norman (Softseed Music/Zegema Beach Records/Tomb Tree Tapes), these beautiful tapes are now available for your listening preasure!

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover art by Tomcat McCone

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Memories In A Diary

3. DIFFUSION - CONVERGENCE

This winter it has snowed more than usual in my area. Before I went to bed, I would look out the window and think, "Oh, it's piling up like this." But when I woke up in the morning, I found that the snow had piled up much more than I had seen last night.

If I had stayed up all night looking outside, I would have been convinced of the change, but since I only saw the beginning and the end of the change, I was surprised at the amount of change.

What is change? I am very interested in the idea of change. Change in nature, in people's minds, in fashions. The theme of this work is also "gradual transition," but in the midst of change, we should not be able to notice the change itself so easily.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 3

4. PROSPERITY - DECLINATION

There is a Buddhist term called "無常". It means impermanence, that things change and never stay the same, that life and death are always changing. For example, many of us Japanese who value Buddhism find more beauty in the fading of cherry blossoms than in their full bloom. Because we see the transience of things there, we naturally feel the need to cherish the finite nature of life.
The words "無常 - impermanence" or "諸行無常 - the impermanence of all things" have been frequently used in much Japanese literature since ancient times.

Flowers and trees that sprout in the spring will eventually wither and return to the earth. We must respect and follow such an unchangeable fate, which is inherent in nature, in order to gain guidance for life.

In this work, the sound fades away unnoticed, and in the end only traces of its former existence remain. Here I wanted to express the "aesthetics of transience.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 4

5. SHALLOW - DEEP

We go about our daily lives without giving it much thought. In the morning, we wake up to the alarm on our smartphones, turn on the tap, wash our faces with the water that comes out, and brush our teeth. We eat breakfast heated in the microwave, oven, or on the stove, and then we take the train or drive to work or school.

If we don't pay attention, the day goes by without us feeling anything special. But this is not the norm. We are just standing on top of the layers of history that our predecessors have gradually accumulated through their wisdom and effort. And we are only part of the layer that the next generation and the generation after that will stand on.

This work imitates the accumulation of such invisible history in sound. The sounds don't build up, just five mundane five-minute drones, but if you pay attention, you'll notice that they change little by little. I believe that to observe this is to see the invisible history and to get to the essence of things.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 5

Transition 5-1

This track is released as a comparison to the track "The Descending Wave" (molgallery.bandcamp.com/track/the-descending-wave), which was released on the German label moL.

Both tracks use the exact same material, but "The Descending Line" is continuous drone music, while "The Descending Wave" has some silent sections in between track. The question "What is the nature of silence for you?" was posed to me by moL for the release, and this is my answer to that question.

The pitch of both tracks drops over time, but it will be hard to notice the change in "The Descending Line". In "The Descending Wave", however, it will be more easy to notice the change because of the silence between the track. In my opinion, silence is not the absence of something, but an organic “existence”.

Please compare the two tracks and try to find the "nature of silence" in your own way.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

The Descending Line

Compare

I was in a dream on a midsummer's night. Only the memory and the sensation are clear to me.

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

A Midsummer Night's Dream

After Rain

I would like to start this year with this album.

I have been making music alone for almost 20 years now. I would like to thank everyone who has ever purchased or listened to my music, my subscribers, my collaborators, everyone who has criticized as well as praised me, the equipment and electricity I have used to make music, my room, my time, my friends, my family, everything. Thank you so much.

As a token of my appreciation, I would like to release this album for free. Please enjoy it.

I have only one request. For once, for about 40 minutes listening to this album, please do nothing and think about nothing and just be in a daze. We are too busy. We need time to intentionally give our heads and hearts a rest. Once you get into that habit, you will inevitably feel yourself becoming energized again.

I wish you all a very happy new year.

1. Hogaraka (朗らか) - Cheerful
2. Ajiwai (味わい) - Flavor
3. Utakata (泡沫) - Ephemeral
4. Mizumaki (水撒き) - Watering
5. Neiro (音色) - Tone Color
6. Mederu (愛でる) - Celebrate
7. Otsukimi (お月見) - Moon Viewing
8. Oboroge (朧げ) - Faint

Hogaraka

Ajiwai

Utakata

Mizumaki

Neiro

Ameagari

Rakusui

Usuakari

Yudaneru

Syouyou

Shibuki

Hirusagari

Chouryou

Senkoji

Youtou

Boukyaku

Amagiri

Uyamuya

Bouko

Hyoubyou

Bakuzen

Moko

Aimai

Ayafuya

Mourou

Bonyari

10. PLEASURE - UNPLEASURE, 快 - 不快

It was so hot during the day, but in the evening it somehow became cool and comfortable. Also, the sun sets at 5:00 p.m., whereas it was still light at 6:00 p.m. until the other day. I think this is how we all perceive things.

The phrase "nothing remains the same" has been passed down from generation to generation, regardless of the time period or the East or West. We judge good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant, by comparing past events and phenomena with those of the present, but the only thing that exists is the "eternal now. Only by accepting the present can we find our way.

日中あれだけ暑かったのに、夕方になるといつの間にか涼しく快適になっていた。また、先日までは18時でも明るかったのに、最近は17時で日が沈む。そんなふうに知覚することは誰にでもあるのではないだろうか。

「変わらないものは何ひとつない」という意味の言葉は、時代や洋の東西を問わず語り継がれてきた。我々は過去の出来事や事象と現在のそれを相対的に比べて良し悪し、或いは快不快を判断しているが、存在するものはただ「永遠なる今」だけなのだ。今を受け入れることでのみ道が拓かれてくる。

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 10

This track is quoted from a split EP "meandering flow" made by Gallery Six and stabilo (speaker gain teardrop)

Downloading the whole EP for free is available on the following link.
https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/meandering-flow

■ Gallery Six

Hidekazu Imashige aka Gallery Six is an artist and composer who lives in Hiroshima, Japan.

Creating fragile ambient textures and experimental sounds based on his thought that “Everything in the world has two faces, so we need to watch them from both sides”, his sound combines elements such as beauty and dirty or light and dark. His musical research is aimed at exploring the relationship between the opposite, incorporating a wide range of source materials including field recordings, noises or glitches.

http://gallerysix.tumblr.com/

■ stabilo (speaker gain teardrop)

Based in Hiroshima, Japan, stabilo is the solo project of Yasutica Horibe.He plays the guitar in the band, 'speaker gain teardrop', which is based in Hiroshima.'stabilo' was born when he started making music that was difficult to be expressed by this band using the laptop from 2002. (english translation : fjordne)

speakergainteardrop.com/stabilo

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1 and 3 are written, mixed, mastered by Gallery Six 
2 and 4 are written, mixed, mastered by stabilo (speaker gain teardrop)

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Gallery Six

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warbling

To My Subscribers,

Thank you so much for your continued support over the years. It’s been a while, but I’ve finally completed a new album for my subscribers. I hope you enjoy it.

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Butterfly Dreams

The title is inspired by Zhuangzi’s story The Butterfly Dream.

www.philosophy-foundation.org/enquiries/view/the-butterfly-dream

I interpret it as a reminder that what we perceive as reality is no different from a dream.

If that’s the case, then all we need to do is live each day with ease and peace of mind. In truth, there’s nothing to worry about—our own egos are what create those concerns. Let’s let go of those illusions, relax, and live lightly.

サブスクライバーの皆様へ。

長きにわたり、私をサポートしてくださり本当にありがとうございます。久しぶりになりますが、サブスクライバー用のアルバムが完成しました。楽しんでいただけたら幸いです。

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Butterfly Dreams

タイトルは荘子の説話、「胡蝶の夢」から引用しました。

ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%83%A1%E8%9D%B6%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%A2

私たちが見ていると思っている現実も、夢と変わりはないという意味だと私は解釈しています。

もしそうであるなら、ただ毎日安心して気楽に生きればよいのです。本当は何一つ思い煩うことはないはずなのに、私たちの自我がそれをつくりだしているだけなのです。その幻影を振り払い、リラックスして軽く生きていきましょう。 

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

Butterfly Dreams

帰路、ゆらり

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'Creatures were born in the ocean'

This track is quoted from EP 'cmyk' released to celebrate the 6th anniversary of element perspective's establishment.

Free downloading EP is from a link below.
https://elementperspective05.bandcamp.com/album/cmyk

Written, mixed, mastered by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover photo by Hidekazu Imashige
Artwrok by ono

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'Knowledgable one knows the place to return'

This track is quoted from EP 'cmyk' released to celebrate the 6th anniversary of element perspective's establishment.

Free downloading EP is from a link below.
elementperspective05.bandcamp.com/album/cmyk

Written, mixed, mastered by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover photo by Hidekazu Imashige
Artwrok by ono

This track is quoted from EP "
the vanishing point".
Listening to all tracks of EP and purchasing are available on a link below.

https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/the-vanishing-point

written, mixed, mastered by Hidekazu Imashige 
cover photo, design by Hidekazu Imashige

Tidal Shift

This track is quoted from the album "
the same old story".
Listening to all tracks of EP and purchasing are available on a link below.

https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/the-same-old-story

written, mixed, mastered by Hidekazu Imashige 
cover photo, design by Hidekazu Imashige

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Lazy Morning

Sakura

This track is quoted from a compilation "ArtLism.JP vol.9 - supported by PURRE GOOHN".
Streaming the album and purchasing are available on Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Prime Music, LINE MUSIC, AWA, KKBOX etc.

ArtLism.JP
http://artlism-jp.tumblr.com

Album trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-GjSHA5ho

syunsui

"shinpeki (深碧)" is a color of deeper green which constitutes a part of humid mountain air, called "kusui (空翠)". 

This track is quoted from an album 'shinpeki - a bond for Haco' which is compiled from tracks that stabilo (speaker gain teardrop) and Gallery Six contributed for Haco's album 'Qoosui' as a collaboration work. 


Haco 'Qoosui' 

buy album (digital) 
https://haco-sound.bandcamp.com/album/qoosui 

buy album (CD, English) 
http://emporium.room40.org/products/597317-haco-qoosui 

buy album (CD, Japanese) 
http://www.inpartmaint.com/site/21587/

written, mixed, mastered by Hidekazu Imashige
art work by Hidekazu Imashige

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空翠 instrumental

This track is quoted from the album 'Trivial Treasures'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://tehnofonika.bandcamp.com/album/gallery-six-trivial-treasures

Smell of watery soil stay in the back in the nose. 
Close your eyes, take a deep breath and bring back memories... 

Written and produced by Hidekazu Imashige. 
Audio mastering by Goran Geto. 
Cover art design by Fonika Media Group.

trivial treasures

Yuragi

This track is quoted from the album 'Ascension / Descension'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/ascension-descension

All tracks are written, mixed and mastered by Hidekazu Imashige. 
Cover art by Hidekazu Imashige

at the river bank

This track is quoted from the album 'Losing Today'. This album is dedicated to Brian Young, known to many of us as Losing Today, who died earlier this year. Brian was a brilliant photographer whose work was used for many album covers. He was a real fan who supported our music, a friend to many in the scene and a lovely guy. He is already missed. 

All proceeds from this album will go directly to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 

Special thanks to Porya Hatami for his time and the great mastering job.

Cover Photo : Brian Young
Mastering : Porya Hatami
Released from : Dronarivm

Losing Today

Yasuragi

Commemorate Brian

Yasuragi - dedicated to Brian Young

This track is quoted from the album 'The Red Bridge Over The Valley'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/the-red-bridge-over-the-valley

This “Red Bridge” is located in Taisyakukyo valley (帝釈峡), northern Hiroshima, Japan. It is known as a scenic spot. I love this place and often visit because it has many colors and smells, and they make me feel calm. It has water, mountain, blue sky... What else do you need? 

This album was inspired by my experience when I visited there last Spring. I hope you can feel earthy smell, color of water, clear sky of blue of this scenery through this album. 

on Stereoscenic Records [SCENE-27] 
music and photo by Hidekazu Imashige 
mastering and design by Andrew J Klimek

The Red Bridge Over The Valley

water stream like dozing off.

written, mixed, mastered by Hidekazu Imashige 
cover photo by Hidekazu Imashige

water haze

This track is quoted from the album 'Gentle Scars'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://lagerstaette.bandcamp.com/album/gentle-scars

Gallery Six returns to Lagerstätte with a new masterpiece! These extraordinary and emotional textures pick up where LAGER005 Vividity left off and will delight all fans of Hidekazu Imashige’s refined, understated ambient work. For the uninitiated, they will serve as an excellent introduction.

Written and produced by Hidekazu Imashige. Mastered by Gallery Six. Cover photo by Hidekazu Imashige.

Gentle Scars

Solace

This track is quoted from the album 'Wind Colors'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/wind-colors

Six beautiful arrangements, saturated with field recordings and blissful ambience. 

“The field recordings for this album were especially intense. Captured during the winter months, there were many days when the temperature was higher than average with strong winds. Initially dissapointed with too much wind noise, I discovered, and was quite surprised, with the results of these captured field recordings. The collection of field recordings became the foundation of these arrangements and consequently became the all encompassing title of these compositions, ‘Wind Colors’.” 
--Hidekazu Imashige

All tracks were written, mixed, and mastered by Hidekazu Imashige 
Layout & design by Zaké (扎克) 

-- 

Past Inside the Present 
This is PITP-V006 | MMXIX 
PITP.bandcamp.com 
pastinsidethepresent.com

Wind Colors

In Every Color of Leaves

This track is quoted from the album 'Gray in the Northern Sky'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://tehnofonika.bandcamp.com/album/gallery-six-gray-in-the-northern-sky

White smoke above mountains dominate with the smell of winter. The trees that have fully inhaled the haze will sprout soon... 

Written and produced by Hidekazu Imashige. 
Audio mastering by Goran Geto. 
Cover art design by Fonika Media Group.

Cold Rain

Cold Rains

This track is quoted from the album 'Lapse'.
Listening to all tracks of the album and purchasing are available on the link below.

https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/lapse

All tracks are produced by Hidekazu Imashige. 
Cover art by Hidekazu Imashige

Loneliness On The Hill

I was listening to some of the sound files I had made for past live performances to use as reference for a particular work. The file for a live performance in 2017, which I was supposed to appear but never did, really caught my attention. 

I have no idea what I was thinking at the time when I created the file with the looping processed water sound. All I can say is that the sound, though very simple, captured my heart in 2021. 

It was just a loop of some processed water sounds of different lengths, but there was a nostalgic comfort in it, like when I was still asleep in my mother's womb. 

In line with my concept as an artist, which is to "Multidirectionally considering aesthetics which are very familiar, often forgotten, concealed in nature or events, and finally reveal them," I discovered a beauty that I had seen many times but had been unaware for years in my Mac hard drive. It is very pleasant to listen to it by myself, so I present it here with some modifications to the original file.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige 
Cover Photo by Hidekazu Imashige

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