{"product_id":"nusa-lp","title":"Nusa by Akira Uchida (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Making instruments, tuning sounds, being a musician, this flow is essential for me to see the world\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eModern classical ambience from Akira Uchida, a graduate from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_37 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e who \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eexplores sound through tuning, medieval music, and acoustics, and supporting jazz pianists as a piano tuner and instrument maker. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eAfter training under instrument maker\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_37 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eMasahiro Adachi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e, he became an independent clavichord builder. In 2020, he created an instrument for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_37 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eRyuichi Sakamoto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e. In 2021, he crafted another using reclaimed wood from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_37 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eKiyomizu-dera Temple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e. His work focuses on making, tuning, and performing instruments. Since 2015, he has released 7 albums, including 3 albums on\u003cspan\u003e the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_37 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eKiku label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand 3 albums on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_37 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eIIKKI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eincluding \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_37 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eNusa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_39 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNusa is the result of a creative dialogue between the photographer Masao Yamamoto and the composer and musician Akira Uchida. Nusa is the last part of their collaborative trilogy that began with light (“Sasanami”, 2020), darkness (“Kurayami”, 2023), and the balance of the two (“Nusa”, 2026).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor this last part of the trilogy, Masao Yamamoto and Akira Uchida travelled to the island of Hokkaido at the beginning of 2026 to take photographs and audio recordings of the ice and the surrounding landscapes. The soundtrack to the book is provided by Akira Uchida, whose atmospheric melodies heighten the primordial and ephemeral aspects of Yamamoto’s images.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Errant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47755699028153,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/1964\/5113\/files\/nusavinylscaled.jpg?v=1782813915","url":"https:\/\/errantbooks.com\/products\/nusa-lp","provider":"Errant Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}