{"product_id":"binaural-prototype-1-untitled-lp","title":"Binaural Prototype 1 - Untitled (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e超マイナーな知られざるカセットテープ作品の復刻を世に送り出しているアメリカのレーベルConcentric Ciclesより、これまた誰も知らない激ヤバ音源を出してきました。\u003cbr\u003e詳細不明、ただ紙切れに「Binaural Prototype 1」と書かれたカセットテープには高い音楽性と実験精神が伝わってくるサイファイ・ポップスが収録されていた...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eヘッドフォン推奨です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e詳しくはレーベルコメントより\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=611479893\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=462019127\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/binauralprototype1.bandcamp.com\/album\/untitled\"\u003euntitled Binaural Prototype 1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe most unlikely of estate sale finds, I have absolutely no idea what to tell you about the origins of this tape, simply called “Binaural Prototype 1.” About 10 years ago I was given the green light to rummage through the estate of someone who had been a reviewer for audiophile magazines in the 1980s, fortunately being allowed into the house before the general public ransacked the place. There was an entire massive wall of cassette tapes. Most didn’t look very tempting, but at 25 cents a piece, I wasn’t exactly being picky. The previous owner had been very interested in binaural recording techniques, particularly of the “dummy head” variety, and had a number of tapes that were made to show off the technology and what was possible with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich brings me to the tape in question, currently manifesting itself as a 45RPM 12” here on Concentric Circles. With no name anywhere, the “artwork” was simply a scrap of paper with a bunch of track titles hand scribbled on it. However, from the first second the music starts it’s obvious that this is not your typical DIY affair. Very hi-fi and in your face\/head\/everything in between, by the end it’s like the musical equivalent of a heavy MDMA trip. Designed specifically for headphone listening, all of the sounds ping pong around the stereo field in an exceptionally detailed manner, disorienting your senses and scrambling your notion of reality. Some things come to mind: Art of Noise at their most obtuse, Monad-era Haruomi Hosono or Robert Ashley and the Lovely Records world, but this really is in a league all its own. A mystery with no answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=611479893\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/binauralprototype1.bandcamp.com\/album\/untitled\"\u003euntitled Binaural Prototype 1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Concentric Circles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55883160092840,"sku":null,"price":5400.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/5923\/3595\/files\/IMG_2871.heic?v=1787042087","url":"https:\/\/pianola-records.com\/en\/products\/binaural-prototype-1-untitled-lp","provider":"pianola records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}