Yasuaki Shimizu ‎– Music For Commercials

Label: Crammed Discs ‎– MTM 12 LP
Series: Made To Measure – Vol. 12
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Modern Classical, Ambient

Crammed Discs collects up a batch of advertisement commissions written and performed by Japanese saxophonist / composer Yasuaki Shimizu for their holy Made To Measure series.  The short 'n snappy pieces tap into Japan's optimism-fuelled bubble-era zeitgeist, with catchy, self-actualising sound snippets to accompany the lifestyle projections from some of the country's most powerful corporate lifestyle conglomerates... (NM/NM)

Tracklist
A1 Tachikawa 1:08
A2 Seiko 1 0:57
A3 Seiko 2 1:04
A4 Sen-Nen 1 2:00
A5 Ricoh 1 1:32
A6 Seiko 3 1:15
A7 Boutique Joy 1:23
A8 Seiko 4 1:13
A9 Ricoh 2 1:15
A10 Laox 1:15
A11 Shiseido 1:07
A12 Seiko 5 0:50
A13 Sharp 1:05
A14 Sen-Nen 2 2:02
B1 Honda 1:34
B2 Suntory 0:42
B3 Knorr 0:56
B4 Bridgestone 1 1:59
B5 Bridgestone 2 0:54
B6 Bridgestone 3 1:59
B7 Bridgestone 4 1:01
B8 Bridgestone 5 1:17
B9 Ka-Cho-Fu-Getsu 9:49
B10 Seibu 0:37